This gives a brief overview of what, why and how we can use digitally-mediated social networking for language learning. This complements a companion wiki found at http://socialnetworking4languagelearning.wikispaces.com/

1. Social Networking
for the Foreign Language Classroom
Barbara Lindsey
University of Connecticut
Fulbright FLTA Workshop
December 10, 2009
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2. What is digitally-mediated
social networking?
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3. Poll Everywhere
http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/
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•75% of teens have a cell phone
•73% of online teens use social network sites
•1,742 (avg.) text messages per month versus 231 mobile
phone calls in Q2 2008 by U.S. teens (13-17)
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4. Why use these environments for
language learning?
• User-generated content
• Ubiquitous access
• Amplified impact
• Global participation
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5. ACTFL Standards Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy
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6. The Human Network
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7. User-generated Content
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8. Ubiquitous Access
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9. Berkeley
Yale Cornell
Columbia Duke
Georgetown
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11. Amplified Impact
Live-Tweeting The Revolution:
Week 1
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12. Global Participation
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15. How can we use them to support our
students as lifelong learners?
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17. Describe using 5 keywords: one or two word phrases
Thanks to Lauren Rosen for this activity idea
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18. Let’s do some good while practicing tagging!
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19. Let’s move over to our wiki
now!
http://socialnetworking4languagelearning.wikispaces.com
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20. Sources
Slide 1: Earth from Space http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Earth_from_Space.jpg
Slide 2: Social Networking in Plain English by Commoncraft
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a_KF7TYKVc
Slide 3: Poll Everywhere http://www.polleverywhere.com
Networked Learners Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project
http://www.pewinternet.org/Presentations/2009/52-Networked-Learners.aspx
Nielsen Company Survey http://bit.ly/vhK3U
Slide 5: ACTFL Standards http://nflrc.iastate.edu/pubs/standards/ring.gif
Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy by Dan Meyer http://www.flickr.com/photos/ddmeyer/2666448493/
Slide 6: The Human Network Anthem by Cisco
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAdfYgEapT8&feature=related
Slide 7: Google Maps http://maps.google.com/
Slide 8: europeana http://www.europeana.eu/portal/
Academic Earth http://academicearth.org/
Dash http://dash.harvard.edu/
MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm
Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org
Slide 9: Open Culture http://www.openculture.com/
Open Source Teaching http://www.opensourceteaching.org/
Ustream is Duke’s Latest Venture in Online Communication
http://news.duke.edu/2009/09/ustream.html
Slide 10: Live-Tweeting the Revolution: Week 1 http://bit.ly/SMldq
Slide 11: Global Voices Online http://globalvoicesonline.org/
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21. Sources
Slide 12: Global Voices http://globalvoicesonline.org/
Slide 13: newsmap http://newsmap.jp/
http://www.twibes.com/group/Afritweets
Frontline SMS http://www.frontlinesms.com/
Slide 14: 9 Miles Media http://9milesmedia.com/
Matthew Bischoff http://matthewbischoff.com/
Zoe’s Kid-Powered Revolution http://bit.ly/hCezh
Slide 15:Virtual Student Foreign Service http://www.state.gov/vsfs/
Flat Classroom Project http://flatclassroomproject.ning.com
The Extraordinaries on iTunes
ACTFL Video Podcast Contest http://www.actflvideocontest.org/
Slide 16: CivWiki:Culturas de España http://civwiki.wetpaint.com/
The Mixxer | Language Exchange for Everyone http://www.language-exchanges.org
Language Connects Us http://languageconnectsus.ning.com/
Slide 17: Corine’s Classroom http://www.flickr.com/photos/redjar/113137539/ by redjar
Slide 18: The Extraordinaries http://app.beextra.org/
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