The document discusses using social media tools in education. It outlines how Twitter can be used for networking and campaigns, and LinkedIn for networking and showcasing professional growth. Prezi and Doodle are recommended for presentations and scheduling meetings without emails. The author will provide professional development on using Delicious for bookmark sharing, Twitter for sharing thoughts, and Prezi and Poll Everywhere for lessons. Challenges include getting out of comfort zones and time management when exploring new tools. Moodle is discussed as both an asynchronous learning tool and for its pros and cons as a student.

1. Social Media in Education
Dr. Diane Szader
szaderdi@wallenpaupack.org

2.  Twitter
 Great for networking with other educators and
administrators
 Heavily used by my students this year for our Rachel’s
challenge campaign—got us in to meet Jimmy Fallon!
 LinkedIn
 Great for networking with other educators and
administrators
 Showcases opportunities for professional growth
 Simple resume sharing tool
Most Useful Tools

3.  Prezi
 Easily create and share presentations
 Alternative to PowerPoint boredom
 Doodle
 Fabulous way to schedule meetings without a million
emails back and forth
 Facebook
 Still a trusty method of communicating with peers,
vendors, etc.
 Delicious
 Permits use of bookmarks from any device
Most Useful Tools

4. I will be providing professional development
opportunities for the district this fall.
 Social Bookmarking-Using Delicious to access your
bookmarks from anywhere without the dreaded
“import bookmarks”
 Twitter-Share your thoughts with the world in 140
words or less!
 Prezi-Death by PowerPoint is so last year. Prezi will
make you the cool teacher!
 Poll everywhere-You know they are carrying their
phones in your class….let’s put those phones to work
and get your assessment on!
Successes

5.  I like to lurk. Being forced to actually contribute to
the social networks pushed me out of my comfort
zone.
 There are so many great tools out there. Finding the
right one for the task was difficult because I would
get sidetracked finding cool stuff everywhere!
 Time.
Challenges

6. Moodle
Pros
 Asynchronous capabilities
 Immediate feedback
 Multimedia use
Cons
 Very easy to procrastinate
 No face-to-face interaction
I’ve taught a Moodle course and been a Moodle student.

7. Sample Success: Twitter

8. Sample Success: LinkedIn

9. Sample Success: Prezi

10. Sample Success: Delicious

11.  When used properly, social media tools can boost student engagement, link students
to content experts, find online classroom lessons, and help establish an online body of
work.
 Keeping up with the ever changing tools is a necessity in the current educational
setting.
Conclusion