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Creating Learning Environments using Facebook PagesTRANSCRIPT
Tutorial for Web Tools:Facebook Pages
Thomas Jacobs
Student ID#: [email protected]
PhD in Education: Educational Technology
Dr. Timothy Powell
[email protected] 8847: Multimedia Technology to Facilitate Learning
October 30, 2011
Technical Introduction
According to Mayer's (2009) spatial contiguity principle text located closer to illustrations reduces extraneous cognitive load. This tutorial further reduces extraneous cognitive load through coherence and signaling by using almost no extraneous information and arrows acting as callouts.
Essential cognitive load is enhanced through segmenting.
Creating Learning Environments using Facebook Pages
Facebook Pages
Facebook Pages are great ways to create interactive collaborative learning environments. You can quickly engage your students with discussions, links to videos, and get timely student responses through surveys.
Many student already know how to use Facebook which can lower the anxiety related to learning new technologies. This tutorial will help you create a Facebook Page for your classroom.
Log in to Facebook
Go to http://facebook.com Log In In the Search Box type: Create page
Click Create New Facebook Page
Create a Page
Click on Artist
From Dropdown Select Teacher
Type in a name for the page
Click Get Started
(The image on the left is the page that appears. Scroll down the page to get to the picture you see below.)
Set Your Profile PictureClick Upload an Image
Click Browse
Browse for the picture you want to use for your profile
Market Your Page
From this page you can invite other Facebook friends, import email contacts or share it on your own Wall
Click Continue
Basic Intro
Click Continue
Type some information about the site into this box
The next page that appearsIs the Basic Intro Page
Edit the Page Information
Click Edit Info
Fill in Information
The Page WallThe Page Wall is the Main page the students will interact with.
Create a Status Update
Write a welcoming statement into the status update box
References
Facebook (2011) Retrieved from: http://www.facebook.com
Mayer, R. E. (2009). Multimedia learning (2nd ed.). New York: Cambridge University Press.