A brief description of social media for novice teachers.

1. What is Social Media? When the learner uses technology to interact with others while getting or sharing information. Taken from: http://blog.lib.umn.edu

2. KeyWords Global Collaboration CommunicationMedia Web 2.0 Social Interaction NetworkingTeam-building

3. Why Use Social Media?

4. Because 3 out of 4 Americans use social technology. Forrester, “The Growth of Social Technology Adoption”, 2008.

5. Because 2 out of 3 of the global Internet population visits social networks Nielson, Global Faces and Networked Places, 2009

6. Because time spent on social networks is growing at 3x the overall Internet rate, accounting for approximately 10% of all Internet time. Nielson, Global Faces and Networked Places, 2009

7. Social Media Tools You Tube School Tube Diigo DeliciousSkype Twitter Wikipedia SlideshareGoogleDocs FacebookVoicethreadPrezi Adapted from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media