NHSTA 2011: Social Media Tools in the Science Classroom

C Brophy

NHSTA 2011

Meredith, NH

Social Media

Tools in the

Science

Classroom

NHSTE

SOCIAL MEDIA “Social media broadly defined consists of any

online platform or channel for user generated content. By this definition, for example, WordPress, Sharepoint, and Lithium qualify as social media, as do YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.”

Joe Cothrel, Lithium Technologies From: “30 Social Media Definitions”, HEIDI COHEN, May

9, 2011.

Learning does not occur in

isolation

Start Small

140 Characters

or less

“This is where social media works so

well – because it removes the

barriers of geography and

time, enabling people to socialise

with the people they choose to, on

the topics they choose to, not just

the people and subjects that

circumstances dictate.”

Jonathon Dodd,

Change Agent

Who do YOU know?

twitter.com/nasa

@TheScienceGuy

The Hashtag

#scichat

Global CollaborationTHE SCIENCE CLASSROOM

Personal Learning Networks

Share and Share Alike

SHARE

They’re Using Social Media

Shedd Aquarium on Facebook

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National Geographic

NASA

DISCOVERY HEALTH

SIERRA CLUB

SCIENCE NOW

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN

NRAO National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Other Social Tools

Poll Everywhere

Edmodo

Voicethread

Wallwisher

Backchannel

Skype

Posterous

SOCIAL MEDIA FOR SCIENTISTS

But social media platforms aren’t just

digital water coolers. They are the way

the world is networking and

communicating. They

are how and where we share information

– with friends, colleagues, acquaintances

and any and everyone else.

Christie Wilcox,Scientific America, Sep 27, 2011