Social Media for Educators

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BUILD YOUR PROFESSIONAL NETWORK ON TWITTER

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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!

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• linkedin.com/in/tjoosten

• facebook.com/tjoosten

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