Is social media a fad? How will it change the way we communicate, or has it already? Don't know what tools would be beneficial to you? Join us for an overview of Social Media tools as well as a discussion about how they are used in education.

2. What is Social Media?

3. 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 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media

4. transforming people from content consumers into content producers

5. Social Media Revolution Video Revolution Video

7. Communication

8. Collaboration

9. Multimedia

10. Reviews & Opinions

11. Communication

12. Collaboration

13. Multimedia

14. Reviews & Opinions

18. But how are they used in education?

19. Personal vs. Classroom Use Classroom Use Classroom Use

21. There are over 500 NCSU based groups on Facebook

22. Fan pages vs. Group Pages Group Pages

23. K-12 Schools using FB

29. #edchat

30. EdWeek Article

31. backchannel

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