A collection of practical lessons implementing social media as a learning tool.

1. Social Media for Education:
in Practice
A collection of practical lessons implementing social
media as a learning tool.

2. Intent
This collection of lesson materials is intended to help educators find
inspirations for bringing social media into their classrooms.The focus of
this collection are resources that use social media as a learning tool for
collaboration and idea sharing, not lessons about social media (i.e.,
lesson plans covering safe practices).
The entries in this collection are arranged alphabetically and not by
importance.

3. Wiki
▪ Grades 7-12
▪ Any content area
▪ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/
extra/lessons-plans/looking-
for-an-end-of-year-activity-for-
your-class-lesson-plan/
▪ Using Flipboard, an easy-to-
use app that lets you curate
your own magazine, students
will create a list of their top 10
news stories from the year to
share with classmates and
family members.
▪ Students’ choice of articles will
give others an opportunity to
know a little more about their
lives and what events mattered
to them.

4. Social Network
▪ Grades 7-12
▪ ELA; History
▪ https://mrfeatherstone.blogsp
ot.com/2009/04/unit-project-
facebook-character.html
▪ Students create a Facebook
profile as a character (or
historical figure) complete with
photo and information.
▪ Students connect with each
other’s creations and interact
as their given character (or
figure).

5. Vlog
▪ All grades
▪ Any content area
▪ https://www.npr.org/sections/e
d/2016/03/29/467091289/how-
teachers-are-using-snapchat
▪ Students are given access to
short videos of real life
connections to course content
as they occur in real time.
▪ Teachers record short videos of
event in real life that relate to
course content to supplement
a topic, promote learning
outside of class requirements,
and provide relevant
classroom-to-world
connections.

6. Blog
▪ Grades 7-12
▪ Any content area
▪ https://www.schooljournalism.
org/blogging-lessons/
▪ Students locate, analyze, and
discuss the characteristics of a
journalism blog, including
language conventions, topics
and themes, and platforms.
▪ Students create a blog about a
relevant topic that
demonstrates the
characteristics of strong
journalism.

7. Microblog
▪ Grades 9-12
▪ Computer Science; Social Studies;
Civics/Government
▪ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/l
essons-plans/lesson-plan-how-to-
use-social-media-for-social-good/
▪ In this lesson, students will learn how
computer scientists analyze tweets to
tell which accounts are phony,
automated bots and which accounts
have real people behind them.While
it’s difficult to know what the overall
impact of bots has been on public
opinion, we do know that most
Americans can’t distinguish between
bots and real users.
▪ Students will learn about some of the
issues surrounding bots and invent
their own bot that will be used to
inform and improve the public’s
understanding of a key issue in their
community.

8. Podcast
▪ Grades 9-12
▪ ELA; Social Studies; History
▪ https://docs.google.com/docu
ment/d/1wlFsedkP4h_ix2byHt1
LYy1Qi3C9jVQSMhlIC0Oq_nw/
edit?usp=sharing
▪ Students recognize the
significance in artifacts as they
research the significance of
familial objects to write their
own personal narratives and
share their findings.
▪ Students listen to and discuss a
podcast that shares the
narrative of an artifact.
▪ Students create and share their
narratives as a podcast.