Social Media: A 21st Century Tool for Making Global Connections

A 21st Century Tool for Global Connections

Social Media

Joquetta Johnson, Library Media SpecialistMilford Mill Academy

Baltimore County Public Schools

MSEA ConferenceSaturday, October 16, 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e50YBu14j3U

Kaplan University Commercial

http://tiny.cc/1aih4

http://tiny.cc/c09ff

Any website or web service that utilizes a 'social' or

'Web 2.0' philosophy. This includes blogs, social

networks, social news, wikis, etc.

webtrends.about.com/od/web20/a/web20-glossary_2.htm

http://web2survivalguide.wordpress.com/what-is-web2/

Social media such as Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube bring additional voices and views into the classroom and help stimulate both engagement and understanding.  “Now, when you have something like the Haitian earthquake happen, kids are accessing the most current and powerful information right along with the rest of the world…They’re analyzing that and they’re making sense of the world. And they’re doing that with a teacher who cares about them.”

http://www.technewsdaily.com/teachers-embracing-social-media-in-the-classroom-0509/

Chris Lehmann, principal of the Science Leadership Academy (SLA) in Philadelphia

"One of the things we try to do is not just look at the idea of social networking, but also look at the notion of academic networking…We want kids to understand that the digital footprint they leave matters. We try to teach kids that they can be a force in the world...Their voice can matter."

http://www.technewsdaily.com/teachers-embracing-social-media-in-the-classroom-0509/

A real-world perspective

When Kids Are Engaged…They Learn Better

BENEFITS

Creativity

Collaboration

Communication

Global Audience24/7 Access

Supports 21st Century Skills

Global Awareness

Authentic Learning

Critical ThinkingInnovation

Barriers

Blocked in most

school districts

Bad press

Most educators

don’t use them

Most educators don’t see the educational value Fear

Not in the curriculum

Concerns about

privacy & behavior

"Schools need to think how powerful it could be as a learning tool [social media] to bring that engagement outside the classroom into the classroom…you insert a simple tool that allows students to connect with each other or their peers in other schools and countries whenever they want, you just see kids' faces light up. That's what we saw in a class where our kids were talking to students in Iowa."

http://www.technewsdaily.com/teachers-embracing-social-media-in-the-classroom-0509/

Chris Lehmann, principal of the Science Leadership Academy (SLA) in Philadelphia

If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend

to see every

problem as a nail.

Abraham Maslow

We must educate the students we have, not the student we used to have, nor the student we wished we had. We must adapt to today's student, not them adapting to us. We must adapt to their world of today's 21st century technology. We cannot teach like we've taught forever anymore. We must change ourselves to adapt to their world.They are hyper-communicators and must "power down" just to go to school.

http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/sharingtechnology/archive/2008/02/23/using-youtube-in-the-classroom.aspx

Global Connections

“I only started to appreciate the personal and professional advantages and benefits of social networks once I'd become more inclusive and widened my network to include people from all over the world and who I hardly know (or don't know). It's led to so many benefits: to me finding out about things I'd otherwise never have heard about, establishing friendships and reinforcing professional contacts, being invited to speak at conferences and take part in projects, etc …”

http://blog-efl.blogspot.com/2010/01/2010-year-of-personal-learning-network.html

http://globaleducation.ning.com/

http://www.classroom20.com/events/2010-global-education

“Nobody would dispute that the risks of children using social media are real and not to be taken lightly. But there are also dangers offline. The teachers and parents who embrace social media say the best way to keep kids safe, online or offline, is to teach them.”

http://mashable.com/2010/09/29/social-media-in-school/

http://www.edweek.org/dd/articles/2010/06/16/03networking.h03.html

“Social networking is allowing teachers, who often feel isolated in their classrooms, to revolutionize the way they connect with others…”

Tom Whitby, adjunct professor of education for secondary English at St. Joseph’s College in New York City.

Teachers are “finding out about a whole wide range of options beyond what is done in their own building,” he says. “People are trying more things based on recommendations from teachers around the world.”

