Social Media For Educators

1. SOCIAL
MEDIA FOR
EDUCATORS
GENE SWEENEY

2. PINTEREST
• Photo sharing/social
networking
• Create boards to organize
by topic
• Great resource for info-
graphics
• A vast amount of topics
covered
• Great for the visual learner
• Con: Pushes users to sign
in – may hinder classroom
deployment

3. TWITTER
 Micro-blogging
 Connect with
educators from
around the world
 Create lists to
effectively sort users
 Find chats using
#hash tags
 Simple to use

4. GOOGLE +
• Social networking site
• Very well organized
and easy to use
• Join groups
• Connect with
individuals
• Sort your contacts
• Simple to share links,
photos, and videos

5. My Thoughts:
• As a student, I found it very functional and easy to use
• As a teacher, I find it a little clunky:
• New students sometime take many days to be added (this is a
local issue)
• Adding filing and links seems to take longer than it should
• Users are forced to layout their courses by date or topic
• Google Docs is a better alternative in many instances
• Although I find it clunky, I do use it
• Pros outweigh the cons

6. MY PROJECTS:

7. MY PROJECTS:

8. MY PROJECTS:
WEB 2.0 PROJECT:
• Purchased domain: sweendawg.com – a nickname students assigned!
• Created blog/website using WordPress
• Website allows me to offer students quick access to links, files, etc. –
without logging in
• I will also be able to share student work with the world!

9. SOCIAL MEDIA IS A VERY VALUABLE TOOL FOR
TEACHERS
THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES
ONLINE ARE COUNTLESS
FOR ME, THE MOST CHALLENGING ASPECT IS THE VAST
AMOUNT OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE
CONCLUSION