Social media can be used in education in several ways. Teachers can use Twitter to communicate with students and parents, create hashtag groups for class discussions, and follow other educators to expand their professional learning network. Other social media tools like Scoop.it, Pinterest, and Symbaloo allow educators to curate online resources and share content on specific topics or class projects. While more popular among students, tools like Vine, Snapchat and Instagram could also potentially be used for educational purposes. Overall, social media provides new opportunities for collaboration and communication within the school community.

1. Social Media in Education
Lisa Lund
Technology Integration
http://www.tinyurl.com/techbylund

2. Social Media
• Social Media can be used as a Professional
Learning Network (PLN) or as a tool to
communicate with both parents and students.
• Also, as a tool for students to communicate
with parents and with each other on content,
assignments and questions.

3. Which One Are You?

4. Twitter
• Do you Tweet?
• @techintegratio1 – Lisa Lund’s Twitter
• Login in to http://m.socrative.com or use the
app on iPad or phone
• Room – Join #11273

5. Twitter Account
• www.twitter.com
• User Name – reflect what you will tweet
• Add Profile Picture – makes you more real
• Include link to your website if you have one
• Description – relate what you will tweet

6. Tweet
@ URL Link – bit.ly
#hashtag
120 characters – Why not 140?

7. Hashtags #
• Hashtags are groups or events that you can
link to so that you can follow a certain group.
• Create hashtag for student conversation –
Engl9
• Tweet something about our session and use
hashtag #lundtech
• Hashtags - #edtech, #teachers, #education,
#edchat

8. Following
• Follow people with like interests
• Search for like minded people
www.cybraryman.com/plnstars.html

9. @Techintegratio1
• @CreativeCommons – gives credit to the
developer or twitter account
• Allows your tweet to be retweeted by
the twitter account
• Courtesy in the Twitter World

10. RT – Favorited – Reply - Other
• Respond to Tweet
• ReTweet
• Favorited
• Other Options

11. Classroom
• Ways to Incorporate in Classroom?
• Storystarters
• Daily log to parents
• Second Graders Using Twitter
• Blooms and Twitter

12. Resources
• Twitter Cheat Sheet
• Cheat Sheet
• www.bit.ly
• www.tweetdeck.com
• Twitter in the Classroom Examples
• ASCD “Why Try Twitter”

13. On-line Learning
• Twitter for Teachers
• www.grovo.com

14. Social Media - Curation Tools
•
• http://www.scoop.it/t/lund-s-k-12-technology-
integration
• http://pinterest.com/llund1/boards/

15. Scoop.it
• Curate Content
• Connect with Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest
• Collaborate with others
• Resources organize by content
• Share and post comments

16. Educlipper
• Similar to Pinterest
• Create EduClipboards
• Curate from websites,
Documents, videos and images
• Create Classes to share content

17. Resources
• Youtube User Guide EduClipper
• Youtube User Guide – EduClipper Creating
Links

18. Pinterest
• Create Boards
• Search for ideas
• Share through twitter, etc.
• Organize content on boards
• Like and Repin other content

19. Resources
• WeAreTeachers
• Boards for Teachers
• Cheat Sheet and Ideas
• www.grovo.com

20. Symbaloo
• Create links
• Organize links by content, subject, project
• Post to Website
• Students only have access to those resources
• Centers
• Content practice for younger students with
colors and pictures

21. Students Today
• Vine
• Snapchat
• Instagram
• “Facebook is for old people”
• Twitter