This document discusses incorporating Web 2.0 tools and social media into K-12 classrooms. It identifies tools like blogs, wikis, and social media that facilitate collaboration and personalized learning. It provides examples of how these tools can be used for lessons, like having students create historical fan pages on Facebook or debate current events on Twitter. The document emphasizes choosing tools based on educational goals and ensuring student safety when using social media.

1. Incorporating Web 2.0 Tools
and Social Media into Learning
The K-12 Classroom

2. 1. Identify and describe how to
effectively incorporate Web 2.0 and
Social media tools into your lessons
and assessments.
Learning Goal

3.  Web 2.0 tools facilitate personalized learning through
sharing and collaboration (Juskeviciene & Kurilovas, 2013)
 “Learners gather information through connecting
with others’ knowledge” using social media (Chen &
Bryer, 2012)
 Democratic, inclusive, and promotes creativity
(Friedman & Friedman, 2013)
Why?

4. Deciding on the tool:
 Technologies Available
 Educational purpose/goal
After you have chosen the tool:
 Student safety
 Network security policy
 Parent/School permission
Considerations

5.  Blogs
 Wikis
 Video Sharing
 Share information
 Collaboration
 Several options
Web 2.0 Tools

6.  Journaling/Reflection
 News
 Debates
 Reviews
 Photo Analysis
 Digital Citizenship
 Unit Reflection/Review
 Many More!
Blogs: Application

7.  Historical Fan club
 Debates
 Newsroom
 Find the error
 Collaborative Stories
 Group projects
 Many more!
Wikis: Application

8.  Facebook
 YouTube
 Twitter
 Edmodo
 Delicious
Social Media

9.  Historical Figure Fan Page
 Closed Groups for Peer Collaboration
 Political topics
 Primary Source Interviews
 Book Reviews
 Live Student Portfolios
 Resource curation
 Digital Citizenship/Literacy
Facebook: Application

10.  Assignment/project due dates
 Share class information
 Literacy activities
 Research
 Engage parents and community
 Polling
 Re-tweet educational trends and topics
 Post brain-teasers related to classroom content
Twitter: Application

11.  Encourages learner-centered active learning (Chen &
Bryer, 2012)
 Promotes personalized learning
 Relevant
 Promote information literacy
 Create life-long learning habits
Conclusion

12. Chen, B., & Bryer, T. (2012). Investigating instructional strategies for using social media in formal
and informal learning. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed
Learning, 13(1), 87-104. Retrieved from http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl
Friedman, L., & Friedman, H. H. (2013). Using social media technologies to enhance online
learning. Journal of Educators Online, 10(1), 1-23.
https://doaj.org/article/8555b1d93cf348e2b7dcf77ad72f1f6c
Juskeviciene, A., & Kurilovas, E. (2014). Recommending Web 2.0 tools to personalize learning.
Informatics in Education, 13(1), 17-31. Retrieved from
https://www.mii.lt/informatics_in_education/contents.htm
References

13. Slide 1 image: https://pixabay.com/en/social-media-interaction-abstract-1233873/ CC0 Public Domain
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Slide 7 image: Sarah Lowey. http://sarahlowey.pbworks.com/w/page/14445564/Classroom%20Wikis
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