Are You Clueless?: Using Social Media in the Classroom

Instructional Delivery CommitteeCollege of Mount St. Joseph

Are You Clueless?

Blogging in the classroom - WordPress

– Bodle, R. (2011). Social learning with social media. In C. Wankel (Ed.) Teaching Arts and Science with the New Social Media. Bingley, UK: Emerald Publishing Group.

Blogging in the classroom

What ?

Why ?

– With examples

How ?

What ? Web + log = blog

Form of self publishing

Individual and collective

Multimedia (text, video, image, link)

Post in reverse chronological order

A shared venue for collaborative learning

An open learning management system

Why ?

visibly engaging platform

expressive forms of communication

participation and social interaction

community building

social learning

Examples:

Combine critical reflection with visual texts

Visual communication (click through link)

New Media and Society (click through link)

How ?: getting a blog

Go to the website http://wordpress.com

Click on the orange button “Sign up now”

Fill out form (user name, password, email address)

– Check box “Legal Flotsam”

– Check box “Gimme a blog!”

Click “Next”

How ? (part 2)

Choose blog domain name

– e.g.,reallycoolclass.wordpress.com

Choose blog title

– e.g., reallycoolclass

Click “Sign Up”

How ? (part 2)

Choose a blog domain name

Go to email address to activate blog

How ? (part 2 cont.)

Go to worpress.com

Sign in (with user name and password)

You'll see this drop down menu – click “my blog”

Ta da!

How ? (part 3) create content

Add a new post (you can also edit first post)

How ? (part 4) invite students

Go to dashboard

How ? (part 4) invite students

User>Invites

How ? (part 4 cont)

Invite all your students!

Select “add user as contributor” (later change role to editor)