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Using Social Media in the Classroom
– Across Disciplines
Laura De La Cruz, MBA/MPA
Dona Ana Community College
Uses of Social Media
Engagement – pull students into learning via a
variety of media
Assessment – determine if students are really
―getting‖ it
Retention – foster a sense of community and create
stronger learning communities
Have students tweet imagined conversations
between famous literary characters
Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy
Or between famous people in history
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams
Practice a foreign language via Twitter
Find native speakers on Twitter to follow
Ask students to watch a file and ―live tweet‖ their
own viewing, posting to Twitter whatever came to
mind as they watch the film.
Use as an assessment tool in the class
IN-CLASS
Used for engagement and
assessment of student
learning while in the class
Instructor-driven
Assures involvement
of students present in
class
Used as an assessment
of student learning as
applied outside of the
class
Student-driven
Student involvement
not assured since
students are doing
this on their own
OUTSIDE OF CLASS
Two Ways to Use TwitterIn-Class or Out
This
depends
on your
goal!
In-class it creates a timeline of
information covered in lecture
or discussions
Out of class it creates a
timeline of student activities on
the project
Either Way You Create a Timeline
Stop and ask everyone to ―tweet‖ on a slip of paper
Collect all slips –remind students the tweets are anonymous
Read every tweet out loud
Feel free to jump on any teaching moments that present themselves
Select 2-3 that best represent what was learned
Post on Twitter
In-Class TweetingApproximately every 15-20 Minutes
In-Class TweetingPrinciples of Selling
Watch citizen journalism in action in other countries
http://mashable.com/2013/01/14/twitter-mexico-violence/
Tweet news – have students tweet news reports to
practice communicating succinctly
Use Facebook to create a Fan Page for a character
from literature or history
Google+
Google+ has a section specifically for
viewing, managing and editing multimedia
Create lectures for flipped classes
Go to the Hangout and create areas for group work
Start Boards for
Visual Merchandising and Design
Marketing Concepts
Photo Journalism
Geography
Politics
Sociology
Astronomy
Group Boards
Visual Merchandising
Product Marketing
Google Moderator
Create interactive lectures by typing in questions and
letting students vote
Include students in your preparation for
lectures, interviews and hard decisions or work
together to organize feature requests and brainstorm
new ideas.
TodaysMeet
A microblogging site that is free and no account
needed
Create a room, set a time limit, go to work
Great for group discussions
Q&A in the classroom
Role-playing
Skype
Office hours
Language practice with native speakers
Skype lessons, eg:
Join Mark Wood on his Everest adventure
NASA & Humans in Space
Ning
Create your own social network
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CWKADzvCpA
Storify
Storify is a free tool that allows users to tell stories
using social media. Students can pull
tweets, videos, pictures and more into a story on a
subject of their choosing.
Create a multi-media book report
―Reenact‖ a historical event or scene from a book or
movie
Pull together media on a scientific concept
Use Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Google search,
RSS feeds, or enter links directly.
Storify will create icons or embed the media into your
timeline.
You can move things around as you want, and add
intervening blocks of text—headlines, descriptions,
etc.
Delicious
Create reading lists for your classes
Useful for students doing research
Save useful websites
As a history teacher, you might have a tag called, CivilWar.
Each time you find a site about the Civil War that you want
to share with students, you simply tag it as, CivilWar. The
next time you're at school and you want to use a web site
you've located at home, but you don't remember the web
address, you simply go to Delicious.com and search for your
CivilWar tag.
Embed into Ning!
Audacity
Audacity allows you to make free and easy podcasts
and MP3s where students can hear, edit and publish
themselves.
Make an audio/radio advertisement
Practice second language proficiency
Narrate history
Explain math solutions
Jing
A free tool for creating screencasts
Save a single image or movie (add narration) and publish
Great for tutorials
Have students save presentations
Students record themselves doing research
Students record themselves solving problems
Use for introductions in online classes!
Slideshare
No more failed flashdrives
Share PowerPoint presentations
Students can review and comment on other student
presentations
Wikispaces
Creates an area for collaboration
Create a math learning center that includes links to
relevant math sites on the web and links to downloadable
math worksheets
Use as a blog, upload video, provide
announcements, give out homework
50 Ways to Use Wikis
http://www.smartteaching.org/blog/2008/08/50-ways-
to-use-wikis-for-a-more-collaborative-and-interactive-
classroom/
Social Media in the Classroom
Are websites and learning management systems
dead?
Is it now about your Digital Presence?
