uwm ltc social media for teaching & learning
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Slides from the September 16, 2011 LTC social media workshop.TRANSCRIPT
Today’s Workshop• Part 1: Accessing & using Twitter
– Communicating, sharing, & problem-solving
– Building community
– Hashtags & backchannels
• Part 2: Accessing & using Facebook
• Part 3: Using social media in your classes
PART 1: ACCESSING & USING TWITTER
Let’s Tweet!http://twitter.com
Your Twitter Profile
Search & Follow Me csoleil
Retweeting & Replying
• Retweet = Rt, RT or rtwt • Read someone else’s tweet share it!
• Replying = @username• @username see tweet even if not
following– Example: @csoleil – there must be an app for
that.
Twitter Notifications
Direct Messages• Private message• Followers only!
BUILDING YOUR TWITTER COMMUNITY
Find People You Want to Know
• Search Twitter
– http://search.twitter.com
• Twitter Professors
– http://mashable.com/2009/02/16/twitter-professors/
Find & Follow UWM!
Following Twitter Followers
Find Topics
• Wefollow
• http://wefollow.com/
• Twibes
– http://www.twibes.com
Following Criteria (Chamberlin & Lehmann, 2011, p. 383)
• Do they have a profile?• Is that profile more than a URL?• Do I find their profile relevant in some way,
shape, or form?• Is their ratio of followers to following
relatively less than 4:1?• How often do they tweet? Too often =
twitterstream clog
Sharing Links & Resources
ConversationsHashtags• Broadcast broad audience• Keeps relevant tweets together• Synchronous chat sessions
(e.g., #realwplearn)
• Tweet using hashtag…
•#ltcsome
Question 1
• Which social media tool has impacted you the most – personally or professionally?
• Tweet: – Q1 – tool name #ltcsome
Question 2
• What is your TOP tool for learning?
• Tweet:– Q2 – response #ltcsome
Question 3
• If you are looking for help or information on a subject, where do you go first?
• Tweet:– Q3 – name of source/tool #ltcsome
More Hashtags!
• #edtech
• #higheredtech
• #learnchat
• #edusocmedia
• #socmedia
• #socialmedia
• #sachat
• #iamuwm
Mega Education Hashtag List:http://www.cybraryman.com/edhashtags.html
WHAT ABOUT FACEBOOK?
Creating a Facebook Fan Page http://www.facebook.com/
Logged into Facebook?
Create a Fan Page
Why a Fan Page?
• PRIVACY
• “Like” vs. “friend”
• What you write their news feed (i.e., wall)
• What they write NOT on your wall
UWM Social Media Fan Pages
UWM and Facebookhttp://youtu.be/ZFfJXexaW0U
Why Social Media?
• Reach beyond the classroom
• Interact with “experts”
• Professional development
• Teacher-centered student-centered
• Other reasons?
Students LOVE Technologyhttp://www.onlineeducation.net/students-love-tech
Other Reasons?http://youtu.be/3SuNx0UrnEo
HOW CAN I USE TWITTER AND FACEBOOK IN THE CLASSROOM?
Educational Uses of Social Media
• Announcements & supplemental information
• Live microblogging
• Connections/PLNs (e.g., Siemens, 2004)
• Collect real world data
• Polling
• Group activities/backchannel communication
• Other?
Before Class Activities
• Instructor– Explain what will be covered in class– Reminders
• Students– Submit questions for class discussion
During Class Activities
• Backchannel/in-class tweets• Display students’ pre-class tweets
The Twitter Experiment
• http://youtu.be/6WPVWDkF7U8
Post Class Activities
• Post class notes• Continue class discussion• Answer students’ questions• Share links• Additional reminders
Other Ed Uses of Social Media• Synchronous chat sessions– #learnchat– Tweetchat (http://tweetchat.com/; monitor tweets)
• Daily microlearning– Top tips– Articles to read– Vocabulary
• Scavenger hunts– Build information literacy, problem solving– U of Idaho (http://www.today.uidaho.edu/Details.aspx?ID=5018)
OTHER IDEAS?
Archiving Social Media Content• Tweetdoc– http://www.tweetdoc.org/
• Twapper Keeper– http://twapperkeeper.com
• The Archivist– http://archivist.visitmix.com/
• Keepstream– http://keepstream.com
MANAGING YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA
TO LINK OR NOT TO LINK…THAT IS THE QUESTION
Connecting Twitter & Facebook: Two Ways
http://tinyurl.com/6g8evhl
Linking Alternatives• Social Dashboards– TweetDeck (http://www.tweetdeck.com/)– HootSuite (http://hootsuite.com/)
• Social Browsers– RockMelt (http://www.rockmelt.com/)– Fizzik (http://www.fizzik.com/)
Social Dashboards - TweetDeck
Social Browsers – RockMelt
Why Social Dashboards and Browsers?• One post – multiple social media• Hashtags (e.g., #edtech)– Class discussions– Conferences– Webinars
• Real time• Monitor multiple conversations at a glance
THINGS TO CONSIDER: QUESTIONS
Question #1
• What are the costs associated with implementing the use of social media for faculty, staff, and students?
Question #2
• How do we teach students and faculty to use social media appropriately?
Question #3
• What concerns should we have about privacy in our use of social media?
Question #4
• How do we teach students and faculty to use social media appropriately?
Question #5
• What are some best practices in using social media?
Question #6
• How do we evaluate the impact of social media?
Departing Guidelines(Dunlap & Lowenthal, 2009)
• Establish relevance for students
• Recommend people to follow
• Model effective use
• Encourage students’ active/ongoing participation
• Integrate into assessments
• Continue to actively participate
Additional Resources• UWM Social Media Grant project
– http://uwmsocialmedia.wikispaces.com
• Presentation and Data– http://uwmsocialmedia.wikispaces.com/Presentations+by+Tanya
• Set-up Instructions– http://uwmsocialmedia.wikispaces.com/Howtosocialmedia10
• Creating a Twitter Account – http://tinyurl.com/4lkdkj3
• Creating a Facebook Fan Page– http://www.facebook.com/pages/create.php