Social Media in

Education

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Bill BrannickDeron Durflinger

Shawn HyerShannon McClintock Miller

Emma Durflinger

Presentation Website bit.ly/socialmediaineducation

Van Meter’s Story of Using Social Media to

Create a Change

Connected with great people from Merton, Wisconsin

Christa McClintock Van Meter Kindergarten

Teacher

PatienceEncouragement

Excitement

We connected….

Our Two Schools

Skyped from Van Meter, Iowa

To Merton, Wisconsin

Connecting & Communicating

with new friends and places

Telling the story of the collaboration and connections through our blog

To real life experiences

Van Meter, Iowa - Grosse Point South, Michigan

Collaboration

Purpose?

Initially• Motivation• Differences• Something different

After working with others, it changed….

Collaboration Wikihttp://epicromeoandjuliet.wikispaces.com/

Roles

DirectorsWritersPrint AdvertisersCameramenProps/CostumesSocial MediaVideo AdvertisersActorsSoundtrackThe making of…

Student Requirements1) Read the play.2) Graphic organizer of each act.3) Blog about role and what they are doing.

Assessment4) Interpret lines5) Essay after reading the play6) Essay about the role

Challenges

• Reality check (where are we at academically) • Student participation to the fullest extent.• Freshmen in high school.• How to become more collaborative?• Grading

Results- Positives* Raised the quality of work* Greater sense of purpose * Relationships* Teachable moments-appropriate posts security.* Work with classmates

Collaborative Tools Used* Edmodo- communication inside school* Skype- collaboration during school* Wix- student created website http://www.wix.com/ashlynreicks/romeoandjuliet* Bloggerhttp://morgan-directorsblog.blogspot.com/* Wikispaces http://epicromeoandjuliet.wikispaces.com/* Facebook*Tumblr: http://vmromeojuliet.tumblr.com/* Cacoo- graphic organizer to review each act with group. http://cacoo.com/* Dippity – collaborative timeline creation of the project.

John SchuOak Brook, Illinois

Celebrating Read Across America Day Virtually With Our Friends

Why use social media with students?

Lets hear from them.

Social media gives students a VOICE.

It can give you a VOICE to be a

change in education too.