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Teaching and Learning with Facebook - Easy, interactive and enjoyable Millie WattsFacilitated by Matt Ewens
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Teaching and Learning with Facebook
Easy, interactive and enjoyableMillie Watts
Teacher of Geology and GeographyRichard Huish College
Richard Huish CollegeShaping your future
Why Facebook?• 800 Million active users• Unparalleled degree of
interactivity• Embedded Digital
Literacy Skills• Integration with a
range of other web 2.0 tools
• “Drip Feed” information to students
Richard Huish CollegeShaping your future
How?
• Used mainly as an addition to classroom content.
• The aim is to enhance what is taught in the classroom by providing easy to access, free stimulus material.
• Provides a new form of interaction with staff and peers.
Richard Huish CollegeShaping your future
Issues• Privacy and Training• Updates to Facebook• Highly seasonal• Works best integrated
with other technologies• Cyber-bullying potential
Richard Huish CollegeShaping your future
Sharing resources
Richard Huish CollegeShaping your future
Visual Learning
Richard Huish CollegeShaping your future
Apps
Richard Huish CollegeShaping your future
Apps
Richard Huish CollegeShaping your future
Events
Richard Huish CollegeShaping your future
YouTube
Richard Huish CollegeShaping your future
Document Sharing
Richard Huish CollegeShaping your future
Document Embedding
Richard Huish CollegeShaping your future
Blog Integration
Richard Huish CollegeShaping your future
• Very new.• No formal app.• Can be added as a static
HTML page.• Use will be improved
once Pinterest App comes out.
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Timeline
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Historical Events
• Can be added back to 1800.
• Uses: History, Case Studies, key discoveries
• Creates a content rich page for students to explore.
Richard Huish CollegeShaping your future
Summary
• An addition to your current practice, not a new technology to master.
• Ever improving?• FB as a VLE?• A means to centralize
other online activities• Exam Support
Richard Huish CollegeShaping your future