Building Social Media for Educators

1. Stephanie Neri
FINAL PRESENTATION
RICK KIKER-BUILDING SOCIAL MEDIA FOR EDUCATORS

3. Most Useful Tools
Favorite FeaturesTwitter
• Access to research
• Connections with people around the world
Favorite FeaturesLinkedin
• Online resume
• Connections with past employers
• Access to new employers
Favorite FeaturesDelicious
• Organizers information
• Opens access to new websites

4. Successes
Learned a lot about autism and
the new research that is available.
Made connections with people,
websites, activities, and
information that I can use.
Connected with previous
employers, teachers and gained a
tool to market my skills.

5. Complications
One
Navigating the sites and the many
buttons/features.
Two
Understanding the language and the
features of the sites.
Three
Figuring out what features were free.

6. Online Learning and Moodle
-Allowed access to
endless research
and resources
-Shows most recent
and up to date
information
-Provides an online
resume
-Allows access to past
employers
-Opens door for new
Positions
-Provides ideas and
detailed instructions
-Provides visuals and
often time videos
-Allows for connections
in similar fields.
-Organizes information
-Easy access to sites
-Connections to site through
like minded people

7. What I liked about Moodle…
 Through this course I’ve gained new teaching
strategies, a better understanding of autism and
knowledge of where to gain access for
information.
 Moodle allowed me to work at my own pace,
provided me with visuals, videos and written
instructions.
 Moodle made it quick and easy to access my
teacher.

8. Why I’ve already decided to take
another Moodle class…
 I loved learning about the various online tools.
 Every tool that we learned about I will continue
to use long after this course is over.
 I feel more confident in my abilities to access
what the internet has to offer.
 I feel it has made me a better teacher.