social media for student engagement ftla
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Using Social Media For Student EngagementDeanna [email protected]
Tools
Free Social Media Tools
• Can provide more effective teaching
• Can allow you to interact with your students outside of class.
– Forward relevant news articles
– Alert about assignments
– Engage in discussions
– Tutoring
To get started….
• Create an account for the tool(s) you want to use (this is free!)
• Install the tool App or Bookmark page
– On your phone, iPad, computer, etc.
– In your web browser
• Start exploring and using the tool
• Keep in mind the security and longevity issues
• Keep personal page separate
• Pages vs. Groups
– Each semester
– Longevity
• Humanities Facebook Page
• Link to articles
• Start discussions
• Initiate conversations
• Ask questions
• Assignment reminders
• Hashtags!
• Send out photos
• Initiate conversations around pictures
• Engage students with topics
• Like webpages, images
• Start a board for each class
• Share likes relating to subject
Hootsuite
• Manage everything!
• Have different tabs for each profile
• Send out messages to multiple
• Schedule messages
• Hootsuite website
Other FREE tools to use in your class
• Evernote
• Dropbox
• Voki
• PowToon
• Poll Everywhere
• Socrative
Evernote
• Capture anything
– Photos
– Videos
– Documents
– Combine
• Link to all of your devices
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pjn6YkCY2yA
Evernote
• http://evernote.com/
• Free or Premium version?
– Premium $45/year
– More storage
– Access offline
– Larger uploads
– http://youtu.be/Pjn6YkCY2yA
Evernote Web Clipper
• Clip webpages
– Retain even when webpage goes away
• Clip part of a website
• Save URL
Dropbox
• https://www.dropbox.com
• Save files to cloud server
• Share files
• Share events
• Allow other people to edit files
Free Video Tools
• Can provide more effective teaching
• Can allow you to integrate short videos with content and custom lessons
You Tube
• Search for videos
• Create your own videos
Https://www.youtube.com/my_videos?o=U
Ted Ed
• Create Video lessons using YouTube
• Flip the classroom
http://ed.ted.com/http://ed.ted.com/tour
My Ted Ed
http://ed.ted.com/on/Au4Xokiq
Khan Academy
• Hundreds of free videos
• You can embed in your own PowerPoint or online shell
Voki and PowToon
• Create animations for your class
• Send out for messages
• Post to social media
Voki
• Create animations for your class
• Send out for messages
http://www.voki.com/
• Poll Everywhere
– Poll Everywhere website
– Social Media Poll
• Socrative
– Socrative website
– Another polling site to have interactivity with students in class
Tools To Create Interactive Poll