Presentation for the Media Educators of America 2012, on appropriate ways educators can use Social Media in the Classroom. Includes incredible amount of link outs to additional resources.

1. Social Media in the Classroom
Don Goble
dgoble@ladueschools.net
http://about.me/dongoble
follow me on Twitter @dgoble2001
Presentation from MEOA 2011
http://www.schooltube.com/channel/meoa

2. Twitter & Facebook
for teachers
Why should teachers care?

3. This is where our kids LIVE!
Educators & classes should too...
On the surface, 140 characters on as a message on
Twitter may seem ridiculous, but.....
@AmNotWhatIAm
@ladueview
@LaduePanorama
How Are Colleges Using Social Media [Infographic]
@ICTV_16

4. What is Twitter
The crew at GCFLearnFree.org explain it for us.

5. Click the image to view site
Twitter video from GCFLearnFree.org

6. Why create a Facebook Fan page?
1 Student & Teacher Engagement
2 Student & Teacher Motivation
3 Student & Teaching Strategies
4 Student &Teaching tips
5 Appropriate digital literacy
50 Reasons to Invite Facebook into your Classroom
http://teacherstraining.com.au/how-to-use-facebook-in-the-classroom-without-compromising-your-professional-relationship-with-your-students/

7. Key questions for
Twitter & Facebook
1. What are the top reasons to use social media in the classroom?
2. How has social media helped me professionally?
3. What sage advice do I have for educators wanting to use social
media?
4. Who would be the top 5 people you’d recommend others to follow
on Twitter?

8. Why Twitter & Facebook?
•Connection * Why Use Twitter (video)
* Facebook for Educators (video)
•Collaboration
•Collegiality
•Information
•Fun
•All
of these = Professional
Development & Student Engagement

9. To Connect

10. •Link with people around world with similar
interests/global connection = PLN
•Participate in conversations with other
educators
•Other teachers/educators have same vision for
enhancing teaching/learning in their classrooms

11. •Connection for isolated people
(location/job)
•Keep my thinking fresh by extending my
professional network
•Interactwith people I would not
normally have the chance to connect
with
•Participating in global conversations

12. Collaboration &
Collegiality

13. •Discussions, controversies, new thinking
•Putting concerns into a global/better context
•Sharing victories and disasters/low points
•Support when looking for new ideas
•24/7 access to collaborators

14. Information

15. •What’s the latest Journalism trend
•Asking and answering questions
•Sharing tips and resources
•Staying up-to-date
•Finding/making recommendations
•Problem-solving

16. •Wider audience for class/student blogs
•Post assignments for students
•Set reminders, deadlines or class announcements
•Highlight student work that you published to the
web: articles, blogs, videos
•Promote your student television show or journalism
program
•Communicate with parents

17. •Keep up to date with what’s happening in the
world - The Presidential Election
•Breaking news - Bin Laden/Plane in the
Hudson
•Keep in touch with what is happening in the
outside world - especially important for
people free-lancing, a skill our students will
NEED to seize!

18. Social/Fun reasons

19. •Give Quizzes on Twitter
•Note-taking/Highlights @ conferences
•Sharing memorable and humorous events
•Interest, curiosity
•Personal - friends & family, hobbies

20. How does it help me
professionally?

21. •Participatein ‘unofficial’ PD - The best
professional development I have ever received
has occurred on Twitter
•Keepsme in touch with the outstanding role
models in our (global) education system
•Difficult
to find funds to attend professional
dev. workshops - depend on Twitter, Facebook
& peers to learn and grow
•Able to tear down the walls of my classroom
& give my students a chance to connect with
people around the world

22. •Findinformation & resources to use with
students & colleagues
•Truenetworking with teachers around the
world
•Twitter
is the first place I go to when I have a
problem or need inspiration

23. •I’ve ‘stolen’
and used many ideas in the
curriculum or own personal life; made friends;
shared my own ideas; collaborated with
others; reflected on my own practice and
more
•Twitterprovides hands on tech support -
questions are ALWAYS answered
•Get a job through social media - contacts, etc

