In this session, you will learn some new ideas on how to deploy social media and other digital technology in your class. With a bit wistfulness, we are going to explore together the idea of potentially letting go of PowerPoint and welcoming Open Study and other tools that support peer-to-peer and collaborative learning.

1. The uses of social media in a post-lecture classroom Rey Rosales - CFAC

2. Constructionism – people construct new knowledge especially well when they are engaged in the building process. Seymour Papert

3. Four C’s – Media and Learning Collaborate Connect Communicate Create

4. Do’s and Don’ts in today’s classroom Don’ts Pure information transmission in class PowerPoint students to death Do’s Create something - learning by designing Promote ability to think and act creatively Promote digital or new media fluency Promote digital storytelling – data visualization, mash ups, etc.

5. Uses of social media in the classroom

6. best friend Forever – Your BFF

7. The Googlization of education Blogger Youtube Google Maps Google Docs Google Translation

8. Other social media – classroom use Facebook Twitter Wikipedia Podcasting Flickr Social bookmarking

9. OPEN LEARNING Open Courseware Consortium MIT, Yale, Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon Open Coursewares iTunes U University of the People