Why and how you can use facebook at school. What we have done at EES N° 572 (Rosario, Argentina).

1. Facebook
Why and how
we can use it
Prof. Ana Miotti
EESO N° 572

2. The explosion of
digital, social and mobile technologies has
profoundly changed the way people live.

3. Web 2.0 :
Participatory web, social
media
Web 1.0 :
Web as a source of
information

4. Social media
Interactive platforms through which individuals and
communities share information and ideas and create
or co-create , discuss, and modify user-generated
content.

5. Social media
It's redefining how we
 relate to each other
 spend our free time
 get our news
 do business
 protest or revolt against repressive regimes

6. What’s the impact of
social media
on teenagers’ lives?

7. Hanging out on
social networking
websites has
become one of the
most popular
pastime activities

8. Through social media, teens:
• develop a sense of who they are.
• build social relationships.

9. Collaborative
(wikipedia)
Virtual Social
Worlds (Second
Life)
Virtual Game
Worlds ( World of
Warcraft)
Social Networking
Sites (Facebook)
Content
Communities
(Youtube)
Blogs and
Microblogs
(Twitter)
Haenlein (2010)

10. The most popular social
networking site with over
900 million active
monthly users worldwide.
Facebook

11. Facebook = distraction

12. An
educational tool?

13. Students, families, and teachers are
going to use Facebook regardless of
whether or not schools choose to do so.

14. ”Social media isn't going away and the
sooner education leadership embraces it, the
sooner we can benefit from its ubiquity,
power, and attractive price point (free with
cost of a computer and internet).”
Betty Ray Edutopia Senior
Blog Editor and Community
Manager
“What the Heck Do We Do
with Social Media?”

15. "We need to see [social media] through a
bigger lens -- as a tool for global
empowerment."
Angela Maiers
Educator/author
(@angelamaiers)

16. Key characteristics that can make Facebook
an attractive learning
platform:

17. Supportive
learning
atmosphere
Empathy
Understanding
You get to
know your
students and
they get to
know YOU

18. Expand the traditional classroom.
Resources are
available anywhere/
all the time
Flexible
learning/teaching
hours.

19. Traditional &
21st century
skills
Creativity
Collaboration
Technology
proficiency
Communication

20. How can we integrate facebook
use into the curriculum?

21. Steps we have taken at EES N°572

22. EES N° 572
 Public school
 In the suburbs of Rosario
 No computer lab/netbooks
BUT
o Most students and teachers
have internet access.
o Interest in technology
o Qualified staff.

23. Teachers have set up a professional profile
•Control what students
see.
•Do not worry about
privacy settings.
Personal profile Professional profile

24. Facebook groups
One per
class/group/subject

25. Groups allow teachers to:
• interact with students who may not be
in their friendship network.
• post, comment, chat, add photos and
videos, create documents or events,
and ask questions via polls.
• Have multi-media conversations and
class projects.

26. Open
Anyone can become a
member and see what’s in
it.
Closed
You have to be invited to
join the group and see
what members post.
Secret
Only members see the
group, who's in it, and
what people post there.
Groups may be…

28. A teachers’ group has
also been created
It allows teachers to :
•Keep in touch
•share experiences
•ask questions

30. Teachers have started posting news and student-generated material.

31. • Use tools that students and teachers
are comfortable with.
• Foster collaboration
• Promote student responsibility
• Keep families informed
• Showcase school culture
• Get feedback from the community

32. Do you want to know more about this experience
or share yours?
Contact me
Ana C. Miotti @anacmiotti
http://anacmiotti.blogspot.com.ar/

33. Thank you!