Transcript Figure 1. Some key social media sites and their year of launch

A workshop on using social media in
teaching English
Prepared by : Anas Alawawdeh
H.O.D: Samir Al-Said
ELT supervisor: Mohammad Samaha
ELT Senior Supervisor: Aisha Al-Awadi
School principal: Abdallah Alhaqan
Key social media sites
Facebook
Twitter
Youtube
Myspace
Instgram
Whats app
What is social media?
• The term social media refers to web-based and
mobile applications that allow individuals and
organizations to create, engage, and share new
user-generated content, in digital environments
through multi-way communication.
• These tools tend to fall into two broad
categories: those primarily intended for social
networking, such as Facebook or Twitter, and
those that are designed for sharing usergenerated content such as blogs, YouTube, or
Flickr.
Figure 1. Some key social media
sites and their year of launch
Figure2.
Percentage
of social
media users
in U.S. and
UK higher
education
groups.
Note: U.S. statistics are from the Pew Internet & American Life Project. UK statistics are from
the Oxford Internet Survey. Date: 20 Dec 2011
• 750 million
Number of Facebook users worldwide.
• 100 million
Number of Twitter users worldwide.
• 230 million
Number of tweets sent per day.
• 80 percent
Increase in Tweets since the beginning of
2011.
• $8 billion
Estimated valuation of Twitter based on
that recent funding.
• $80 billion
Estimated valuation of Facebook.
• 11.8 million
Number of new Facebook users worldwide
in May, down from 13.9 million new users in
April, according to the research group
Inside Facebook.
• SOURCE THE FISCAL TIMES 2011
http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Articles/
2011/09/12/The-Social-Media-Explosion-Bythe-Numbers.aspx#page1
How to use Twitter
Tips on using SM in teaching
• Show students how to find and access
information through technology.
• Establish Clearly Communicated Boundaries.
• You can use SM to handle different areas in
your teaching; grammar, composition,
reading, literature…
• SM can be used to broadcast events like
exams and deadlines.
Pros and cons of using Social networks
in teaching
Pros:
- Making safe communities: among students and teachers
themselves.
- Gain access to available information, services, and
resources.
- Collaboration is encouraged
-Building an ongoing relationship with stakeholders: with
social media, the classroom can be a lively, 24/7 experience.
- Professional development
Cons and pros of using Social networks
in teaching
Cons:
- the dynamics of the users of the technology:
Must be managed by someone who understands social media.
- Lack of features.
- Can be a distracter if not used properly.
- It needs more than a presence.
- From an organizational and management perspective, the most
significant benefits and the most notable risks arise from the
democratizing nature of social media.
Helpful Twitter accounts for teachers
to follow
@NikPeachey, @ozge, @TheConsultantsE and
@Larryferlazzo.
Or just click on the "Who to follow button" and
search for terms such as ELT, Tesol, EFL, and
ESL.
I hope this workshop was helpful
Thanks for attending
Good luck in your teaching