social media: optimizing its use in education

SOCIAL MEDIAOptimizing its use in

Education

Mary Jo Bell @7MJB @MrsBellsClass

Senior Infants, St Anne’s, Shankill

Social Media

Power to expand the walls of the classroom

Social Media

Connect with other classes and wider community

Showcase students’ work & abilities

Positive digital citizenship

Twitter @ Primary Level@MrsBellsClass Share & display our

work Connect with classes &

community Develop literacy skills Highlight our activities

for parents Add an element of fun

& creativity to our work A starting point for

Skype & Google Hangout

Twitter for the Community!

We helped Garda Garry find the owner of this lost dog

Twitterchat

Arrange a chat on Twitter

Choose a topic Create a #hashtag Prepare : - What we know - What we want to

learn - What we will share Use Chirpstory to

save your Tweets

Twitterchat: Ireland & Bermuda

Twitterchat

Twitterchat between @MrsBellsClass & @1KUpdates

Twitterchat Ireland / BermudaTopics Covered:

Time Weather Food School Uniform Toys Games Landscape Animals

Hashtags on Twitter

#edchatie #artweek14 #antearrach #anfomhar #techweekirl #scienceweek

Twitter @ Second Level

Fintan O’Mahony (@levdavidovic ) & @ScoilMEng

Twitter @ Second Level

Focus on a topic Synopsize content Collaborative work #hashtag Study notes Revision Literacy skills Positive Digital

Citizenship

Twitter @ Second Level

Three simple rules: Include the hashtag Initial the Tweet Spell it correctly

Teacher gets final say!

Letter to parentsBlog:

http://levdavidovic.wordpress.com/

Twitter : @ScoilMEngCarrick-on-Suir

Twitter: @ScoilMHist Carrick-on-Suir

Twitter @ Third Level

@catherinecronin & 2nd Year BSc Comp Science & IT, NUI Galway

Twitter @CT231 #CT231

Find the course, link to course blog

Connect with other 3rd level modules: @topgold UK, Germany, Spain, Australia, NZ.

Collaborate, share work using #icollab

Share links to Projects & Tutorials

Invite feedback

Skype : 50 Years Ago

Lady Bird Johnson talks into newly invented Picturephone, Washington, DC 1964.

Skype 2014

@MrsBellsClass Dublin & @MrsFrancosClass Meriwether Lewis, Virginia

Skype in the Classroom

Collaborate with other classes

Conduct interviews

Guest speakers Book clubs Language class Virtual field trips

Mystery Skype

Classes skype each other

Guess location of other class

Arrange on Twitter or sign up online

Prepare: - Know facts - Brainstorm

questions - Assign jobs

Mystery Skype

Jobs Greeters Inquirers/Answerers Think Tank Question Keepers Google/Atlas Mappers Clue Keepers Runners Photographers Closers

Mystery Skype@MrsBellsClass and Broadgreen School, Nelson, NZ

Mystery Skype Classes

@MsToalsClass @snbailenua @joannegilmarti

n @MrMcCarthycla

ss @StPetersBray @MrsBellsClass @beverly_ladd

24 Hour Skype

Skype around the world

Skype for 24 hours

Well prepared in advance

Good Broadband Timetable Wiki

Google Hangout

Up to 10 people/classes

Google Plus Account

Arrange through Twitter

One class to host hangout

Start Hangout & Invite

Bookclubs, authors, scientists, experts.

Monster Doodle Hangout with @LaureatenanÓg Niamh Sharkey

Final Thought

Thank you

Twitter: @7MJB

@MrsBellsClass

Email: 7mjbell@gmail.com