Social Media Where do Twitter, Facebook & others fit into education?
What is Social Media?
Social media is media designed to be disseminated through social interaction, created using highly accessible and scalable publishing techniques. Social media uses Internet and web- based technologies to transform broadcast media monologues (one to many) into social media dialogues (many to many). It supports the democratization of knowledge and information, transforming people from content consumers into content producers. Wikipedia
transforming people from content consumers into content producers
Social Media Revolution Video
Communication
Collaboration
Multimedia
Reviews & Opinions
Communication
Collaboration
Multimedia
Reviews & Opinions
But how are they used in education?
Personal vs. Classroom Use
There are over 500 NCSU based groups on Facebook
Fan pages vs. Group Pages
K-12 Schools using FB
#edchat
EdWeek Article
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