2.  Schools use Facebook and Twitter to
promote themselves as well as recruit
students

3.  68% of students use social media to
research schools
 38% use it as a resource when deciding
where to enroll.
 55% use Facebook to research a school’s
background.
 Maintaining accounts that allow for
conversations between the school and
prospective, current, and former students is
important for promoting the university's
culture.

4.  Facebook and Twitter are becoming
part of the classroom experience.
 91% of college faculty engage in social
media as part of their work, as opposed
to 47% in other industries.

6.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1szz
0KRzh0

7.  Create a Twitter feed for class so you can
tweet about upcoming assignments,
events, etc.
 Connect with other schools, classrooms,
teachers to build a community and
increase communication.
 Record lessons and put them on youtube so
students can review them
 Create a class blog for students to share
ideas, ask for help and build community
with each other

8.  Teachers can use sites like Pinterest to
share ideas for their classroom.

9.  Social learning theory- studies show that
people learn most effectively when they
interact with other learners.
 Facebook, Twitter, blogs can become
“virtual study group”.
 Social media can attract young learners
 Allows for engaging classroom activities
where students can interact and share
ideas with each other.

10.  Enhances student engagement—student
may be more comfortable commenting on
Facebook or a blog then in class.
 Improve communication between students
and teachers
 Prepares students for successful
employment—use LinkedIn to make
contacts, follow businesses on Facebook to
hear important developments in their field.

11.  Social media can be a distraction during
class, especially for younger students.
 Cyber-bullying.
 Discourages face-to-face
communication.
 Students could be viewing material that
is inappropriate for the classroom-
especially for younger students.
 Privacy issues and parental concerns.

12.  Lepri, Kate. “Twenty-Five Ways Teachers Can Integrate Social Media Into
Education.” http://edudemic.com/2012/07/a-teachers-guide-to-social-
media/
 Lytle, Ryan. “High School Students Increasingly Use Social Media For College
Search.” http://www.usnews.com/education/best-
colleges/articles/2012/09/28/high-school-students-increasingly-use-social-
media-for-college-search
 Lederer, Karen. “Social Media In The Classroom”.
http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2012/01/19/Pros-and-Cons-of-Social-
Media-in-the-Classroom.aspx?Page=2
 Tomaszweski, Jason. “Study Suggests Benefit to Social Media In The
Classroom”. http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/study-suggests-social-
media-has-place-in-classrooms.shtml
 Jagodowski, Stacy. “Privacy vs. Publicity.”
http://www.edsocialmedia.com/2012/11/privacyvspublicity/