Brian Housand & Elizabeth Fogarty East Carolina University brianhousand.com

1. how and why to use
social
networks
in your classroom
FOR HANDOUTS VISIT:
http://bit.ly/nagc-social
Brian C. Housand, PhD
Elizabeth A. Fogarty, PhD
East Carolina University

2. ecugifted.com

3. people on facebook
More than 800 million active users
More than 50% of our active users
log on to Facebook in any given day
Average user has 130 friends

4. activity on facebook
More than 900 million objects that people
interact with (pages, groups, events and
community pages)
Average user is connected to 80
community pages, groups and events
On average, more than 250 million photos
are uploaded per day

6. Education Is
a social process

7. Education Is
GROWTH

8. Education Is
NOT
a preparation
for life

9. Education Is
LIFE ITSELF.

14. RESPONSIBLE
PRODUCERS
CRITICAL
CONSUMERS

21. Categories of Groups

27. The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing
Authors Tell the Tales / With an Introduc@on by Lemony
Snicket
This inspired collec@on of
short stories features many
remarkable, best‐selling
authors in the worlds of both
adult and children's
literature: Sherman Alexie,
M.T. Anderson, Kate
DiCamillo, Cory Doctorow,
Jules Feiffer, Stephen King,
Tabitha King, Lois Lowry,
Gregory Maguire, Walter
Dean Myers, Linda Sue Park,
Louis Sachar, Jon Scieszka,
Lemony Snicket, and Chris
Van Allsburg himself.

31. Tag: Teen

32. Tag: Coming of Age

33. Tag: Friendship

35. Edmodo is a free, secure, social learning platform for
teachers, students, schools, and districts.
FREE!
FEATURES:
Groups
Messages
Assignments
Calendar
Poll
Student Emails NOT required!

43. Benefits for Gifted Students
- No longer just gifted on Tuesdays
- Access to peers and teachers
- Honors wait time
- Allows for multiple questions
- Encourages social connections
- Promotes organization and time management
- Models appropriate online behavior

44. Benefits for Gifted Teachers
- Access to students throughout the week
- Manage assignments online
- Allows student interaction in safe zone
- Online quizzes and polls
- Encourages student collaboration
- Construct class calendar of events

45. why not use facebook?

48. #nagcconvention

49. #nagcconventio
n
IDEAS:
- Follow others for ideas and information
- Real time & Real world
- Tweet Classroom Updates
- Only 140 Characters
- Direct Messages
- Communicate with Parents and Students
- # Tags
- Follow events from afar

50. #gtchat
JOIN THE GLOBAL CONVERSATION
Fridays at NOON and 7:00 PM ET
http://www.ingeniosus.net

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52. how and why to use
social
networks
in your classroom
FOR HANDOUTS VISIT:
http://bit.ly/nagc-social
Brian C. Housand, PhD
Elizabeth A. Fogarty, PhD
East Carolina University