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Twitter and Facebook in the Classroom or Lab

Discover how to leverage Twitter and Facebook for effective parent/teacher communication, innovative miniblog teaching methods, age-appropriate interaction, and collaborative opportunities with other classrooms. Learn the basics of setting up accounts, engaging students, and overcoming challenges for a successful educational experience.

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Twitter and Facebook in the Classroom or Lab

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  1. Social networking in education? Twitter and Facebook in the Classroom or Lab

  2. Featuring • Parent/teacher communication • Miniblog approach • Age Appropriateness • Collaboration with other classrooms

  3. Social Media is out there.

  4. Are you on Facebook? • No • What is it? • Why do I keep hearing about it? • Personal interest • Great for keeping in touch • Art gallery, “Follow us on Facebook”

  5. What about Twitter? • Facebook for business and Twitter for business • Twitter-not so easy • I did not get it at first • Twitter is everywhere

  6. Facebook and Twitter • There are students and parents out there. They want to friend me on Facebook, what do I do? • Do I just tell them no and hope they go away? • Remove personal from professional

  7. Facebook and Twitter • What if I invite them to become a fan of my class Facebook page? Or to follow my class on Twitter?

  8. Facebook-Getting Started • Need an account • Groups • Member/administrator • Pages • fans • Settings • Getting the word out • Mrs. Beaudrie’s Class

  9. Twitter-Getting Started • Need an account • User Name is important • @mrsbeaudrie • Settings • Now what? • Searching helps • @, RT, DM • Co-Tweet • TwitPic

  10. How can I apply these tools to my classroom? • Parent/teacher communication • Miniblog approach • Age Appropriateness • Collaboration with other classrooms • More ideas?

  11. The Question-Facebook • What’s on your mind?

  12. The Question-Twitter • What’s happening?

  13. Asking the question of students • What will you share?

  14. Parent/Teacher Communication • How was school today? • What did you do in school today? • Shutterfly is used in my son’s preschool, why not ask the questions of Facebook and Twitter to my class? • Student generated • Parent feedback and comments are welcome

  15. Miniblog Approach • Twitter is a miniblog • 140 characters • Power in writing • Shallow vs. deep thoughts

  16. Age Appropriateness • 13 is the magic number for age required by both sites • Safety, safety, safety • Umbrella rules of my classroom apply to our online presence as well • Be safe • Be respectful and responsible • Be flexible and have fun!

  17. Collaboration with other Classrooms • Other classes are out there • How can we collaborate? • Compare and contrast (themes) • Data collection • Get answers and input from other students or classes • Your ideas?

  18. Facebook and Twitter-Bumps in the road • Slow start is okay • More parents seem to be on Facebook already • No Facebook access from school • When do I have time for this?

  19. Resources • http://help.twitter.com/forums/10771/entries/77641 • http://www.facebook.com/pages/manage/promo_guidelines.php

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