macul 2011 bethany beaudrie
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TWITTER/FACEBOOK IN THE CLASSROOM
Social networking in education?
WHY?Why?
Social Media is out there.
Data
⦿ Facebook-over 500 million users
⦿ Twitter-180 million unique visitors each month
HOW?How?
WHY NOT?Why not?
Are you on Facebook? Do you Tweet?⦿ The journey
How can I apply these tools to my classroom?⦿ Parent/teacher communication⦿Miniblog approach⦿ Age Appropriateness⦿ Collaboration with other classrooms⦿ Networking⦿More ideas?
WHY NOT?Why not?
Fear-the unknown⦿ Remove personal
from professional⦿ There are students
and parents out there. They want to friend me on Facebook, what do I do?
⦿ Should I friend them?
⦿ No!*
How do I remove the personal from professional?⦿Offer alternative for families so they
don’t have to friend you.⦿ Invite them to “like” a class Facebook
page⦿Or to follow your class on Twitter?
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
The Question-Facebook⦿ What’s on your
mind?
The Question-Twitter⦿ What’s happening?
Asking the question of students
⦿ What will you share?
Parents Appreciate⦿ Snow day field trip
reminder⦿ Animoto videos⦿ Jing how-to’s
Miniblog Approach⦿ Twitter is a miniblog⦿ 140 characters ⦿ Power in writing⦿ Shallow vs. deep
thoughts
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!
More on safety
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?
Networking⦿ Professional
organizations⦿ Businesses⦿ Educational Leaders⦿ Bloggers
SO HOW DO I DO THIS FOR MY CLASS ANYWAY?
Facebook-Getting Started⦿ Need an account⦿ Options
● Groups● Pages
○ Official*○ Community
⦿ Settings*⦿ Getting the word out⦿ Mrs. Beaudrie’s
Class
Twitter-Getting Started⦿ Need an account⦿ User Name is
important⦿ @mrsbeaudrie⦿ Settings⦿ Now what?
● Searching helps○ @, RT, DM○ Co-Tweet○ TwitPic
KISS⦿ Keep It Simple,
Stupid!⦿ Using e-mail and
mobile devices to our advantage
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?
Resources⦿ http://help.twitter.com/forums/10771/entries/77641⦿ http://mashable.com/guidebook/twitter/⦿ http://mashable.com/guidebook/facebook/⦿ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/14/twitter-user-statistics-r_n_537992
.html⦿ http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/populations/ctypopls.htm⦿ http://www.facebook.com/⦿ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle⦿ http://www.coolcatteacher.com/⦿ http://www.shutterfly.com/⦿ http://animoto.com/⦿ http://www.techsmith.com/jing/