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SOCIAL MEDIAhands on
• Using Facebook groups with classes to engage students & enhance learning
• Using Twitter as a way to further you professional development (both ICT & non-ICT related)
• Time to work on building your own facebook groups & twitter accounts
Why not?
Most (not all) students have a facebook account
Communicating on the students’ level
Encourages dialogue between students
Encourages peer learning
Helps students keep up to date with lessons
Another form of communication between
students/teachers/parents
WHY USE IT?
Keeps students up to date with things happening around school
& the community
Allows teacher
– student feedbac
k to happen
in an open forum
Helps students to keep up to date with their
learning
Encourages dialogue between students
Encourages dialogue between students
Create a teacher facebook account
Try to add at least one other teacher to
your class page
NEVER friend a studentEnsure that if you are using your facebook
profile for more than just school related content your privacy settings are correct
Never share anything on facebook (or online) that you wouldn’t want published in a newspaper
Talk to your students about your expectations for the group page
BEING SAFE & SMART
Create a teacher account
Friend a few other teachers
Create a group page (‘closed’ or ‘secret’)https://www.facebook.com/help/220336891328465#What-are-the-privacy-options-for-groupsAllow students access to a link for the page so
they can add themselves and others in the class
Talk to students about expectations of the class
page
www.facebook.com
GETTING STARTED
Think before you share:https://fbcdn-dragon-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t39.2178-6/851546_230534240467708_1179351266_n.pdf
The Teacher’s Guide to Keeping Students Safe Online:http://elearningindustry.com/the-teacher-guide-to-keeping-students-safe-online
Facebook Groups – Privacy Options:https://www.facebook.com/help/220336891328465#What-are-the-privacy-options-for-groups
The difference between Facebook groups & a facebook pagehttps://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook/facebook-tips-whats-the-difference-between-a-facebook-page-and-group/324706977130
Link to Priscilla Allen’s Social Media tips:http://2014maths.wikispaces.com/Social+Media
USEFUL LINKS
Great for building a network to other educators
Useful for tips on teaching & learning strategies –
both ICT & non-ICT
Great for professional development
Connects you to the rest of world & allows you to
keep up to date with new innovations
www.twitter.com
TWITTERAS A TEACHER RESOURCE
Go to twitter.com to sign up Add 5 people to follow (@Senseicbd) Explore away
• ‘Discover’ – links tailored to you & the people you follow• Hashtags• Trends• Search for a particular topic – ‘elearning’, ‘Japanese’, etc….
Find people to follow:• Subject specific• General education• Celebrities• News websites
If you feel ready – send out your first tweet!!
TWITTERGETTING STARTED
Your only limit is your imagination!! HAPPY TWEETING
Twitter tutorialshttp://www.onlinecolleges.net/50-terrific-twitter-tutorials-for-teachers/
Link to Priscilla Allen’s Social Media tips:http://2014maths.wikispaces.com/Social+Media
People to follow: some ideas@billy_merchant (Billy Merchant)@NCEAexams (NZQA)@TEDTalks (TED Talks)@SirKenRobinson (Sir Ken Robinson)@mosborne01 (Mark Osborne – consultant for CORE
Education)@ieducator (Brian @ieducator – Education & ICT)@Googledrive (Google Drive)@TeachThought (Teach Thought)
@Senseicbd (Lisa Cumberland – it’s me!!)
USEFUL LINKS
