New LiteraciesBlake ForbesChristina AltmanHeather WilkinsMichael Meyers

Educational Social Networks

• SOPHIA is an educational social network aimed toward 21st century students and teachers

• Empowers students to learn in their own way• Students receive assistance with specific topics, take quizzes, and create

study groups, tutorials and playlists• Teachers assign students SOPHIA tutorials as homework, publish

multimedia tutorials• Create a customized account for free• Parents are welcome, too!

www.sophia.org

Educational Social Networks

• Edutopia is a social network for educators world-wide

• Provides teaching strategies, related blogs and videos, and more

• Mission: improve the learning process by sharing innovative strategies

• Vision: “a new world of learning”• Schools providing access to new

technology, social-emotional learning and project-based learning

• Students developing 21st-century skills

www.edutopia.org

The George Lucas Educational Foundation

Using Online Videos to Teach• Teachers can use videos to teach by:

• Explaining a lesson once through video• Showing step by step instructions• Allowing ability for students to rewind lecture• Students can learn through observation• Video makes text more salient• Video sharing sites such as Youtube are free!!!

Utilizing Video Chatting• Why teachers should utilize video chatting

- Allows remote, face to face support for students- Connect easily with other instructors- Hold class conferences- Students can use free software such as Skype to

work on group projects and get tutoring.

Skype Services• Free video calling• Call mobiles and

landlines• Group video calling• Conference calls• Voicemail• Screen sharing• Instant messaging

The Skype Revolution

• Skype has completely revolutionized the field of virtual learning

- Allowed for global educational collaboration- Educators from all over the world are no longer

bound by physical location!

A Skype classroom

Note Sharing Websites• What are they?

-Websites that provide either free or fairly priced notes and study guides for specific college courses.-Students can rate a document’s helpfulness for future students- Examples) NoteHall , ShareNotes

• Benefits:- Note collaboration maximizes information availability- Provides a ‘one-stop’ place for educational help- Provides course specific notes, not just general subject information- Document rating system allows the student to choose the most relevant and useful document.