The document discusses using social media and multimedia in education. It defines key terms like social media, blogging, tweeting and Facebook. It provides statistics on the use of these tools and outlines how educators can utilize blogs, Twitter, Facebook, videos, pictures and other media to engage students, share information and resources, and facilitate interactive discussions. Benefits include increased student involvement, easier content sharing and allowing various groups like administrators, teachers and students to contribute.

1. Using Social Media and
Multimedia in Education

2. Social media are media for social
interaction, using highly accessible and
scalable communication techniques. Social
media is the use of web-based and mobile
technologies to turn communication into
interactive dialogue.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media
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3. •about 200 million accounts on Twitter
•about 600 million accounts on Facebook
http://www.socialtimes.com/2011/02/200-million-twitter-accounts-but-how-many-are-active/
346,000,000 – number of people globally who
read blogs (comScore March 2008)
Some Statistics
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4.  Marketing
 News
 Class Information
 Student updates
 Recruiting
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5.  Administrators
 Teachers
 Students
 Parents
 Friends
Who Can Use These Tools
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6.  You control it
 You can add or remove contributors as
you need to
 All staff members can be contributors
 Students can become contributors
Benefits of Social Media
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7.  Blog
 Multimedia
 Documents
 Twitter
 Facebook
Basic Components
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8. Noun
S: (n) web log, blog (a shared on-line journal
where people can post diary entries about their
personal experiences and hobbies) "postings on a
blog are usually in chronological order"
Verb
S: (v) blog (read, write, or edit a shared on-line
journal)
http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=blog
What is Blogging
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9.  WordPress
 Blogger.com
 Sharepoint
 Windows Live Writer
Blogging Tools
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10.  Paper.Li
 Issuu
 Slideshare
 Authorstream
Documents
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11. Multimedia is media and content that uses a
combination of different content forms. The term
can be used as a noun (a medium with multiple
content forms) or as an adjective describing a
medium as having multiple content forms. The
term is used in contrast to media which only use
traditional forms of printed or hand-produced
material. Multimedia includes a combination of
text, audio, still images, animation, video, and
interactivity content forms.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimedia
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12.  Picasa
 Youtube
 Vimeo
 Blip.tv
 Livestream
Video
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13.  Talkshoe
Audio
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14.  Picasa Web
 Flickr
Pictures
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15. A tweet is a post or status update
on Twitter, a microblogging service.
Because Twitter only allows
messages of 140 characters or
less, "tweet" is as much a play on
the size of the message as it is on
the audible similarity to Twitter.
http://webtrends.about.com/od/glossary/g/what-is-a-tweet.htm
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16.  Twitter
 TweetDeck
 TwitPic
Twitter Tools
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17. Facebook is a social networking website that was
originally designed for college students, but is now
open to anyone 13 years of age or older. Facebook
users can create and customize their own profiles
with photos, videos, and information about
themselves. Friends can browse the profiles of
other friends and write messages on their pages.
http://www.techterms.com/definition/facebook
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18.  Brand information
 Events information
 Have to be a “friend” to access most
information
 Limited number of friends
Facebook
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19.  Create a WordPress Site
 Create multimedia content
 Add pages to the site (static site)
 Add posts to the blog
 Publish content (pages and posts)
 Tweet that you have added content
 Add info to Facebook wall about new
content
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20. WordPress Links
•Word Press – The code you can install on your own server
•WordPress.com – Create your own FREE blogsite
•WP Academy – Free WP tutorials
•Themegrade – Free WP templates and themes
•Simple WP Themes – More Free WP templates and themes
•New WordPress Themes – 100% Free
Other Blog Sites
•Blogger.com – The Google blogging platform
Social Media Applications
•Facebook
•Twitter
•Tweetdeck
•TwitPic
Various Links
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21. If you have questions or comments, please contact me:
Craig Jackson
eLearning Specialist
Research and Curriculum Unit
662-325-2510
craig.jackson@rcu.msstate.edu
www.twitter.com/CraigJackson
www.msworkforceuniveristy.com/plc
Skype: CraigJacksonRCU
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