Social Networking 101

SOCIAL NETWORKING 101

Karen O’Neill, Jaime Smith, Yi-Ching (Moe) TsaoStudies in American Language, SJSU

AGENDA

WHO and WHAT: Web 2. 0

WHY: Voices of Students today

HOW: Social Networking Overview

DO I HAVE TO? The impact and uses of social networking on education

Presenters Studies in American Language, SJSU

Karen O’Neill – Baby Boomer: intrigued, clumsy, admirer of social networking and its usefulness

Jaime Smith – Gen X : experienced, educated, and adept social networker and online teacher

Y-Ching (Moe) Tsao – Gen Y: Instructional Technology professional and in-house expert

Marc Prensky 2001

Digital Immigrants – moved (or were dragged) into new technologies will adapt to new technologies but retain an

‘accent’ or a foot in the past

Digital Natives – were raised with computers and the internet are native speakers of the digital language of

computers, video games, and the internet and use them intuitively

By 2007-2008

Digital centric were born into a digitally saturated world completely immersed in digital

competence since birth live in Web 2.0

And you?

Digital Immigrant

Digital Native Digital Centric

Phone call Email or texting Facebook or Twitter

Photo album Digital photo frame

Picasa or Flickr

Old envelope Internet bookmark

Diigo or del.icio.us

World Book “C” Encarta Wikipedia

Mail a Hallmark Send an Ecard Post on Facebook

The big difference is not in actions, but in attitudes.

Ask the Authority

Trust the Experts

Make your own Truth

What is Web 2.0?

So WHAT?

Isn’t this just the usual generation gap?

There have always been generation gaps!

Back to Prensky

…the single biggest problem facing education today is that our digital immigrant instructors, who speak an outdated language

(That of the pre-digital age) ,are struggling to teach a population

that speaks an entirely new language.

AGENDA

WHAT: Web 2. 0

WHY: Voices of Students Today



Students today

AGENDA

WHO and WHAT: Web 2. 0




Statistical Data – Active Users



Facebook Tour

Twitter Tour

Why do you want to use Twitter?

Ning Tour

Diigo Tour

Privacy

But what about my privacy?

“Privacy is now defined as something that’s in our hearts. We’ve redefined what’s private, so there’s less worry about what we post.” - Marian Salzman, trendsetter.

But seriously….

What about my privacy?

I don’t want my students to know everything about me!

And I don’t want to get fired for my Facebook posts.

Change your settings.

Choose “friends only” for most privacy settings.

Create friend groups, and select which groups can view various parts of your profile.

Who has time for this?

Your students do! You don’t have to spend a lot of time

AGENDA

WHAT: Web 2. 0




Why would teachers use these things?

For teachers Build relationships among students Send quick messages to classes Encourage students to “tweet” focused class

comments Introduce students to authentic English Share teaching tips with colleagues in a virtual

teacher lounge Create an “unconference” anytime, anywhere

Why would administrators go there? For administrators

Make up-to-the-minute announcements Create student community Create faculty community Stay in touch with alums Offer housing connections Market globally – without flying anywhere

Crowdsourcing

That gives me an idea!.......

For more information

http://www.sal.sjsu.edu/AboutUs/Teachers.html

http://sqworl.com/?i=f774ec

Thank You

Education

Social Networking 101