Social Media
10 Ways to Use Social Media in the Classroom:
Inform teachers about the latest technology trends in the classroom.
Promote community or school activities and get feedback from events.
Private social networks, such as Schoology or Moodle, provide the teachers availability to post homework assignments to an online classroom.
Communicate class events, homework and test dates, and classroom information to the families at home.
End of the unit review questions and facts can be tweeted.
Having access to the world's various cultures through the internet, the barrier between languages can be broken.
Collaborative learning helps bring the students together, even when they aren't in the classroom.
Social networking can be a helpful for teachers to bounce ideas off each other and share what strategies have worked in their classroom.
Students can track their posts for a multitude of learning experiences; from correcting mistakes in tweets to seeing their mathematic edge on the popularity of the tweet.
- Professional development
Inform teachers about the latest technology trends in the classroom.
- Community outreach
Promote community or school activities and get feedback from events.
- Course assignments
Private social networks, such as Schoology or Moodle, provide the teachers availability to post homework assignments to an online classroom.
- Parent/family communication
Communicate class events, homework and test dates, and classroom information to the families at home.
- Distance learning
- Assessment
End of the unit review questions and facts can be tweeted.
- Cross cultural communication & language learning
Having access to the world's various cultures through the internet, the barrier between languages can be broken.
- Collaborative learning
Collaborative learning helps bring the students together, even when they aren't in the classroom.
- Networking with colleagues
Social networking can be a helpful for teachers to bounce ideas off each other and share what strategies have worked in their classroom.
- Integrating real-world applications into teaching
Students can track their posts for a multitude of learning experiences; from correcting mistakes in tweets to seeing their mathematic edge on the popularity of the tweet.
Bloom's Taxonomy and Pinterest
Create: Build a board for the class reference guide. Plan events by collecting tasks on the board. Evaluate: Predict Pinterest trends based on "repins" and "likes." Justify Pinterest as a valid source. Conduct a debate on topics using comments and pins for evidence. |
Analyze: Compare and contrast Pinterest to other forms of social media. Examine famous people's boards for bias.
Apply: Paraphrase pinned articles with captions. Translate a board and its captions into another language. Collect current events and images as a class.
Understand: Classify objects by organizing pins into relevant boards. Retell a story by using pins and captions.
Remember: Label by pinning images. List terms and objects with pins. Define vocabulary on a board.
Apply: Paraphrase pinned articles with captions. Translate a board and its captions into another language. Collect current events and images as a class.
Understand: Classify objects by organizing pins into relevant boards. Retell a story by using pins and captions.
Remember: Label by pinning images. List terms and objects with pins. Define vocabulary on a board.
Ways to use Twitter...
Tweet about upcoming due dates or assignments Provide class with running news feed Use Twitter in the classroom to create a career list Track memes Coordinate assignments Track a hashtag Connect with the community Follow the issues Write a story or poem Live tweet field trips Ask questions Set up foreign language news stream Role play Take and share notes Sync with blog Chat with industry professionals Connect Classroom Facilitate research Engage parents Track the government Write reviews Post sample questions ect... |
Model Citizenship: How can students be appropriate online and offline?
Communication Hub: Create small group or page for students to look up class information, homework assignments, and test dates. Personal and Professional: Establish the presence of a teacher without being involved. Interact with students, parents, and colleagues professionally. Keep private things private: Keep your personal page private and classroom page available to students only. |
Overall, I think social networking can slowly be integrated into the classroom. It is a helpful tool that can be utilized to enhance learning. The only issue I see with it is the distraction level along with inappropriate use of the internet. Social media can be used as a strong leverage for cyber bullying. I believe part of integrating social media into the classroom also brings the need to Digital Citizenship.