This document discusses how various social media platforms can be used for student and teacher development. It provides examples of how Facebook has helped students improve their English skills through chatting with international friends and sharing educational resources. Teachers can also use Facebook to exchange ideas and posts. The document then discusses other platforms like Google+, Twitter, Edmodo and Pinterest and how they can be used for online collaboration, microblogging, creating learning management systems and visual bookmarking of educational content. It emphasizes that social media is about connecting to make a difference in education.

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Social media for
student and teacher
development
Ayat Al-Tawel
The British Council, Egypt

2. Social Media
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3. Facebook
• How can Face book be a source of development for students or
teachers? Please share your ideas, thoughts or experiences.
• “…face book , is very useful and an effective way …. helped me to improve
my English by chatting with friends in English from various countries .” A.B.,
high school student.
• “send needed books for each other, and recommend useful sites for learning”
P.G.
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4. Facebook
• “It's also useful for teachers. Not only can you exchange ideas, but post
things as well. This group is effective. You post and others can relate, or just
write a line or two about their experience. With the development of
technology, one must develop oneself and use it.” Z.R.
• “My all students are in my list i keep eye on their activities n guide them where
needed as well share educational post for them .....on other hand i gained a
lot by joining different groups.” U.E.
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5. Facebook
ArgentEgypt Project
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6. Facebook
ArgentEgypt Project
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7. Facebook
ArgentEgypt Project
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8. Facebook
ArgentEgypt Project
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9. Facebook (groups & pages)
• Ask the IELTS Expert
• Teaching English – British Council
• Learn English – British Council
• Innovative Teachers of English
• ELT pics
• Digital Storytelling Educators
• Mobile devices 4 Learning
• Learning2gether
• TESOL / IATEFL online / Nile Tesol / Tesol Arabia
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10. Google +
• Create circles and choose who to share with.
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11. Google +
Create online communities
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12. Google +
Add different categories, create events, and share files and folders.
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13. Google +
• Create video hangouts with up to 10 people , talking and sharing
screen (a live session).
• Join communities:
- Learn English
- Integrating Technology
- ELT Live
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14. Twitter
• Micro blogging tool
• 140 characters. (Low-levels & higer levels sts)
• Follow celebrities, ELT educators, publishers …
@britishcouncil , @Bcseminars
• Post questions and gather data
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15. Twitter
● Create a hashtag # and get students to post using it .
● Join #eltchats live (#edtech , #eltchat , #elemchat, ..)
http://cybraryman.com/chats.html
● Search for and collect public social media posts using Tagboard;
https://tagboard.com/
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16. Edmodo
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Photos : Google images, commons.wikimedia.org

17. What is Edmodo?
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http://www.edmodo.com
• Free learning management system
• Currently more than 64 million teachers,
students and parents connected to Edmodo
• It's a free, safe and closed place to connect,
collaborate and share content.
User statistic source: http://about.edmodo.com/

18. Edmodo
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Harry Potter reading project (Canada & Egypt)

19. Edmodo
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Harry Potter reading project (Canada & Egypt)

20. Edmodo for teachers
• Create groups / classes
• Join communities of teachers and publishers
• BC Egypt use of Edmodo
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21. Pinterest
70 + million users
• Visual bookmarking tool
• Create boards to categorize your bookmarks.
• Follow other people’s boards and have your boards followed by
others and your bookmarks pinned.
• Keep some boards secret (only you can see it and people you
invite)
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22. Pinterest
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23. Q & A
Share your ideas and experiences !
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24. Social Media
“ Social media is not about collecting likes and
followers, it’s about connecting to make a
difference” Carin Cress, 2003
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Thank you
ayatawel@gmail.com
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