My Experiences with Social Media Tools Social Media for Educators Final Project

Rich KikerSpring 2015

Ishbara Acosta

Rich

Useful Tools

❖Easy set-up!

❖Intuitive!❖Plays well

with others!

Successes: Twitter

❖ Intuitive❖ Easily Navigated❖ Free version is actually

all you need❖ Lots of Potential in the

Classroom

More Successes

❖ Glogster didn’t really work for me at school. That would make it a major problem for students as it kept glitching as it loaded onto the page. I also felt like the constant bombardment to upgrade and pay more to use it was a bit much.

Challenges

❖ Animoto seemed really cool, but I also found it difficult to use. I’m determined to master that one though and will definitely be giving it another shot in the classroom.

❖ The nature of Linkedin for self-promotion was also tough for me. I’m quite happy where I am in terms of my job and it was weird to constantly self-promote.

Challenges

❖ This was my first course in several years. I was a wee (childless) lass the last time I was in school and it was really fun to get back into the swing of things - especially electronically!

❖ I would definitely take a Moodle class again. I loved the set-up and the ease of use. I also liked that I could easily track my grades, get reminders about the class, and go back to look at notes and instructions online.

Moodle & Online Learning

Accomplishments

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