Tom Whitby, adjunct professor of education for secondary English

at St. Joseph’s College in New York Cityhttp://www.edweek.org/dd/articles/2010/06/16/03networking.h03.html

“I’m constantly amazed at how many people feel the need to criticize Twitter - it’s superficial, it’s useless, it’s boring, you can’t say anything useful in 140 characters, and so on… Never one to be influenced by the crowd, I signed up.”

http://whatsnewintheworld.net/2010/01/twitter-as-a-pln/

"I have found more resources and got more useful advice for professional development in 3 months on Twitter than in the previous 5 years without it."@accordin2jo

http://edchat.pbworks.com/

http://www.globalpovertyproject.com/

www.zamzar.com

http://clc.yale.edu/2009/02/18/videoconferencing-in-the-classroom-with-skype/

“Mary chooses pedagogically relevant technologies to engage her students, the range of activities spans the incorporation of Web 2.0 applications to the creation of a Facebook page for class.”

Select and use one social media tool featured in the following four slides

Novice

View the video:

“Response to the Principal

Who Bans Social Media”

on YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtGY-SVZRRY

Intermediate

Follow educators in Twitter

www.twitter.com

Advance

Join a Facebook group that

has a global connection

www.facebook.com

Over AchieverAttend an

educational conference

in Second Life

www.secondlife.com

We shouldn't expect "out of

the box" thinking when we

only employ "in the box"

teaching.

Tom Whitby

Get On

It!

Additional Resources100 Ways You Should Be Using Facebook in Your Classroomhttp://www.onlinecollege.org/2009/10/20/100-ways-you-should-be-using-facebook-in-your-classroom/

Educators Using Facebookhttp://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7036945291

Second Life in Educationhttp://education.secondlife.com/whysl/advantages/

Using Skype in the Classroomhttp://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2006/10/using-skype-in-classroom-or-just.html

Skype in the Classroomhttp://wikiskype.pbworks.com/Skype-in-the-Classroom

Twitter for Teachershttp://twitterforteachers.wetpaint.com/page/Twitter+in+the+Classroom

Twitter 4Teachershttp://twitter4teachers.pbworks.com/

Using YouTube in the Classroomhttp://teacherlingo.com/blogs/sharingtechnology/archive/2008/02/23/using-youtube-in-the-classroom.aspx

Image AttributionsGlobe with Mice http://tiny.cc/3ha7cSocial Media Classroom http://tiny.cc/v2ol4Bored Students http://tiny.cc/lla7uClassroom http://tiny.cc/0xjiry29z4Texting http://tiny.cc/5cy4vDigital Footprint http://tiny.cc/grhq5Naysayer http://tiny.cc/b2hu4Globe http://tiny.cc/5z1s6Twitter http://tiny.cc/veeo8Hand http://tiny.cc/hk59tvp9v5Kids with Handheld Devices http://tiny.cc/i2hb9Kids at Computer http://tiny.cc/7lygyTeens with Cell Phones http://tiny.cc/9145t36mm4Social Media Logos http://bit.ly/aKgE4OHand Holding Globe http://bit.ly/cLCyZTYouTube Blocked Logo http://bit.ly/af0SZaHomework http://tinyurl.com/29yod7pSecond Life http://tinyurl.com/24nvmvwGlobe in Hands http://tiny.cc/p0xonGirls with Computers http://tiny.cc/de6d0Kids with iPods http://tiny.cc/vvyb3Boys with iPads http://tiny.cc/g1q7kNIE Logo http://tiny.cc/n4rntHammer & Nail: http://tiny.cc/twuwiThinking Outside of the Box: http://tiny.cc/277v3Locked Door http://tiny.cc/aypxcm08le

Joquetta Johnson, Library Media Specialist

Milford Mill AcademyBaltimore County Public

Schools410-887-0665

[email protected]

www.milfordmillacademylibrary.pbworks.comwww.twitter.com/accordin2jo

Skype: accordin2jo