T-Ask: Facebook

Eric Sembrat | Georgia State University | Fall 2013

T-Ask: Facebook

Monday, September 23, 13

Schedule• Introduction

• What is Facebook?

• What does Facebook do?

• How can we integrate Facebook into the classroom?

• Questions & Comments



Introduction

Eric Sembrat | Georgia State University | Fall 2013Eric Sembrat | Georgia State University | Fall 2013


Presenter• Eric Sembrat

• Web Developer at GT

• Ph.D. Student at GSU

• [email protected]

• http://ericsembrat.com/



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http://ericsembrat.com/

http://ericsembrat.com/

What is Facebook?



• http://www.facebook.com

• Facebook is the grandfather of Web 2.0 social media websites.

• Social media built on sharing.

• Because of this, Facebook has features above and beyond its competitors.

Facebook



http://www.facebook.com

http://www.facebook.com

What does Facebook Do?



• Facebook features:

• Permutations of user, group, and page interactions.

• Events, photos, videos, link, message sharing.

• Media-rich interaction.

Facebook’s Goal



• Users have Friends, who they jointly share information to.

• Users have Likes for pages, who users share information with.

• Users join Groups, who communicate on a joint subject.

Interactions



How can you use Facebook in the

classroom?



• One of Facebook’s primary features is a robust privacy and security matrix.

• Each user profile cannot be assumed to have similar privacy and security settings.

• Because of this, you cannot assume that users can communicate with each other.

Concerns



• Facebook Groups

• Privacy and visibility settings.

• Features to add files, ask questions, post media, and engage in discussions.

• Two-way communication method.

Use #1



Use #1



• Facebook Pages

• Allows anyone to like (subscribe) to updates and posts.

• Allows a strict separation between creator posts and user posts.

• Primarily one way communication.

Use #2



Use #1



• For the computer savvy users, you can also engage in some other ways of using Facebook in the classroom:

• Use a Facebook application to connect users together.

• Using hashtags or page/user references to link content between users.

Other Ways



Questions? Comments?



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