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Facebook in the Classroom

Facebook in the Classroom. What is Facebook ?. Facebook is a hugely popular social networking site that allows you to make connections, share interests, and join groups . Different than twitter as it has a lot more personal usage and security controls. Facebook Stats .

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Facebook in the Classroom

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  1. Facebook in the Classroom

  2. What is Facebook? Facebook is a hugely popular social networking site that allows you to make connections, share interests, and join groups. Different than twitter as it has a lot more personal usage and security controls

  3. Facebook Stats • According to the Facebook website • 901 million monthly active users at the end of March 2012. Approximately 80% of our monthly active users are outside the U.S. and Canada.526 million daily active users on average in March 2012. 488 million monthly active users who used Facebook mobile products in March 2012, and more than 500 million mobile monthly active users as of April 20, 2012.During March 2012, on average 398 million users were active with Facebook on at least six out of the last seven days.

  4. Facebook Terminology Friend – people you connect with on Facebook Newsfeed – where your status updates are shown as well as your friends Like – a button under statuses or pictures, way to share positive feedback Timeline – Replaces profile. Lists status updates from your News Feed, photos you post, and places you visited in chronological order.

  5. Guidelines • Decide what kind of persona you will have on Facebook and stick to it. • May have one account for personal and one account for professional • Don’t badmouth anyone. • Use one platform for educational purposes • Assume someone is watching • Enrich the classroom experience

  6. Facebook Groups Facebook group is a tool to share things with a small group of people On your newsfeed, groups are listed on your left-hand side Look for a more button. Click it. You will then see a screen to Create a Group. Have 3 options for creating a group: Open, Closed, Secret

  7. Facebook Groups

  8. Facebook Group Ideas create discussion board communicate with each other and the instructor can be linked with online projects & other classroom groups.

  9. Facebook Group Examples

  10. Facebook Group Examples

  11. Facebook Group Examples

  12. Facebook Pages Created for public figures, businesses, organizations and other entities to create an authentic and public presence on Facebook. Are visible to everyone on the internet by default. Connect with these Pages by “liking them” and then receive their updates in your News Feed and interact with them.

  13. Creating a Facebook Page • Go to the left-hand side of your newsfeed and select “More” from Pages & Ads • You will be given several options like “Public Figure” , “Cause or Community • Choose what feels best • Then follow the instructions to set up your account. • Students have to like your page to interact with it.

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