Social Media for Teaching & Learning

Learning Technology CenterLTC@uwm.edu

Sharon Stoergerstoerger@uwm.edu

Today’s Workshop• Part 1: Accessing & using Twitter

– Communicating, sharing, & problem-solving

– Building community

– Hashtags & backchannels

• Part 2: Accessing & using Facebook

• Part 3: Using social media in your classes

PART 1: ACCESSING & USING TWITTER

Let’s Tweet!http://twitter.com

Your Twitter Profile

Search & Follow Me csoleil

Retweeting & Replying

• Retweet = Rt, RT or rtwt • Read someone else’s tweet share it!

• Replying = @username• @username see tweet even if not

following– Example: @csoleil – there must be an app for

that.

Twitter Notifications

Direct Messages• Private message• Followers only!

BUILDING YOUR TWITTER COMMUNITY

Find People You Want to Know

• Search Twitter

– http://search.twitter.com

• Twitter Professors

– http://mashable.com/2009/02/16/twitter-professors/

Find & Follow UWM!

Following Twitter Followers

Find Topics

• Wefollow

• http://wefollow.com/

• Twibes

– http://www.twibes.com

Following Criteria (Chamberlin & Lehmann, 2011, p. 383)

• Do they have a profile?• Is that profile more than a URL?• Do I find their profile relevant in some way,

shape, or form?• Is their ratio of followers to following

relatively less than 4:1?• How often do they tweet? Too often =

twitterstream clog

Sharing Links & Resources

ConversationsHashtags• Broadcast broad audience• Keeps relevant tweets together• Synchronous chat sessions

(e.g., #realwplearn)

• Tweet using hashtag…

•#ltcsome

Question 1

• Which social media tool has impacted you the most – personally or professionally?

• Tweet: – Q1 – tool name #ltcsome

Question 2

• What is your TOP tool for learning?

• Tweet:– Q2 – response #ltcsome

Question 3

• If you are looking for help or information on a subject, where do you go first?

• Tweet:– Q3 – name of source/tool #ltcsome

More Hashtags!

• #edtech

• #higheredtech

• #learnchat

• #edusocmedia

• #socmedia

• #socialmedia

• #sachat

• #iamuwm

Mega Education Hashtag List:http://www.cybraryman.com/edhashtags.html

WHAT ABOUT FACEBOOK?

Creating a Facebook Fan Page http://www.facebook.com/

Logged into Facebook?

Create a Fan Page

Why a Fan Page?

• PRIVACY

• “Like” vs. “friend”

• What you write their news feed (i.e., wall)

• What they write NOT on your wall

UWM Social Media Fan Pages

UWM and Facebookhttp://youtu.be/ZFfJXexaW0U

Why Social Media?

• Reach beyond the classroom

• Interact with “experts”

• Professional development

• Teacher-centered student-centered

• Other reasons?

Students LOVE Technologyhttp://www.onlineeducation.net/students-love-tech

Other Reasons?http://youtu.be/3SuNx0UrnEo

HOW CAN I USE TWITTER AND FACEBOOK IN THE CLASSROOM?

Educational Uses of Social Media

• Announcements & supplemental information

• Live microblogging

• Connections/PLNs (e.g., Siemens, 2004)

• Collect real world data

• Polling

• Group activities/backchannel communication

• Other?

Before Class Activities

• Instructor– Explain what will be covered in class– Reminders

• Students– Submit questions for class discussion

During Class Activities

• Backchannel/in-class tweets• Display students’ pre-class tweets

The Twitter Experiment

• http://youtu.be/6WPVWDkF7U8

Post Class Activities

• Post class notes• Continue class discussion• Answer students’ questions• Share links• Additional reminders

Other Ed Uses of Social Media• Synchronous chat sessions– #learnchat– Tweetchat (http://tweetchat.com/; monitor tweets)

• Daily microlearning– Top tips– Articles to read– Vocabulary

• Scavenger hunts– Build information literacy, problem solving– U of Idaho (http://www.today.uidaho.edu/Details.aspx?ID=5018)

OTHER IDEAS?

Archiving Social Media Content• Tweetdoc– http://www.tweetdoc.org/

• Twapper Keeper– http://twapperkeeper.com

• The Archivist– http://archivist.visitmix.com/

• Keepstream– http://keepstream.com

MANAGING YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA

TO LINK OR NOT TO LINK…THAT IS THE QUESTION

Connecting Twitter & Facebook: Two Ways

http://tinyurl.com/6g8evhl

Linking Alternatives• Social Dashboards– TweetDeck (http://www.tweetdeck.com/)– HootSuite (http://hootsuite.com/)

• Social Browsers– RockMelt (http://www.rockmelt.com/)– Fizzik (http://www.fizzik.com/)

Social Dashboards - TweetDeck

Social Browsers – RockMelt

Why Social Dashboards and Browsers?• One post – multiple social media• Hashtags (e.g., #edtech)– Class discussions– Conferences– Webinars

• Real time• Monitor multiple conversations at a glance

THINGS TO CONSIDER: QUESTIONS

Question #1

• What are the costs associated with implementing the use of social media for faculty, staff, and students?

Question #2

• How do we teach students and faculty to use social media appropriately?

Question #3

• What concerns should we have about privacy in our use of social media?

Question #4

• How do we teach students and faculty to use social media appropriately?

Question #5

• What are some best practices in using social media?

Question #6

• How do we evaluate the impact of social media?

Departing Guidelines(Dunlap & Lowenthal, 2009)

• Establish relevance for students

• Recommend people to follow

• Model effective use

• Encourage students’ active/ongoing participation

• Integrate into assessments

• Continue to actively participate

Questions?

LTC@uwm.edu

Sharon Stoergerstoerger@uwm.edu

Additional Resources• UWM Social Media Grant project

– http://uwmsocialmedia.wikispaces.com

• Presentation and Data– http://uwmsocialmedia.wikispaces.com/Presentations+by+Tanya

• Set-up Instructions– http://uwmsocialmedia.wikispaces.com/Howtosocialmedia10

• Creating a Twitter Account – http://tinyurl.com/4lkdkj3

• Creating a Facebook Fan Page– http://www.facebook.com/pages/create.php