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Writing with social media

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Using social media to teach writing and to correspond with larger writing assignments.

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  • 1. Writing with Social Media Katherine Lashley AFACCT 2014

2. Facebook 3. 6 word stories Focus on brevity http://www.sixwordstor ies.net/about/ Students write their own 6 word story The story can match their essay Students post it on FB Student comment 4. 6 word stories https://www.facebook.com/groups/55686911 1020555/ https://www.facebook. com/groups/2435472 65688240/ 5. Chalk the Sidewalk 4 word message Related to essay Focus onbrevity, argument, mai n topic Write in chalk on pavement 6. Chalk the Sidewalk 7. Blogs 8. Blogs: Essay Chunks Students select a small section of a graded essayto revise Students post it on their blog Focus: Topic sentence Concluding sentence Revising Audience 9. Blogs: Journals Students read and revise journal entries Focus: Revision Time between drafts 10. Twitter Tweet about blog posts 11. #hashtag #keywords for essay #keywords for research Search Twitter for the #hashtag and read whatstrending 12. Pinterest Save images, memes, and website links for your class 13. YouTube Videos of authors Movie clips Students create videos connected to essays Content Organization Presentation 14. New Ideas Skype Facetime Instagram Prezi 15. Advice on Using Social Media Find a good balance Too much can overwhelm you and your students Introduce in the first 2-3 weeks of the semester Do not introduce this late in the semester List it in the syllabus