1. Social Media in the Classroom Danielle Ketchum CI 583 – Integrating Current Technology in Teaching March 30, 2011

2. What is Social Media? Web and mobile technologies Creating value using technology and personal inteaction User-generated content Social Huh?

3. Why Use Social Media? Uses tools parents/students already have, are familiar with using Allows for greater collaboration Facilitates distance learning Enables parents to observe, participate in instruction and activity easily Lets other teachers take part or contribute

4. Are They Using It? Out of 161 students surveyed, 158 (98%) said that in the last month, they used one ore more of these four tools to discuss at least one item of school work (test, project, daily or homework assignment, etc). Survey of 161 juniors and seniors, Conroe High School

5. Opposition Technophobia – fear of using new or different technologies Student privacy – unauthorized viewing of student work, likeness Mandated filtering – heavy blocking of sites, services by district filters Misuse – concern that students will use tools inappropriately

6. More than Enough Reasons 100 Inspiring Ways to Use Social Media In the Classroom 13 Enlightening Case Studies of Social Media in the Classroom 3 Ways Educators Are Embracing Social Technology 4 Tips for Integrating Social Media Into the Classroom Click Click Click Click

7. Teacher Tweets Remind about due dates, classroom updates Gain immediate data input (writing prompt or statistics lessons) Where are you? What are you doing? Interact with live world events (Japan, Libya, Egypt)

8. Students and Parents Tweet Ask questions/clarify regarding material from class instruction Update teacher on events, occurrences Gain help for test prep questions (TAKS, SAT/ACT, et al) Respond to teacher writing prompts Limited to 140 characters Requires precision, brevity for accuracy

9. Wikispaces Highly collaborative Free-form exchange of ideas, information Comment, reply Edit data, information, or master document Include audio and video support Authentic assessment Ideal for group work and projects

10. My Favorite Wikispace Project Use wikispace to describe the gymnasium at St. Vladimir’s (from Mead’s Vampire Academy) Small group collaboration Requires all to have read novel and input Responses reflect individual schema Creates description from nothing! Assesses comprehension based on what is contributed, reflects inaccuracy

11. Facebook One of the most blocked sites in US schools One of the most abused sites in US schools Offers great opportunities for use when properly managed Extremely flexible, versatile Highly controversial Solution…

12. Edmodo Students Engages them in technology Protects and keeps them safe Promotes anytime, anyplace learning Enables them to exchange ideas Teachers Assign and grade work Post messages Conduct classroom discussions

13. FB without the Stress Two Edmodo videos Fewer limitations than Twitter Easy, safe, and teacher -controlled Click

14. So Much to Do Create alerts similar to Tweets Create assignments, grade and record scores Gather blog, news feeds Post and reply to messages (teacher AND student) Create polls

15. Social Media:Not Just for Students Encourages teacher to teacher collaboration Supports exchange of lesson plans, ideas Enables administrators to participate, contribute, and evaluate Fosters a global community between schools, districts, and classrooms

16. This Means The World is evolving Education must move forward for our students We must be prepared They must be prepared Did You Know Click

17. Bibliography Ali, T. (2010). 4 Tips for Integrating Social Media into the Classroom. Retrieved from http://mashable.com/2010/05/11/social-media-school/ . Casey, G. (2011, March 1). Social Networking as a Classroom Environment. Multiple Postings. Retrieved from http://www.iste2011.org/group/socialnetworkingasaclassroomenvironment. Ferenstein, G. (2010). 3 Ways Educators Are Embracing Social Media in the Classroom. Retrieved from http://mashable.com/2010/01/10/educators-social-technology/. Fleming, S. (2009). So Much More than Twitter: Edmodo for Teachers. Bright Hub. Retrieved from http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/reviews/33632.aspx. Jarvis, J. (2009). 12 Enlightening Case Studies of Social Media in the Classroom. Retrieved from http://bestonlineuniversities.com/2009/13-enlightening-case-studies-of-social-media-in-the-classroom/. .Ketchum, M, personal communication and interview, March 2011.

18. Bibliography (cont’d) Online University Resources. (2010). 100 Inspiring Ways to Use Social Media in the Classroom. Retrieved from http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/2010/05/100-inspiring-ways-to-use-social-media-in-the-classroom/. Quillan, I. (2011). Educators Move Beyond the Hype over Skype. Education Weels Digital Directions. Retrieved from http://www.edweek.org/dd/articles/2011/02/09/02skype.h04.html Riccardi, A. (2009). A Ning Primer. Tech and Learning. Retrieved from http://www.techlearning.com/article/15680. Smith, N. (2010). Teachers Embracing Social Media in the Classroom. Tech News Daily. Retrieved from http://www.technewsdaily.com/teachers-embracing-social-media-in-the-classroom-0509/. Weisgerber, C. and Butler, S. (2008). Social Media in the Classroom [Power Point]. Retrieved from http://www.slideshare.net/corinnew/social-media-in-the-classroom-presentation. You Tube. (2009) Did You Know, 3.0 (Official Video) – 2009 Edition. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHmwZ96_Gos