Engaging the Learner with Social Networking. Presentation to Hagerstown Community College professors.

1. Engaging the Learner with Social Networking Tools: Techniques for the Online Classroom Hagerstown Community College Jennifer B. Staley American Public University System August 26, 2010

4. “Interesting Ways to use Twitter in the Classroom” - http://bit.ly/9akyWb “50 Ideas on Using Twitter for Education” - http://bit.ly/cAcBql

7. Engage students on any subject while using a medium familiar to students Information presented using multiple voice, perspectives & formats Centralized or Decentralized Role Play http://multimedialearning.com/abraham-lincoln-and-facebook-for-learning/

9. Facebook Group:http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6726749007

10. Facebook as a Learning Platform: http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2007/10/facebook-as-learning-platform.html

11. 25 Facebook Apps that are Perfect for Online Education:http://www.collegedegree.com/library/college-life/15-facebook-apps-perfect-for-online-education

12. Facebook Learning: http://www.jarche.com/2008/10/facebook-learning/

14. Web 2.0: Technologies Wiki: Web page that can be viewed & modified by anybody with a Web browser & access to the Internet. Enables collaboration. If any part of your class involves collaboration or a collaborative project, a wiki can be a valuable tool. Diigo | www.diigo.com | Diigo's features allow you to highlight critical features within text & images, write comments directly on the web pages, collect & organize series of web pages into coherent & thematic sets, and facilitate online conversations within the context of the materials themselves. Delicious | www.delicious.com | Delicious is a social bookmarking service that allows users to tag, save, manage and share web pages from a centralized source. With emphasis on the power of the community, Delicious greatly improves how people discover, remember and share on the Internet. iTunesU | www.apple.com/education/itunes-u | A distribution system for lectures to language lessons, films to labs, audiobooks to tours. An innovative way to get educational content into the hands of students.

15. Web 2.0 Technologies YouTube | www.youtube.com | Video sharing website on which users can upload and share videos. TeacherTube | www.teachertube.com | Video sharing website similar to, and based on, YouTube. It is designed to allow those in the educational industry, particularly teachers, to share educational resources. The site contains a mixture of classroom teaching resources and others designed to aid teacher training. LinkedIn | www.linkedin.com | Connect with classmates, faculty and family professionally. Google Groups | www.google.com | Form an online community, communicate with students, homework, integration with other online resources, online discussion, co-curricular groups, teacher to teacher groups.

17. Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) | http://www.ccsse.org | The report offers data about the quality of community college students’ educational experiences & describes how colleges across the country are intentionally making connections with students online, in the classroom, & on campus.

18. eLearning Guild | http://www.elearningguild.com | Community & Resources for e-Learning Professionals

20. Educause | www.educause.edu | Advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology

21. Blackboard Community | http://www.blackboard.com

22. LinkedIn Groups | www.linkedin.com