Incorporating Web 2.0 Tools and Social Media into Learning

The K-12 Classroom

1. Identify and describe how to effectively incorporate Web 2.0 and Social media tools into your lessons and assessments.

Learning Goal

Web 2.0 tools facilitate personalized learning through sharing and collaboration (Juskeviciene & Kurilovas, 2013)

“Learners gather information through connecting with others’ knowledge” using social media (Chen & Bryer, 2012)

Democratic, inclusive, and promotes creativity (Friedman & Friedman, 2013)

Why?

Deciding on the tool: Technologies Available Educational purpose/goalAfter you have chosen the tool: Student safety Network security policy Parent/School permission

Considerations

Blogs Wikis Video Sharing Share information Collaboration Several options

Web 2.0 Tools

Journaling/Reflection News Debates Reviews Photo Analysis Digital Citizenship Unit Reflection/Review Many More!

Blogs: Application

Historical Fan club Debates Newsroom Find the error Collaborative Stories Group projects Many more!

Wikis: Application

Facebook YouTube Twitter Edmodo Delicious

Social Media

Historical Figure Fan Page Closed Groups for Peer Collaboration Political topics Primary Source Interviews Book Reviews Live Student Portfolios Resource curation Digital Citizenship/Literacy

Facebook: Application

Assignment/project due dates Share class information Literacy activities Research Engage parents and community Polling Re-tweet educational trends and topics Post brain-teasers related to classroom content

Twitter: Application

Encourages learner-centered active learning (Chen & Bryer, 2012)

Promotes personalized learning Relevant Promote information literacy Create life-long learning habits

Conclusion

Chen, B., & Bryer, T. (2012). Investigating instructional strategies for using social media in formal and informal learning. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 13(1), 87-104. Retrieved from http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodlFriedman, L., & Friedman, H. H. (2013). Using social media technologies to enhance online learning. Journal of Educators Online, 10(1), 1-23. https://doaj.org/article/8555b1d93cf348e2b7dcf77ad72f1f6c Juskeviciene, A., & Kurilovas, E. (2014). Recommending Web 2.0 tools to personalize learning. Informatics in Education, 13(1), 17-31. Retrieved from https://www.mii.lt/informatics_in_education/contents.htm

References

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