1. Social Media and Web 2.0 Applications in the diverse classroom Leah Perdue

3. It can be as simple as allowing users to comment on an article or as complicated as using your browser history to recommend sites or services you might enjoy.

4. Regular media is a one-way street, where the consumer is given the information, but Social Media is a two-way street where information flows in both directions.*From: Mashable.com

5. Still don’t get it?

7. Use among middle and high school student is as high as 78%!*Statistics from Mashable

9. Teens are living in the most participatory culture ever. *Statistic from Mashable

11. However, only 14% of that group uses social media or participatory (wiki-based) sites.* Statistics from PBS.org

13. In areas of the country where schools are racially homogenous, social media can be used to increase racial diversity learning.* From DMS Research

15. Compared with white cell phone owners, African-Americans and Latinos are significantly more likely to use their mobile devices to: use social networking sites, use the internet, and post multimedia content online.* Statistics from Pew Research Center

17. Efforts are being made to include more language learners in social media to improve language skills.

18. Communities of language learners exist throughout the social media landscape, utilizing the communication to find immersion in the language and study the culture even more than traditional classes.*From: Diversity Dimensions

20. People with disabilities use social media in the same and for the same reasons as users without disabilities: to connect with friends, share their views and converse with other users.

21. People with disabilities may expand the usage of social media and Web 2.0 to look for those who are similarly disabled or for support networks and educational resources.

22. Many people whose disabilities impair mobility say that they receive most of their interaction and informal education utilizing social media or Web 2.0 tech like YouTubeSource: Disaboom

23. Social media allows All students to expand their worlds

24. External Links Twitter4Teachers– a listing of educators using Twitter for their classes Social Media Primer– a brief video used to develop social media awareness Edublogs – a blogging service developed for educators and their students TeacherTube – videos, pictures, audio and docs, all centered around reaching children through Web 2.0 Case for Social Media in Schools– a Mashable article that details why schools should embrcae rather than fear social media.