FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
Brenda KerrInstructional Technology SpecialistMiddle Tennessee State University
Twitter Hash Tags + Saved Searches + Archive Share text, links, photos, video
Delicious Bookmarks Shared via Networks
Facebook Pages and Groups Create group projects Share text, links, photos, video
A networked service focused on building online or virtual communities
Accessible through...The WebMobile Devices
Used to…Build RelationshipsShare ResourcesCollaborate
Mostly Asynchronous Communication Place to post
Text updates, notes, discussions Resources: links, video, images, etc.
Organizational component Groups or Pages Meta tags/tagged people (links and images)
Combo synchronous/asynchronous Chat capabilities Twitter can be used both ways
SOCIAL INTERACTION OTHER SITES
MySpace Facebook Twitter Linked In
Ning Blogs
Edublogs Blogger Xanga
Swaggle (SMS)RESOURCE GATHERING
Delicious Flickr YouTube/
TeacherTube SlideShare
Share Text, Images, Video by Computer/Cell
Hashtags - #mtsocial + saved search Share resources among group members Comment on live event Twitterview – Interview a subject matter specialist Can be archived Geotags Shows location of tweeter Need to turn on
Group collaboration – Student Teachers Students divided into groups by subject
taught Set up MERLOT accounts Set up Twitter accounts
Assigned group hashtag Searched for that hashtag and saved the search Located MERLOT resources Share resources with group
Group members clicked on the shared link and saved it to their MERLOT bookmarks.
Twittory: Creating a story 150 characters at a time - http://wpmu.thepodcastnetwork.com/twittories/twittory-1-the-darkness-inside/
Follow Politicians on Twitter – http://www.economist.com/world/united-states/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13109717
Practice a foreign language Twitterview (Interview on Twitter)
Delicious – Organize Bookmarks Tags, Descriptions Share, Subscribe
YouTube – Post videos Comment, share, subscribe.
Flickr – Post Photos Upload, describe, share
Delicious uses a non-hierarchical classification system for bookmarking websites
Users tag each bookmark with freely chosen index terms
View bookmarks made by others Fresh bookmarks / Hotlist / Explore Tags Create your own Network of Users
Bundle Networks into groups Subscribe to specific tags
Bundle Tags
Should you use Facebook? Rule #1:
No Friending! Use Pages or Groups to connect with students
Tips Keep all communication professional Consider creating 2 profiles Set privacy settings on profile, pages, and
groups Monitor the Page or Group wall regularly Don’t allow students to post to the wall??
Tool Groups Pages
Wall X X
Info X X
Notes - X
Discussions X X
Links - X
Photos X X
Events X X
Video X X
Restrict Tool Groups Pages
Wall postings X X
Photos X X
Videos X X
Links X X
Open/Close/Secret X -
Customize who can view postings
- X
Feature Groups Pages
Email all Members X Only by request
Make Officer (Titles only)
X -
Make Admin X X
Mobile Upload - X
Add More Apps - X
Create a Group or Fan Page for….. A specific class project Each group working on a project
Communicate and share resources
Video Presentations Use desktop camera to video camera Record or Upload directly into Facebook
Images Upload and tag photo albums of images.
Share with world when finished!!!
Reevaluate Web 2.0 Tools You Use and Like Can they be used collaboratively? Remember that 3rd party software…
May go away at a moment's notice May not support backup retrieval – Do it
Yourself Export features Archive features – possibly by another website
Choose technologies that have proved themselves.
Be ready to accept change
Guidelines for Educators Using Social Networking Sites: http://doug-johnson.squarespace.com/blue-
skunk-blog/2009/8/7/guidelines-for-educators-using-social-networking-sites.html
50 Ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom http://www.onlinecolleges.net/2009/06/08/50-
ways-to-use-twitter-in-the-college-classroom/