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Social networking. FOR HIGHER EDUCATION Brenda Kerr Instructional Technology Specialist Middle Tennessee State University. Can You Use Social Media Applications to Collaborate with Students?. Twitter Hash Tags + Saved Searches + Archive Share text, links, photos, video Delicious Bookmarks
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Social networking FOR HIGHER EDUCATION Brenda KerrInstructional Technology SpecialistMiddle Tennessee State University
Can You Use Social Media Applications to Collaborate with Students? • Twitter • Hash Tags + Saved Searches + Archive • Share text, links, photos, video • Delicious Bookmarks • Shared via Networks • Facebook Pages and Groups • Create group projects • Share text, links, photos, video
Definition: Social Networking A networked service focused on building online or virtual communities Accessible through... The Web Mobile Devices Used to… Build Relationships Share Resources Collaborate
Characteristics Mostly Asynchronous Communication • Place to post • Text updates, notes, discussions • Resources: links, video, images, etc. • Organizational component • Groups or Pages • Meta tags/tagged people (links and images) Combo synchronous/asynchronous • Chat capabilities • Twitter can be used both ways
Examples Social Interaction Other sites • MySpace • Facebook • Twitter • Linked In • Ning • Blogs • Edublogs • Blogger • Xanga • Swaggle (SMS) Resource Gathering • Delicious • Flickr • YouTube/TeacherTube • SlideShare
Twitter • Share Text, Images, Video by Computer/Cell • Hashtags - #mtsocial + saved search • Share resources among group members • Comment on live event • Twitterview – Interview a subject matter specialist • Can be archived • Geotags • Shows location of tweeter • Need to turn on
Twitter Examples • Group collaboration – Student Teachers • Students divided into groups by subject taught • Set up MERLOT accounts • Set up Twitter accounts • Assigned group hashtag • Searched for that hashtag and saved the search • Located MERLOT resources • Share resources with group • Group members clicked on the shared link and saved it to their MERLOT bookmarks.
Twitter Examples • Twittory: Creating a story 150 characters at a time - http://wpmu.thepodcastnetwork.com/twittories/twittory-1-the-darkness-inside/ • Follow Politicians on Twitter – http://www.economist.com/world/united-states/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13109717 • Practice a foreign language • Twitterview (Interview on Twitter)
Sharing Resources • Delicious – • Organize Bookmarks • Tags, Descriptions • Share, Subscribe • YouTube – • Post videos • Comment, share, subscribe. • Flickr – • Post Photos • Upload, describe, share
Delicious Delicious uses a non-hierarchical classification system for bookmarking websites • Users tag each bookmark with freely chosen index terms • View bookmarks made by others • Fresh bookmarks / Hotlist / Explore Tags • Create your own Network of Users • Bundle Networks into groups • Subscribe to specific tags • Bundle Tags
Facebook • Should you use Facebook? • Rule #1: • No Friending! • Use Pages or Groups to connect with students • Tips • Keep all communication professional • Consider creating 2 profiles • Set privacy settings on profile, pages, and groups • Monitor the Page or Group wall regularly • Don’t allow students to post to the wall??
Facebook Ideas • Create a Group or Fan Page for….. • A specific class project • Each group working on a project • Communicate and share resources • Video Presentations • Use desktop camera to video camera • Record or Upload directly into Facebook • Images • Upload and tag photo albums of images. • Share with world when finished!!!
Conclusion • Reevaluate Web 2.0 Tools You Use and Like • Can they be used collaboratively? • Remember that 3rd party software… • May go away at a moment's notice • May not support backup retrieval – Do it Yourself • Export features • Archive features – possibly by another website • Choose technologies that have proved themselves. • Be ready to accept change
Resources • Guidelines for Educators Using Social Networking Sites: • http://doug-johnson.squarespace.com/blue-skunk-blog/2009/8/7/guidelines-for-educators-using-social-networking-sites.html • 50 Ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom • http://www.onlinecolleges.net/2009/06/08/50-ways-to-use-twitter-in-the-college-classroom/