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Social Media and the EAL LearnerJoanna TrzmielewskaEducational Consultant
Macmillan English CampusSATEAL 2013
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Contents
What is social media?
Advantages vs. disadvantages
of using social media
Social media tools for classroom
Social media takeaway
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What’s social media?• allows any users to publish content online:
writing blogs and commenting on others' blogs
publishing videos, audio or images on to the Web
posting content onto a forum or social network site
collaborating on an online project
• social media characteristics:
community
conversation
participate
practical
motivational
collaborative
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Social media channels
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Social media explained
Students social media
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Advantages of using social media
•it is a familiar and easy to access tool
•improvement of research skills
•the promotion of digital citizenship
engaging your students
•the ability to share learning material
•the potential to appeal to different learning styles
•assisting shy students
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Disadvantages of using social media
• the gimmick factor
• distractions
• the need for schools to research, understand and implement
• the need to manage multiple sites and keep updated
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A social media adoption in education
• create a social media policy
• tackle opinion
• cultural changes
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Facebook group for your class
Facebook as a research log
Students work and at work photos, videos
Send messages
Allows shy students a way to communicate
Brainstorm
Share interesting websites
Post homework
Facilitate classmate connections
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Tips
•create a separate account just for your classes
•ask students to put you on limited
access to their pages
•create lists
•stay active
•get over the term "friend"
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‘Twit Board’ ‘Micro Write’
Make announcements
Brainstorm
Have a Twitter treasure hunt
Notes after classProblem
solving/questions
Ask questions relevant to course material
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Tips
•create a classroom hashtag
•have a Twitter account for each class
•lighten up
•integrate Twitter into the syllabus
•reward participation
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Social media takeaway
•choose a social media channel
•have a solid content strategy in place
•if you set it up, use it
•take risks
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Contact:
Joanna Trzmielewska
www.blendedmec.com
@joanna_mec
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