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Harnessing Social Networks in Your Classrooms

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Lisa Thumann
Lisa Thumann

College students are highly connected digitally, with 89% owning laptops and nearly all owning smartphones. School districts are trying to determine how to incorporate the growing use of mobile devices and social media into education. Harnessing social networks can help educators teach digital citizenship and focus classroom time on content by using tools like Edmodo for writing, resources, student responsibility and engagement. Twitter can also be used productively in the classroom for building personal brands, concise communication, role playing, collaboration and connecting with experts. Social networks redefine how knowledge is shared and require educators to learn how to harness their power for educational purposes.

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Source: http://mashable.com/2011/05/22/cave-man-social-media-comic/
Harnessing Social Networks in Your ClassroomPresented by Lisa ThumannCMSCE, Rutgers Universityhttp://thumannresources.com
What?
Source: http://www.laptopsarena.com/In 2010, 89% of college students said they owned either a laptop or a netbook. ** http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/survey_finds_college_students_love_laptops_but_not.php
99.8 % of college students owned one or more cellphones49 % now have smartphones** http://www.riehler.com/are-smartphones-our-future-in-computing/
“School districts around the U.S. are facing the issue of how to contend with the proliferation of student owned mobile devices, social media, and other Web 2.0 applications. It's clear that this is not a passing fad and the devices will become increasingly prevalent and the applications more abundant and useful in all sectors of society—including education.”James Bosco, CoSNParticipatory Learning InitiativeSource: http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/DigitalEducation/2011/05/social_media_two_steps_forward.html
SO What?
It's clear that this is not a passing fad…
What’s up with Edmodo?Quality of writingQuality of resourcesStudent responsibilityStudent engagement Peer supportTime in classroom to focus on content--HS Teachers, Paramus, NJSource: http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/thumb_336/12275473430ZYi4D.jpg
5 Uses of Twitter in the ClassroomBuilding a personal brandLearning to be concisePersonifying characters on TwitterCollaborating on the same topic with different cultures Bringing experts into the classroom (virtually)
NOW What?
Learn to harness the power of social networks to educate your digital citizens.
Harnessing Social Networks in Your Classrooms
Harnessing Social Networks in Your Classrooms
Harnessing Social Networks in Your Classrooms
Harnessing Social Networks in Your Classrooms
“Learning networks redefine how knowledge is created, distributed and controlled.”Dr. Alec Couros, University of ReginaProfessor of Educational Technology & MediaSource: http://www.slideshare.net/courosa/rethinking-teaching-learning-in-a-networked-reality
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Harnessing Social Networks in Your Classrooms

  • 2. Harnessing Social Networks in Your ClassroomPresented by Lisa ThumannCMSCE, Rutgers Universityhttp://thumannresources.com
  • 4. Source: http://www.laptopsarena.com/In 2010, 89% of college students said they owned either a laptop or a netbook. ** http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/survey_finds_college_students_love_laptops_but_not.php
  • 5. 99.8 % of college students owned one or more cellphones49 % now have smartphones** http://www.riehler.com/are-smartphones-our-future-in-computing/
  • 6. “School districts around the U.S. are facing the issue of how to contend with the proliferation of student owned mobile devices, social media, and other Web 2.0 applications. It's clear that this is not a passing fad and the devices will become increasingly prevalent and the applications more abundant and useful in all sectors of society—including education.”James Bosco, CoSNParticipatory Learning InitiativeSource: http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/DigitalEducation/2011/05/social_media_two_steps_forward.html
  • 8. It's clear that this is not a passing fad…
  • 9. What’s up with Edmodo?Quality of writingQuality of resourcesStudent responsibilityStudent engagement Peer supportTime in classroom to focus on content--HS Teachers, Paramus, NJSource: http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/thumb_336/12275473430ZYi4D.jpg
  • 10. 5 Uses of Twitter in the ClassroomBuilding a personal brandLearning to be concisePersonifying characters on TwitterCollaborating on the same topic with different cultures Bringing experts into the classroom (virtually)
  • 12. Learn to harness the power of social networks to educate your digital citizens.
  • 17. “Learning networks redefine how knowledge is created, distributed and controlled.”Dr. Alec Couros, University of ReginaProfessor of Educational Technology & MediaSource: http://www.slideshare.net/courosa/rethinking-teaching-learning-in-a-networked-reality

Editor's Notes

  1. Source:http://mashable.com/2011/05/22/cave-man-social-media-comic/
  2. Source:http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/survey_finds_college_students_love_laptops_but_not.php
  3. Source:http://www.riehler.com/are-smartphones-our-future-in-computing/
  4. Source:http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/DigitalEducation/2011/05/social_media_two_steps_forward.html
  5. Sourcehttp://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/2011/05/24/5-unique-uses-of-twitter-in-the-classroom
  6. http://www.schools.com/visuals/college-professors-on-facebook.html
  7. http://www.schools.com/visuals/college-professors-on-facebook.html
  8. http://www.schools.com/visuals/college-professors-on-facebook.html
  9. http://www.schools.com/visuals/college-professors-on-facebook.html
  10. Source:http://www.slideshare.net/courosa/rethinking-teaching-learning-in-a-networked-reality