1. Social Media andSocial Media and
AssessmentAssessment
EC&I 831: Social Media & Open Education
November 9th, 2010
Tania Sterling, York Region DSB
Ontario, Canada
@taniasterling
3. As a Learner: MeAs a Learner: Me
Confession: I used to question value of
Social Media tools
Couldn’t attend a conference; I learned
what was going on via my colleagues’
backchanneling
Signed up… haven’t looked back since
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4. As a Learner: StudentsAs a Learner: Students
Students backchannel using Twitter
during lessons
They post ideas using established
#topic hashtag just as they would
when they take pencil paper jot
notes
Students who are away can follow
along or catch up
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5. As a Learner: StudentsAs a Learner: Students
Students make meaningful insights
because they are writing for an
authentic audience and purpose
Students review the posts; connect
other peoples’ ideas to theirs
Have lots to write about in their class
blog, weekly reflective journal etc…
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6. Social MediaSocial Media AssessmentAssessment
How do you think social media could
serve as tools to gather:
Assessment for…
Assessment of…
Assessment as…
LearningLearning
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7. As a LearnerAs a Learner
I backchannel during colleagues’ PL
sessions
Share key ideas using #topic hashtag
This jogs my mind of what I learned
Provides my colleague with snapshot
of what messages were actually
del’d during the session
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8. As a LeaderAs a Leader
We need to model the use of social media
tools for other educators/leaders…
Survey them on which ones they want to
try to support assessment:
Twitter?
Blogster?
Google docs?
Skype?
Springform?
Others?
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