8 Social Media Strategies for Your Classroom - Getting Smart by Adam Renfro - PLN, social media in education Are you ready to bring social networking to your classroom? If you’re looking to make your classroom more relevant, connected, and meaningful to your students, it’s the best place to start. Study after study has confirmed the benefits of networking. Before we delve into strategies, though, let’s look at some reasons why we should connect with students in this manner. First, we have to acknowledge the ubiquity of social networking. Besides the ubiquity factor, so much of social networking is free. Engagement is another important reason to use social networking. Lastly, social networking lets you incorporate real-world experiences into your classroom. Now for some strategy. Keep in mind that this is a social networking strategy, so there’s going to be interactivity involved. Twitter – If you have a personal account, create a second one for connecting with your students. Facebook – If you’ve not already done so, create a Facebook Page to connect with students.
The Journal of Distance Education / Revue de l'Éducation à Distance The Journal of Distance Education is an international publication of the Canadian Network for Innovation in Education (CNIE). Its aims are to promote and encourage scholarly work in e-learning and distance education and provide a forum for the dissemination of international scholarship. Original material in either English or French is invited in three broad categories: (a) Scholarly articles and research papers that focus on issues related to e-learning and distance education; (b) Reports that highlight unique solutions to critical problems, short descriptions of work underlying new or innovative programs or contemporary events, and brief notes on research in progress; and (c) Dialogues devoted to the discussion or debate of issues in e-learning and distance education that may arouse controversy. Also included here will be papers written in reply to articles published in earlier issues of the Journal. Vol 28, No 1 (2014) Table of Contents From the Editors Research Articles
Social Media for School Leaders When the World Wide Web made global computer-to-computer connections possible, the ability to link people together in true social networks was not far behind. The first popular “social circle” network, SixDegrees, went online in 1997. In 2002, Friendster appeared and is often referred to as the granddaddy of websites that were truly “social.” The enormous popularity of social networking today leaves little doubt that while the form is sure to evolve, the desire for social connectivity is here to stay. My awareness of what it might mean to be “missing out” if you are not connected to any social media site hit home when I was asked by an exasperated educator: “Do you Twitter and why should I, as an educator, use this type of thing?” During my conversation, I watched as his eyes glazed over and a confused look slowly crept across his face. At the end of the conversation, I had a new Twitter user in my midst! Social media for school leaders I was hooked! Social media and professional growth
elearnspace. everything elearning. Creating Social Media Guidelines...The Handout Over the past few weeks I have been working on a project for Edutopia and Facebook Education to develop a set of steps to follow when developing social media guidelines in your school or district. This all came about from my presentation at ASCD this year where I outlined how we created a document that promoted the use of social media by our teachers and our students but also gave tips on responsible use. (You can read what we created here.) The goal of the document is to provide a means for anyone from a school or district to create an environment that allows for the use of social media for learning and communication. There are some simple, yet necessary steps that are important for the implementation of such guidelines. I have embedded the document below for download. What steps have you taken to create social media guidelines in your school or district?
29 - Diciembre 2011 Innovar en la enseñanza de grado. Crónica de una experiencia de trabajo grupal en entornos virtuales. Analía Chiecher y Danilo Donolo Resumen El artículo describe una experiencia de innovación pedagógica implementada en nivel de grado. Texto completo en formato PDF Abstract The article describes an innovation experience implemented with college students. El componente vivencial como factor central en la integración de tecnologías para la enseñanza y la investigación. Marcelo Dorfsman Resumen En este trabajo nos proponemos analizar la problemática de la integración de las tecnologías en la enseñanza y en la investigación, entre docentes e investigadores pertenecientes a instituciones de enseñanza superior. Esta investigación se llevó a cabo mediante el seguimiento de dos cursos de capacitación en línea, para docentes de nivel superior de una universidad en la República Argentina, de los cuales participaron 48 docentes e investigadores. Abstract Eloiza da Silva G. Resumo Resumen Abstract Resumen.
