SOCIAL MEDIA hands on
Using Facebook groups with classes to engage students & enhance learning Using Twitter as a way to further you professional development (both ICT & non-ICT related) Time to work on building your own facebook groups & twitter accounts
Why not? Most (not all) students have a facebook account Communicating on the students’ level Encourages dialogue between students Encourages peer learning Helps students keep up to date with lessons Another form of communication between students/teachers/parents FACEBOOK WHY USE IT ?
Keeps students up to date with things happening around school & the community
Allows teacher – student feedback to happen in an open forum
Helps students to keep up to date with their learning
Encourages dialogue between students
Encourages dialogue between students
Create a teacher facebook account Try to add at least one other teacher to your class page NEVER friend a student Ensure that if you are using your facebook profile for more than just school related content your privacy settings are correct Never share anything on facebook (or online) that you wouldn’t want published in a newspaper Talk to your students about your expectations for the group page FACEBOOK BEING SAFE & SMART
Create a teacher account Friend a few other teachers Create a group page (‘closed’ or ‘secret’) options-for-groups Allow students access to a link for the page so they can add themselves and others in the class Talk to students about expectations of the class page FACEBOOK GETTING STARTED
Think before you share: 6/851546_ _ _n.pdf The Teacher’s Guide to Keeping Students Safe Online: online Facebook Groups – Privacy Options: options-for-groups The difference between Facebook groups & a facebook page difference-between-a-facebook-page-and-group/ Link to Priscilla Allen’s Social Media tips: USEFUL LINKS
Great for building a network to other educators Useful for tips on teaching & learning strategies – both ICT & non-ICT Great for professional development Connects you to the rest of world & allows you to keep up to date with new innovations TWITTER AS A TEACHER RESOURCE
Go to twitter.com to sign up Add 5 people to follow Explore away ‘Discover’ – links tailored to you & the people you follow Hashtags Trends Search for a particular topic – ‘elearning’, ‘Japanese’, etc…. Find people to follow: Subject specific General education Celebrities News websites If you feel ready – send out your first tweet!! TWITTER GETTING STARTED Your only limit is your imagination!! HAPPY TWEETING
Twitter tutorials Link to Priscilla Allen’s Social Media tips: People to follow: some Ken Osborne – consultant for CORE – Education & ICT Cumberland – it’s me!!) USEFUL LINKS