100 Ways You Should Be Using Facebook in Your Classroom. Facebook isn't just a great way for you to find old friends or learn about what's happening this weekend, it is also an incredible learning tool. Teachers can utilize Facebook for class projects, for enhancing communication, and for engaging students in a manner that might not be entirely possible in traditional classroom settings. Read on to learn how you can be using Facebook in your classroom, no matter if you are a professor, student, working online, or showing up in person for class. Note: Check out our updated version of this article for even more suggestions on Facebook in your class. Class Projects The following ideas are just a starting point for class projects that can be used with Facebook in the classroom.
Follow news feeds. Have students follow news feeds relevant to the course material in order to keep current information flowing through the class.Share book reviews. Facilitate Communication Create groups. Benefits. A Straightforward Guide To Using Pinterest In Education. Rethinking Facebook: A Tool to Promote Student Engagement - Summer 2011: The Journal of Technology in Student Affairs from StudentAffairs.com. Rethinking Facebook: A Tool to Promote Student Engagement Sarah E.
Jenness Graduate Research Assistant University of Massachusetts Amherst sarah.jenness@gmail.com Introduction Though the nature of technology’s impact on college campuses is widely debated (Bargh & McKenna, 2004; Katz, Rice, & Aspden, 2001; Milliron & Miles, 2000; Treuer & Belote, 1997), the fact that it has dramatically altered student and campus life is undeniable.
Since the early decades of the twentieth century, the advent of new communication technologies such as the telephone, radio, and television have necessitated changes in the way student affairs professionals design programming and interact with students (Guidry, 2008). Unlike these earlier forms of technology, however, the wide-spread integration of the Internet happened in just four years (Milliron & Miles, 2000), causing more rapid changes than in the past (Kleinglass, 2005).
Athletics. Student clubs & intramural sports. Other entertainment. 4 Step Social Media Strategy - MEGA [Re-post] | Hack Text. Everything is better with acronyms. Image by Barack Obama via Flickr Glittering promises to transform you into a social media powerhouse overnight are scams. Focusing on a long-term method to grow your social media presence, though, is a good idea. Many groups, including college journalism outlets, are strategizing on the best ways to use social media to expand their brands. I have my own strategy for increasing followers, finding people, increasing hits and helping others, which I use daily at my job as Technology Manager for George Mason University’s Office of Student Media. I’ve made an acrostic for the strategy: MEGA. MEGA Social Media: Monitor related topicsEngage the audienceGrow your coverageBe Active A surprising number of folks fail to do all of these things. Monitor The importance of keeping an eye on who is talking about your media outlet, university and the surrounding community cannot be understated.
Benefits: Methods: Engage Grow Be Active This one is simple. Methods: Brock University Social Media Guidelines | Brock University. Blogs, digital media and social networks, such as Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest, Google Plus and iTunes U, offer new and exciting opportunities for Brock University faculty, staff, students and alumni to share knowledge, express creativity and connect with people who have common interests. When participating in social media it’s important to always be upfront and honest about who you are and what you represent, use common sense before you post or comment, and respect the values and etiquette of communities you join. We’ve put together the following guidelines to help you use social media effectively with your personal and professional reputation, and university policies in mind: Transparency | Accuracy | Respect | Confidentiality | Personal Privacy Appropriate Use | Brand Consistency | Monitoring and Maintenance Emergency & Crisis Be honest and transparent about your identity.
Back to top Post accurate, concise and useful information. Back to top. Translate. New Pew study on tone of social network sites. Pew Internet & American Life Project just released a new study called “The tone of life on social networking sites” where they examine adult meanness and cruelty. This complements their piece on “Teens, kindness, and cruelty on social network sites.” Like teens, most adults find people on social network sites to be kind. But what fascinates me about both the adult and teen studies is that frequent users are more likely to witness negative exchanges.
(Not surprisingly, young people are more likely to be frequent users which helps explain part of why young people report higher exposure to negativity. Cuz, guess what? Adults and teens aren’t that radically different.) But what I want to know is: why? Most folks will probably jump to the conclusion that SNSs produce the meanness and cruelty and, thus, frequent use means more exposure. I especially want to know more about the adults who are more likely to have negative experiences. Social Media in Higher Education: A Literature Review and Research Directions (Charles H.F. Davis III)
Regina Deil-Amen, PhD reginad1@email.arizona.eduRegina Deil-Amen is an Associate Professor at the Center for the Study of Higher Educationin the Education Policy Studies and Practice Department at the University of Arizona. Her current research focuses on college planning strategies and trajectories of socio-economicallyand racial/ethnically diverse community college and broad access university students, withparticular attention to low-income student challenges and Latino students’ social networksand major/post-graduate/career decision-making.
She is the author of with Rosenbaum and Person,as well as a number scholarly articles published journals such as in the Review of Higher Education, Sociology of Education Teachers College Record, Journal of Latinos and Education, Journal of Hispanics inHigher Education, and Journal of Higher Education. Cecilia Rios-Aguilar, PhD cecilia.rios-aguilar@cgu.edu Cecilia Rios-Aguilar is an associate professor in the School of Educational Studies. Charles H.F.