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FOR HIGHER EDUCATION Brenda Kerr Instructional Technology Specialist Middle Tennessee State University Twitter Delicious Bookmarks Hash Tags + Saved Searches + Archive Share text, links, photos, video Shared via Networks Facebook Pages and Groups Create group projects Share text, links, photos, video A networked service focused on building online or virtual communities Accessible through... The Web Mobile Devices Used to… Build Relationships Share Resources Collaborate Mostly Asynchronous Communication Place to post Text updates, notes, discussions Resources: links, video, images, etc. Organizational component Groups or Pages Meta tags/tagged people (links and images) Combo synchronous/asynchronous Chat capabilities Twitter can be used both ways SOCIAL INTERACTION MySpace Facebook Twitter Linked In RESOURCE GATHERING Delicious Flickr YouTube/TeacherTube SlideShare OTHER SITES Ning Blogs Edublogs Blogger Xanga Swaggle (SMS) Share Text, Images, Video by Computer/Cell Hashtags - #mtsocial + saved search Share resources among group members Comment on live event Twitterview – Interview a subject matter specialist Can be archived Geotags Shows location of tweeter Need to turn on Group collaboration – Student Teachers Students divided into groups by subject taught Set up MERLOT accounts Set up Twitter accounts Assigned group hashtag Searched for that hashtag and saved the search Located MERLOT resources Share resources with group Group members clicked on the shared link and saved it to their MERLOT bookmarks. Twittory: Creating a story 150 characters at a time http://wpmu.thepodcastnetwork.com/twittori es/twittory-1-the-darkness-inside/ Follow Politicians on Twitter – http://www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13109717 Practice a foreign language Twitterview (Interview on Twitter) Delicious – YouTube – Organize Bookmarks Tags, Descriptions Share, Subscribe Post videos Comment, share, subscribe. Flickr – Post Photos Upload, describe, share Delicious uses a non-hierarchical classification system for bookmarking websites Users tag each bookmark with freely chosen index terms View bookmarks made by others Fresh bookmarks / Hotlist / Explore Tags Create your own Network of Users Bundle Networks into groups Subscribe to specific tags Bundle Tags Should you use Facebook? Rule #1: No Friending! Use Pages or Groups to connect with students Tips Keep all communication professional Consider creating 2 profiles Set privacy settings on profile, pages, and groups Monitor the Page or Group wall regularly Don’t allow students to post to the wall?? Tool Groups Pages Wall X X Info X X Notes - X Discussions X X Links - X Photos X X Events X X Video X X Restrict Tool Groups Pages Wall postings X X Photos X X Videos X X Links X X Open/Close/Secret X - Customize who can view postings - X Groups Pages Email all Members X Only by request Make Officer (Titles only) X - Make Admin X X Mobile Upload - X Add More Apps - X Feature Create a Group or Fan Page for….. A specific class project Each group working on a project Communicate and share resources Video Presentations Images Use desktop camera to video camera Record or Upload directly into Facebook Upload and tag photo albums of images. Share with world when finished!!! Reevaluate Web 2.0 Tools You Use and Like Can they be used collaboratively? Remember that 3rd party software… May go away at a moment's notice May not support backup retrieval – Do it Yourself Export features Archive features – possibly by another website Choose technologies that have proved themselves. Be ready to accept change Guidelines for Educators Using Social Networking Sites: http://doug-johnson.squarespace.com/blue-skunkblog/2009/8/7/guidelines-for-educators-usingsocial-networking-sites.html 50 Ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom http://www.onlinecolleges.net/2009/06/08/50ways-to-use-twitter-in-the-college-classroom/