Social Media in Education This SlideShare will introduce how to incorporate social media tools into learning activities. When used properly, social media tools can: • Boost student engagement • Link students to content experts • Find online classroom lessons • Help them establish an online body of work/establish their brand. • And much more! Created by: Adam Voyton
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Social Media in Education This SlideShare will introduce how to incorporate social media tools into learning activities.
When used properly, social media tools can:• Boost student engagement• Link students to content experts• Find online classroom lessons• Help them establish an online body
of work/establish their brand. • And much more!
Created by:Adam Voyton
A brief overview of the benefits of social learning
Over 25 teaching strategies from 12 of the most popular social media tools
How to get help learning how to use the various social media tools
What this SlideShare will cover:
90% of college students visit social networking sites on a regular basis
The modern student is connected to the world via social media and technology
Social learning is students learning from other students
Today's students want to document their feelings and insights in a highly timely manner
Social learning can increase comprehension of material and create new channels for students to learn
Facebook is the world's largest social network, with more than 900 million users. People mainly use it to connect with important people in their life and share photos.
Facebook is King
Good: students can use it to connect with each other outside of the classroom.
Good: students can create a Facebook Group to form online study groups
Bad: students may want to add you as a “Friend”
Facebook Pros & Cons
Build a Facebook application: Computer science students can learn valuable skills for the future by taking on a project to create an app that can be used on Facebook.
Brainstorm: Ask students to collaborate and brainstorm on your classroom's Facebook page.
News gathering: Your classroom can follow media outlets or public figures relevant to your latest classroom discussions.
Archived videos: Important lectures, slides, and more can be shared and saved on Facebook.
Familiarize yourself with students: In large classes, it can sometimes be hard to remember each and every student. Facebook makes it a little easier to connect faces with names.
Flashcardlet: Using Flashcardlet, you can create your own flash cards that students can study on Facebook.
Virtual guest speakers – start a lesson with a video that grabs students’ attention.
YouTube can be great for bringing in different perspectives.
Audio visual is higher up on Bloom’s Taxonomy.
Ways to use YouTube
Have students create a narrated presentation and upload it to YouTube (if an enterprise video platform like Kaltura is not available)
Record your own lectures and post them on YouTube for students to view – students can re-watch!
Ways to use YouTube
Create an Instructor Introduction video
Create a playlist of videos related to a concept – this saves students from wasting their time searching for useless or unsuitable information. Check YouTube.com/Teachers for examples
More Ways to use YouTube
Use Google Hangouts as a free alternative to costly web conferencing tools
Offer virtual office hours for your students
If class is cancelled from bad weather, just staple it together with an online lecture!
Google Hangouts
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