1. Appy Time Teaching How to Integrate Social Media Into Your Teaching
Nick Carbonaro, Long Beach City College

2. Socialnomics 2017 trends

3. Why you should incorporate social media

4. Issues In the classroom
Attendance
Due Dates
Reading Material
Poor Writing
Engagement
Reaching All Students

5. 3 apps you can incorporate today

6. Email or Post Link on Course Website
What Is It?
TED-Ed offers a set of tools that allow you to create interactive lesson pages around great YouTube video content.
How To Do It?
Find video or select from Ted Ed
Create questions based off of the video
Publish lesson so link is available to students
or Post Link on Course Website
Advantages
Free
Multiple Devices
High Student Interactivity
Customizable
Review Student’s Work
Different Method of Delivering Same Information
You Can Add Supplemental Information

7. Helpful Tips
Pick a video no longer than 10 minutes
When choosing questions, try not to do more than 5-7 multiple choice/short answer AND no more than 1-2 discussion questions
Use Ted Ed as a flipped class approach, to guide discussions, as a homework assignment, group work, etc. The possibilities are endless!
Choose a thought provoking video that provides a benefit, not a feature/function for the student

8. What Is It? How To Do It? Advantages
Remind is a free text messaging app that helps teachers and students communicate quickly and efficiently.
How To Do It?
Download on app store or go to
Create Class and Have Students Sign Up
Send or Schedule Messages
Advantages
Scheduled Announcements
Multiple Devices
File Attachments
Office Hours
Read Receipts
Translation
iKeepSafe Certification
Meets guidelines for the FERPA, COPPA, and California Student Privacy programs.

9. Helpful Tips
Use the Desktop Version
Schedule All Your Main Announcements at Beginning of Semester
Don’t Be Afraid to Use It!
Post Interesting Files, Articles, Current Events, Etc.
Consider Checking Your Settings/Replies

10. Email or Post Link on Course Website
What Is It?
YouTube is a video sharing website in which everyone who has a GMAIL Account also has a YouTube Account.
How To Do It?
Sign in to YouTube and Create Your Channel
Start Creating Original Content or Share Other Users Video
Get 100 Subscribers!
or Post Link on Course Website
Advantages
Free
Any Device
#1 Video Sharing Site
Easy Access (Student’s Don’t Need Account)
Become a Thought Leader
Better Than Reading a Lengthy Article
Become Famous!

11. Before creating content, set up your website
Helpful Tips
Before creating content, set up your website
Adobe Spark, Web Cam, OBS Livestream, Themes
Livestream your office hours to reach more students
Create YouTube videos for your Ted Ed
Promote other channels, teachers, businesses, etc. (Social Media is all about community)
Provide a benefit, not a feature/function, for the student to subscribe (test review sessions, How To, Study Sessions)

12. Questions???
Nick Carbonaro Long Beach City College Department of Business Administration and Economics
youtube.com/professornickcarbonaro
@njcarbonaro