Social Media Parenting: Raising the Digital Generation Who are your kids friending on Facebook? What are they really texting to their classmates? How much online time is too much? Too often, parents who are misinformed about the social web (willfully or otherwise) will shut their kids out of it completely, only to find they are logging in anyway. To help shrink the tech-culture divide between parents and their kids, we sought advice from the experts, who draw not only from their own research, but their family experiences as well. Take an Active Role, and Do Your Homework For kids, social media can no longer be dismissed as a time-waster or distraction. So how do you grant kids the freedom to explore while still keeping an eye on their safety? "Parents can't just decide to keep their kids at a distance from all of this. One important step, especially when it comes to younger children, is to set up their social media accounts with them. "Have your teenager show you around the web. Safety and Privacy The Fine Line Between Participating and Spying
R21 :: OER Recursos Educativos Abertos Definição e contextualização dos OER (Open Educational Resources) O movimento Open Educational Resource (OER), que podemos localizar para Recurso Educativo Aberto, é suportado essencialmente na expansão da Internet e na disponibilização de recursos em formato digital. A definição do conceito, inicialmente adoptada pela UNESCO em 2002, apresenta-se como: “Open educational resources (OER) are learning materials that are freely available for use, remixing and redistribution” e “technology-enabled, open provision of educational resources for consultation, use and adaptation by a community of users for non-commercial purposes”. A disseminação deste formato de conteúdos iniciou-se em 2001 com a criação do MIT´s OpenSourseWare (OCW) que permite o acesso a materiais e módulos de 1700 cursos do MIT. Segundo Johnstone (2005), os OERs podem ser caracterizados em três grandes grupos: Importância da WEB 2.0 na dinamização dos OERs
Engaging Without Restrictions Engaging Without Restrictions Restrictive approaches to social media in the classroom are hurting K-12 districts that expect their teachers to successfully guide students into the new media world, according to Steven Anderson. By Bridget McCrea11/28/12 Steven Anderson is shocked by some of the social media policies instituted by K-12 schools and districts nationwide. From there, Anderson said it's up to the district to figure out how those mistakes are going to be addressed. Anderson will share more of his insights on the use of social media and technology for learning at the FETC conference in 2013, where he will offer two different sessions on the topic. As his district's director of instructional technology, Anderson helps guide a technology program for over 53,000 students in Winston-Salem, NC. Bridget McCrea: How far has social media come in the K-12 classroom? At the time I was working in a rural district and trying to find an easy way to share resources with teachers.
British Journal of Educational Technology The impact of mobile learning on students' learning behaviours and performance: Report from a large blended classroom Minjuan Wang, Ruimin Shen, Daniel Novak, Xiaoyan Pan Face-to-face versus online tuition: Preference, performance and pass rates in white and ethnic minority students John T. E. Richardson Supporting social awareness in collaborative e-learning Niki Lambropoulos, Xristine Faulkner, Fintan Culwin The Buddha's distance learning consult Keith B. Mobile practices in everyday life: Popular digital technologies and schooling revisited Guy Merchant Effective professional development for e-learning: What do the managers think? Using reflection triggers while learning in an online course Dominique Verpoorten, Wim Westera, Marcus Specht Social Networking and Mobile Learning Edited by Norbert Pachler, Maria Ranieri, Stefania Manca and John Cook Volume 43, Issue 5, (September 2012) Learning objects in progressEdited by Michael Klebl and Bernd J.
A School's Guide to Social Media Etiquette | SchoolAdmin Blog The Admissions Director's School’s Guide to Social Media Etiquette With everyone entering the social media market and it being the status quo to host links to your Facebook and Twitter accounts on your website and in emails, it’s important to remember that there is an unwritten code of conduct. It’s actually been written a number of times in a number of ways however, a lot of what you’ll read about in searching for social media etiquette is aimed at the casual user (and abuser) of Twitter and Facebook as well as some businesses. But what about schools? The most important thing for an Admissions Director to do is build an audience of people who are both interested in being part of the school as well as interested in hearing what’s going on with the school. 1. Keep Engaging Try and always respond to those who reach out to you on social media. 1. Follow students, but only if they follow you first. 1. Be Positive No doubt people are saying great things about your school online. Be Fresh