social software in education
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Presentation for the Masters of Education students\' Residency at Norwich UniversityTRANSCRIPT
Social Software in Education
Meredith FarkasNorwich University
Our students have changed radically. Today’s students are
no longer the people our educational system was
designed to teach.
-Mark Prensky, “Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants.”
At the same time…
The Web has also changed
Web 1.0 Democratized Access to Information
Web 2.0: Democratized Participation
Social Software
•To be defined as social software, a tool must meet at least two of the following conditions:
•it allows people to communicate, collaborate and build community online.
•it can be syndicated, shared, reused or remixed, or it facilitates syndication.
•it allows people to easily learn from and capitalize on the behavior or knowledge of others.
Characteristics of Social Software
Easy content creation and sharing
Online Collaboration
Conversations
Conversations
Capitalizing on the wisdom
of crowds
Transparency
Transparency
Personalization
Portability
Social Software Applications in
Education
Blogs
•How do you define a medium used by teenagers, Nobel Prize-winners, car companies, rock bands and educators?
Blogs
•Frequently updated website where postings are displayed in reverse chronological order.
•Uses•Course management system
• Faculty communication with students/parents
• Reflective learning
• Discussion
• Language or writing practice
• Share ideas/get feedback
Course Management System
Faculty Communication with Students/Parents
Faculty Communication with Students/Parents
Reflective Learning
Reflective Learning
Reflective Learning
Reflective Learning
Discussion
Discussion
Discussion
Language or Writing Practice
Language or Writing Practice
Share Ideas/Get Feedback
Wikis
Allow a group of people to develop a website without any web design skills
Uses:•Courseware•Group Projects•Collaboratively-developed resource guides
Courseware
Courseware
Courseware
Group Projects
Collaborative Resource Guides
Social Networking Software
Online community with the goal of building identity and publicly articulating one’s social network.
Uses:•Courseware•Feedback mechanism•Portal to library/school content
Courseware
Feedback Mechanism
Feedback Mechanism
Portal to Library/School Content
Portal to Library/School Content
Portal to Library/School Content
Podcast
Audio broadcast in MP3 format syndicated through RSS.
Uses:•Lectures and guest speakers•Student projects•News and marketing•Language classes
Lectures and Guest Speakers
Student Projects
Student Projects
News and Marketing
Language Classes
Screencasting
Movie taken of one’s desktop.
Uses:•Recording lectures•Commenting on student papers•Tutorials
Recording Lectures
Comments on Student Papers
Tutorials
Things to Consider
Avoid
technolust
Don’t Don’t assume assume
all of all of your your
studentstudents are s are tech-tech-savvysavvy
Play with Play with technology!technology!
Kick the Kick the tires!tires!
Don’t be afraid to try things out with your
students
Don’t Don’t be be
afraid afraid to let to let your your
studentstudents s
“drive”“drive”
Consider Consider the the
maintenanmaintenance burden ce burden
and and sustainabilisustainability of any ty of any
technologytechnology
These are just tools!These are just tools!
Thanks!