making your class more sociable

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Making Your Class More Sociable: Using Social

Networks with your StudentsJohn Woodring

www.johnwoodring.comTwitter.com/teacherbytes

How do you interact with your students online?

How do your students interact with each other online about your class?

Why a Social Network?

This is where students and parents are located.

Easier to engage in dialog and share information with students and parents.

RulesMaking Your Class More Social

Social Network Rules

It’s business, not personal!

Class business only!

Social Network Rules

Only share information regarding class.

Social Network Rules

Be prepared to ban those who break the rules.

Have control over who joins in the discussion.

Social Network Rules

Offer this as an option and not a requirement.

Social Network Rules

Only use the tools you and your administrators are comfortable with.

Have a plan for it’s use.

Social Network Rules

Allow and even encourage parent participation.

Social Network Rules

Setup an opportunity to demonstrate how you use social network and offer help for those who wish to join in.

Social Network Rules

Post where people can join your social network such as website and/or syllabus.

FacebookMaking Your Class More Social

Make sure you understand how to set the privacy settings to the point you can teach it!

Setup a Group for class purposes.◦You can control who sees information

Pages for your school. You don’t have to befriend anyone to join

a page or group.

Let’s take a quick look at Facebook

TwitterMaking Your Class More Social

Uses for Twitter

Creating a personal learning networkAnnouncementsLinksPhotos with mobile or third party apps

Using Twitter Safely

You can create different Twitter accounts.Creating private linksYou do not have to follow students or you

can unfollow them

Location-BasedMaking Your Class More Social

Location-Based

Examples are Foursquare and GowallaUsed usually with mobile devicesYou will check-in at a location and it is

shared with friendsApps for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad,

Blackberry, and Palm products

Uses

Create virtual field-tripsCreate tips or give information about a

locationOrganizations, cities, and businesses are

sharing information when people check-inBadges, pins, and other items can be

picked-up FoursqureGowalla

Take part in the Gowalla Trip Challenge

Setup a Gowalla accountSearch for the SCETV Summer Workshop

2010 trip.Check-in to at least 5 of the 10 locations

to get credit for the trip Show your badge at the check-in desk to

receive a prize.

Educational social networksMaking Your Class More Social

Edmodo

 Compared to Twitter Do not need an e-mail to sign students up  Secure Environment  Share ideas, files, and assignments  Mobile Access and iPhone app  Create and grade assignments  Store and share Files  Class Calendar  Notifications via e-mail, text, Twitter  Share links and embedded objects  Create Polls  Able to subscribe to public streams via RSS  Document viewer

Course management systemSocial networkStudents can have their own sitesClass profiles and WebPagesCreate Tests and QuizzesOnline Drop boxesBlogsPrivate MessagingGroup work spacesPersonal File storageCalendarsParent Access

Ning

Ning Mini for EducatorsProvided by PearsonMust apply for this stateFees range from $19.95 to $499.95 per

yearMembers can blog, share pictures and

videos, chat, create groups and forums