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Using Social Media as a Tool for Authentic Collaborative Learning
This document discusses using social media like Twitter, blogging, and video conferencing as tools for authentic collaborative learning. It provides examples of how a teacher uses hashtags on Twitter for students to participate in literacy and math activities together. Students also use blogging to connect with authors and teach others. The document suggests students can use video conferencing to learn math with other classes and compare environments. It encourages educators to take risks with social media and ensure learning is the priority.
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- 1. Using Social Mediaas a Tool for Authentic Collaborative Learning Presented by Karen Lirenman @klirenman ERAC November 2014
- 2. Social Media is... ... the social interaction among people in which they create, share or exchange information, ideas, and pictures/videos in virtual communities and networks. Source: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media
- 4. Before you beginyou need to think about… Student Safety Open Parent Communication Citizenship Modelling Gradual Release
- 5. Ways I KeepMy Young Learner’s Safe All tweets come through one class account. Teacher approves all tweets/blog posts/ comments. Monitor class twitter feed, and unfollow people when necessary. Students do not have twitter password.
- 6. Ways I KeepMy Young Learner’s Safe Never match a face with a name. Follow early years class accounts. Follow people students can relate to. Utilize hashtags to direct or focus learning.
- 7. Using Twitter forauthentic, collaborative learning. What do you think that might look like for you and your students?
- 9. And the WORLDresponded. South Africa Texas Iowa Ontario New York Florida New Zealand British Columbia England Australia Michigan Saskatchewan Wisconsin India Oregon
- 10. But the mostfascinating tweet of all … … came from a class with no windows!
- 11. We use Twitterfor authentic, collaborative literacy.
- 12. Creating a hashtagto share secrets about Santa. #santasec13
- 13. Creating a hashtagto tweet in the voice of a fairy tale character. #lrrh13
- 14. Creating a hashtagto participate in a book club. #1bc14
- 15. We use Twitterfor authentic, collaborative numeracy.
- 16. Creating a hashtagto ask and answer math problems. #mathstory
- 17. Creating a hashtagto learn and share facts about 2d shapes and 3d solids. #2d3dshapes
- 18. Participating in aweekly math talk. #mtgr1
- 19. Other ways weuse twitter as a collaborative tool for learning.
- 20. Helping others collectdata for learning.
- 21. Teaching others byanswering their questions.
- 22. Back channeling byusing a hashtag to learn with others. #discoveryfn
- 23. Connecting with anAuthor.
- 27. Using Blogging forauthentic, collaborative learning. What do you think that might look like for you and your students?
- 28. Connecting with aauthor.
- 29. Teaching others aboutwhat is important to us.
- 30. Other blogging stories… Sharing 2d/3d shape creations… Nicky meet Nikki… Great snowclothing challenge… This is where we learn…
- 31. Quadblogging.net Primary BloggingCommunity organized by Kristen Widen mrswideen.com
- 32. Using Video Conferencingfor authentic, collaborative learning. What do you think that might look like for you and your students?
- 33. Learning math witha student in Iowa.
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- 35. Playing guess my number.
- 36. Comparing urban andrural environments.
- 37. Helping an appdeveloper.
- 38.
- 39. Places to makeconnections…
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- 42. Be Brave! TakeRisks! “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” Arthur Ashe
- 43. Learning ALWAYS comes first.
- 44. Karen Lirenman @klirenman Skype: klirenman karen.lirenman@gmail.com learningandsharingwithmsl.blogspot.ca handoutsbykaren.wikispaces.com Grade One/Two, Division 18 Woodward Hill Elementary, Surrey, BC @MsLsClass mslirenmansroom.blogspot.ca kidblog.org/MsL2014 bit.ly/feedbackforkaren