Social Media for the education classroom. Resources for implementing twitter, educlipper, scoopit and symbaloo into the classroom.

1. Social Media in Education
Lisa Lund
Technology Integration
http://www.tinyurl.com/techbylund

2. Social Media
• Social Media can be used as a Professional
Learning Network (PLN) or as a tool to
communicate with both parents and students.
• Also, as a tool for students to communicate
with parents and with each other on content,
assignments and questions.

3. Which One Are You?

4. Twitter
• Do you Tweet?
• @techintegratio1 – Lisa Lund’s Twitter
• Login in to http://m.socrative.com or use the
app on iPad or phone
• Room – Join #11273

5. Twitter Account
• www.twitter.com
• User Name – reflect what you will tweet
• Add Profile Picture – makes you more real
• Include link to your website if you have one
• Description – relate what you will tweet

6. Tweet
@ URL Link – bit.ly
#hashtag
120 characters – Why not 140?

7. Hashtags #
• Hashtags are groups or events that you can
link to so that you can follow a certain group.
• Create hashtag for student conversation –
Engl9
• Tweet something about our session and use
hashtag #lundtech
• Hashtags - #edtech, #teachers, #education,
#edchat

8. Following
• Follow people with like interests
• Search for like minded people
www.cybraryman.com/plnstars.html

9. @Techintegratio1
• @CreativeCommons – gives credit to the
developer or twitter account
• Allows your tweet to be retweeted by
the twitter account
• Courtesy in the Twitter World

10. RT – Favorited – Reply - Other
• Respond to Tweet
• ReTweet
• Favorited
• Other Options

11. Classroom
• Ways to Incorporate in Classroom?
• Storystarters
• Daily log to parents
• Second Graders Using Twitter
• Blooms and Twitter

12. Resources
• Twitter Cheat Sheet
• Cheat Sheet
• www.bit.ly
• www.tweetdeck.com
• Twitter in the Classroom Examples
• ASCD “Why Try Twitter”

13. On-line Learning
• Twitter for Teachers
• www.grovo.com

14. Social Media - Curation Tools
•
• http://www.scoop.it/t/lund-s-k-12-technology-
integration
• http://pinterest.com/llund1/boards/

15. Scoop.it
• Curate Content
• Connect with Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest
• Collaborate with others
• Resources organize by content
• Share and post comments

16. Educlipper
• Similar to Pinterest
• Create EduClipboards
• Curate from websites,
Documents, videos and images
• Create Classes to share content

17. Resources
• Youtube User Guide EduClipper
• Youtube User Guide – EduClipper Creating
Links

18. Pinterest
• Create Boards
• Search for ideas
• Share through twitter, etc.
• Organize content on boards
• Like and Repin other content

19. Resources
• WeAreTeachers
• Boards for Teachers
• Cheat Sheet and Ideas
• www.grovo.com

20. Symbaloo
• Create links
• Organize links by content, subject, project
• Post to Website
• Students only have access to those resources
• Centers
• Content practice for younger students with
colors and pictures

21. Students Today
• Vine
• Snapchat
• Instagram
• “Facebook is for old people”
• Twitter