social media for education: cleary university
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This presentation was given as a webinar to the folks at CU in Michigan on May 18th, 2013.TRANSCRIPT
Social Media for Educators
Follow me @tjoosten, twitter.com/tjoosten
Preso at: http://www.slideshare.net/tjoosten/
BUILD YOUR PROFESSIONAL NETWORK ON TWITTER
Getting started with Twitter.com
Download the Twitter App
OR
Send a text message
“Start”
to 40404
How to update your bio
Complete bio or profile
Tweeting: Introduce yourself
I’m Tanya Joosten from University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, teach communication, help other faculty use technology #clearysm13
Build your network
Following
Hashtags
• #edusocmedia
• #edtech
• #highered
• #elearning
• #socmedia
• #sachat
• #edchat
• #lrnchat
Google: education hashtags
Others ways to network
• Conference hashtags (#et4online, #blend13, #edu13)
• Join live sessions (#edchat, #sachat)
• Review campus twitter accounts and hasthags (@uwm, #iamuwm)
Tips to developing a network
• Update social media profiles to include an image and a bio appropriate for the social media.
• Connect with colleagues through conference or professional group hashtags.
• Identify useful or influential colleagues and review to who they are connected.
• Participate in your educational institution’s social media accounts.
Technology will save us!
Facebook is the answer!
Bwahahahaha!
It’s not about the technology, it’s all social
Larry Johnson, NMC
global collaborative anytime anyplace mobility access literacy
informal learning
Connect
“A virtual place where people share; everybody and anybody can share anything anywhere anytime” (Joosten, 2012, p. 6).
What is the student voice?
Assess your students’ needs
I want to feel connected
According to a survey by Joosten (2009), students reported that they need good (67%) and
frequent communication (90%) with their instructor and good communication with their classmates (75%). They also reported
that they need to feel connected to learn (80%) (http://tinyurl.com/yafu8qz).
I don’t use email
According to PEW Internet study, “Teens who participated in focus groups for this study said that
they view email as something you use to talk to ‘old people,’ institutions, or to send complex instructions to large groups “ (http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2005/Teens-and-Technology.aspx?r=1).
I use social media
95.1% of 18- and 19-year-olds use social media, primarily Facebook on a daily basis (Salaway, et al., 2009)
96% of undergraduates reported using Facebook (Smith & Caruso, 2010)
43% of undergraduate use Twitter (Smith & Caruso, 2010)
90% use mobile devices to receive and send text messages (Smith, 2010), over 1600 a month (Neilson, 2010)
92% of college-aged students watch YouTube (Moore, 2011)
I like social media for learning
Use
social media
Warning!
Technology is only the medium
Medium | Message
By Wespeck
Words, Voice, Eye Contact, Hand Gestures, Body
Movements, Posture, Clothes
Eye Contact, Nodding, Hand
Gestures, Posture
? Words, Text or Voice, Emoticons, Eye Contact, Hand
Gestures, Body Movements,
Posture, Clothes
? Words, Text or Voice, Emoticons, Eye Contact, Hand
Gestures, Body Movements,
Posture, Clothes
You need
a pedagogical strategy
Increase communication and contact
Engage students through rich, current media
Building cooperation and feedback
Hashtags
• CATs• Peer Instruction• Reflection
No matter the technology, how can you enhance your pedagogy?
Get it!
Connect w/me
• twitter.com/tjoosten
• linkedin.com/in/tjoosten
• facebook.com/tjoosten
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