social media

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t Hooked on Social Media

Lena ArenaDER Project Coordinator, Sydney Region

Phone: 9582 2851Carmelina.arena@det.nsw.edu.au

The Facts

O Social media/networking sites in Australia (April 2011)O Facebook – 12 million

Unique Australian Visitors (UAVs) per month

O Youtube – 10 million UAVs / month

O Blogspot – 4.5 UAVs / monthO WordPress – 2.4 million UAVs

/ monthO Twitter – 2 million UAVs /

monthSource: http://www.socialmedianews.com.au/category/australia/

Top 5 social networking sites

Communicate

O Micro-blogging:O Twitter

O www.twitter.com

O Social networks:O Yammer

O www.yammer.comO Facebook

O www.facebook.comO LinkedIn

O http://www.linkedin.com/

Yammer Feedback

Social sharing

O YouTubeO www.youtube.com

O BlogsO blogEd

O WordPressO http://wordpress.com

O http://darcymoore.net/

O SlideShareO http://www.slideshare.net/

Departmental online communities

Considerations

ODepartmental policies including Code of Conduct

ODigital Citizenship

ODigital Reputation

OOn-line behaviourORights and

responsibilities

Examples

O Ulladulla High SchoolO http://web2.ulladulla-h.schools.ns

w.edu.au/moodle/

O Richmond High SchoolO http://

www.facebook.com/richmondhighschool

O Evans High SchoolO http://

www.facebook.com/EvansHighSchool

In the classroom

O Teachers and students can:O Develop technology skillsO Develop creativityO Appreciate new or diverse views O Enhance communication skillsO Edit and customise contentO Refine online design and layoutO Share creative original work e.g.

poetry and filmO Practice safe and responsible

use of information and technology

O Gain 21st century skillsO Join the conversation!

“…….social media tools should 100%

be in the class room. I always

wonder why we don’t give kids more

technology because most of us use it

every single day of the week in work.

The earlier they get their hands on it

the better!”“I believe that much of the

backlash against social media

in the classroom comes from

stereotypical misunderstanding of what

social media is. It’s use as a

curriculum delivery mechanism is unparalleled.

Our small project in Portland

Oregon has seen some great

results from over and under

achievers alike.”

“The best teacher is still a human but technology enhances many aspect of teaching and learning.”

“I am from the

school of thought

that if you can

engage students with

their “speak” – and

social media is

definitely their

“speak” – you can

capture their

attention and begin

to open the doors to

listening and

learning.”

http://gigaom.com/2011/05/13/why-social-media-tools-have-a-place-in-the-classroom/

From this

To this

Alex Courosa's Original Image: Flickr @acourosa

Who am I?

“Blogs eliminate CO2 in sharing programs and information.” from Yammer

Just for

Fun…

An observation

“This isn’t new, this desire to share. We’re just documenting our lives in different ways. Instead of diaries or scrapbooks or photo albums, we post pictures and blog and tweet.

Social media is the modern version of cave paintings. The key difference is the scalability. Unlike the physical and geographic limitations of scrapbooks and caves, anyone anywhere can hop online. In fact, that’s the point. The more friends, followers, readers, the better.

That’s how social media works.

The town square never shuts down in 2011.”

Mia Freedman, http://www.mamamia.com.au/weblog/2011/05/you-have-the-right-to-privacy-oh-wait.html/comment-page-1

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