24. Who should I follow
on Twitter

25. • @dgoble2001 Hashtags to follow
• @jeadigitalmedia #MEOA
• @manfull #powerofvideo
• @rmbyrne #medialiteracy
#JEADM
• @LarryJordanFCP
#HSMedia
#journchat
100 Twitter Accounts Every
Journalism Student Should Follow #edtech

26. Sage advice for newbies
on Twitter
From newbies

27. •Have fun
•Don’t try to follow too many people
•Get involved
•Just start
•Connect with educators
•Have a code of conduct for yourself
•Enjoy the spirit of the community
•Make connections with people with similar interests
•Lurk/Listen/Question

28. •Tweet your lesson ideas
•Add web link & some info about you in your bio
•Give yourself time to develop connections
•Find someone you know/trust to follow first - then
follow people they follow
•Remember what you say stays online!
•Jump in & connect = Don’t quit!

29. Sage advice for newbies
on Facebook Fan Page
From newbies

30. Workflow for your class
•Start small
•Create the account with your student leaders
•Place a student in charge of managing it
•Don’t feel like you have to be the expert
•Don’t feel like you have to have a personal page
•You don’t need to friend anyone

31. Final words

32. Prepare for College
• According to a new study by UMass
Dartmouth, 100% of colleges and
universities surveyed are using some
form of social media.
• Read more here

33. •Don’t worry if people don’t follow you back
•Don’tworry if it takes a long time to ‘get’ - just about
everyone says that
•Visit
the Blogger’s Cafes at conferences to meet up
with people
•Join the conversations
•140 characters leads to tight, focussed
writing/thinking
•Don’t worry about ROI for students
Poem Next

34. Impact of Social Media on Journalism - video
Social Media Trends in Journalism - video
15 Examples Worth Learning From - article
Ways to have a social media presence for your staff when y
our high school says ‘No - article
JEADigitalMedia Social Media Tips for High School Programs
- guide
Social Media and Journalism - (video)
Can we afford NOT
to use in media education?

35. Prepare for Real World Media
= Journalism Jobs!

36. Poll the #PLN
Twitter
The Power of a PLN
blog post & comments
LinkedIn
CBS Anchor & Reporter

37. Student reporters cover the Presidential debate.......
on social media!

38. @dgoble2001
@LadueViewShow
Ladue View Show
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ladue-View/172037956162477

39. Let’s get started and sign-up!
Go to Twitter.com or Facebook.com
to begin

40. Free Tutorial on STEP by STEP process
http://www.gcflearnfree.org/twitter101
Videos include:
Signing Up for Twitter
Following People on Twitter
Exploring on Twitter
How to Tweet

41. Free Tutorial on STEP by STEP process
http://www.gcflearnfree.org/facebook101
Videos include:
Setting up a Facebook account
Understanding Privacy on Facebook
Setting Your Privacy on Facebook
Creating a Profile on Facebook
Finding Friends on Facebook
Sharing the Facebook Timelime
Understanding Your News Feed on Facebook
Uploading Photos & Videos on Facebook

42. http://www.slideshare.net/cjh67/how-to-set-up-a-class-facebook-page-for-educators-8091774

43. Excellent Links for the Beginner
Twitter’s Language
Educational Hash Tags
The Twitter Experiment (video)
Twitter for Beginners
Establishing a Twitter Routine for the Classroom
Facebook in Education
Facebook for Beginners
100 Updated Ways to Use Facebook in the Classroom
Don Goble’s guide to Social Media in the Classroom

44. Time Savers!
TweetDeck Tutorial #1 HootSuite Tutorial #1
TweetDeck Tutorial #2 HootSuite Tutorial #2
Twuffer Tutorial #1 Buffer Tutorial #1
Twuffer Tutorial #2 Buffer Tutorial #2
Kippt
Twitter Lists
Bottlenose
Tweetcaster

45. Social Media & Journalism Today
Guardian open journalism: Three Little Pigs
click the image to view the video