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FOR HIGHER EDUCATION Brenda Kerr Instructional Technology Specialist Middle Tennessee State University

FOR HIGHER EDUCATION Brenda Kerr Instructional Technology Specialist Middle Tennessee State University

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FOR HIGHER EDUCATION

Brenda KerrInstructional Technology SpecialistMiddle Tennessee State University

Twitter Hash Tags + Saved Searches + Archive Share text, links, photos, video

Delicious Bookmarks Shared via Networks

Facebook Pages and Groups Create group projects Share text, links, photos, video

A networked service focused on building online or virtual communities

Accessible through...The WebMobile Devices

Used to…Build RelationshipsShare ResourcesCollaborate

Mostly Asynchronous Communication Place to post

Text updates, notes, discussions Resources: links, video, images, etc.

Organizational component Groups or Pages Meta tags/tagged people (links and images)

Combo synchronous/asynchronous Chat capabilities Twitter can be used both ways

SOCIAL INTERACTION OTHER SITES

MySpace Facebook Twitter Linked In

Ning Blogs

Edublogs Blogger Xanga

Swaggle (SMS)RESOURCE GATHERING

Delicious Flickr YouTube/

TeacherTube SlideShare

Share Text, Images, Video by Computer/Cell

Hashtags - #mtsocial + saved search Share resources among group members Comment on live event Twitterview – Interview a subject matter specialist Can be archived Geotags Shows location of tweeter Need to turn on

Group collaboration – Student Teachers Students divided into groups by subject

taught Set up MERLOT accounts Set up Twitter accounts

Assigned group hashtag Searched for that hashtag and saved the search Located MERLOT resources Share resources with group

Group members clicked on the shared link and saved it to their MERLOT bookmarks.

Twittory: Creating a story 150 characters at a time - http://wpmu.thepodcastnetwork.com/twittories/twittory-1-the-darkness-inside/

Follow Politicians on Twitter – http://www.economist.com/world/united-states/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13109717

Practice a foreign language Twitterview (Interview on Twitter)

Delicious – Organize Bookmarks Tags, Descriptions Share, Subscribe

YouTube – Post videos Comment, share, subscribe.

Flickr – Post Photos Upload, describe, share

Delicious uses a non-hierarchical classification system for bookmarking websites

Users tag each bookmark with freely chosen index terms

View bookmarks made by others Fresh bookmarks / Hotlist / Explore Tags Create your own Network of Users

Bundle Networks into groups Subscribe to specific tags

Bundle Tags

Should you use Facebook? Rule #1:

No Friending! Use Pages or Groups to connect with students

Tips Keep all communication professional Consider creating 2 profiles Set privacy settings on profile, pages, and

groups Monitor the Page or Group wall regularly Don’t allow students to post to the wall??

Tool Groups Pages

Wall X X

Info X X

Notes - X

Discussions X X

Links - X

Photos X X

Events X X

Video X X

Restrict Tool Groups Pages

Wall postings X X

Photos X X

Videos X X

Links X X

Open/Close/Secret X -

Customize who can view postings

- X

Feature Groups Pages

Email all Members X Only by request

Make Officer (Titles only)

X -

Make Admin X X

Mobile Upload - X

Add More Apps - X

Create a Group or Fan Page for….. A specific class project Each group working on a project

Communicate and share resources

Video Presentations Use desktop camera to video camera Record or Upload directly into Facebook

Images Upload and tag photo albums of images.

Share with world when finished!!!

Reevaluate Web 2.0 Tools You Use and Like Can they be used collaboratively? Remember that 3rd party software…

May go away at a moment's notice May not support backup retrieval – Do it

Yourself Export features Archive features – possibly by another website

Choose technologies that have proved themselves.

Be ready to accept change

Guidelines for Educators Using Social Networking Sites: http://doug-johnson.squarespace.com/blue-

skunk-blog/2009/8/7/guidelines-for-educators-using-social-networking-sites.html

50 Ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom http://www.onlinecolleges.net/2009/06/08/50-

ways-to-use-twitter-in-the-college-classroom/