1. SOCIAL MEDIA hands on

2. 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

3. FACEBOOK www.facebook.com

4.  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 ?

5. Keeps students up to date with things happening around school & the community

6. Allows teacher – student feedback to happen in an open forum

7. Helps students to keep up to date with their learning

8. Encourages dialogue between students

9. Encourages dialogue between students

10.  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

11.  Create a teacher account  Friend a few other teachers  Create a group page (‘closed’ or ‘secret’) https://www.facebook.com/help/220336891328465#What-are-the-privacy- 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 www.facebook.com FACEBOOK GETTING STARTED

13. Think before you share: https://fbcdn-dragon-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t39.2178- 6/851546_230534240467708_1179351266_n.pdf The Teacher’s Guide to Keeping Students Safe Online: http://elearningindustry.com/the-teacher-guide-to-keeping-students-safe- online Facebook Groups – Privacy Options: https://www.facebook.com/help/220336891328465#What-are-the-privacy- options-for-groups The difference between Facebook groups & a facebook page https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook/facebook-tips-whats-the- difference-between-a-facebook-page-and-group/324706977130 Link to Priscilla Allen’s Social Media tips: http://2014maths.wikispaces.com/Social+Media USEFUL LINKS

14. TWITTER www.twitter.com

15.  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 www.twitter.com TWITTER AS A TEACHER RESOURCE

16.  Go to twitter.com to sign up  Add 5 people to follow (@Senseicbd)  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

17. Twitter tutorials http://www.onlinecolleges.net/50-terrific-twitter-tutorials-for-teachers/ Link to Priscilla Allen’s Social Media tips: http://2014maths.wikispaces.com/Social+Media People to follow: some ideas @billy_merchant (Billy Merchant) @NCEAexams(NZQA) @TEDTalks(TED Talks) @SirKenRobinson(Sir Ken Robinson) @mosborne01(Mark Osborne – consultant for CORE Education ) @ieducator(Brian @ieducator – Education & ICT ) @Googledrive(Google Drive) @TeachThought(Teach Thought) @Senseicbd(Lisa Cumberland – it’s me!!) USEFUL LINKS