This presentation outlines ways to use Facebook to support education and distance learning. Start leveraging Facebook for reaching your students, today.
2. How many of you use Facebook? Photo Credit: Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-S77546 / CC-BY-SA
3. What social media do I use? Facebook LinkedIN Twitter YouTube Slideshare Google Apps Picasa Picnik Delicious Wordpress & Blogger Evernote
4. What do I need to join FB? Email Address Picture Photo credit: powerbooktrance at http://flickr.com/photos/61172365@N00/213624232 Go to: http://www.facebook.com/
5. Is Facebook safe? Privacy Scams Viruses Phishing Great safety tips for kids: www.surfnetkids.com
6. Safety Tips Never click on FB Ads! EVER! Set all your privacy settings to “Friends Only” and then go through them one-by-one and adjust. Be careful how much you share about yourself. Play games and use apps at your own risk.
8. The Key to using Facebook in your course? Creating a Closed Group Allows you to use your personal FB profile You don’t need to friend your students Students don’t need to friend each other The space is secure allowing only your students to see the information posted.
9. Facebook and Instruction Announcements Discussion Board Activities Sharing links and multimedia Events Chat
10. Let’s take a look! Word Doc on Google Docs PowerPoint on Slideshare Link a web site on Google Link to Presentation on Prezi Video Announcement on YouTube
11. The POWER is in COMBINATIONS YouTube SlideShare JING Google Docs Prezi PechaKucha TED.com Photo credit: Arnoldius