Social Learning: how do you use social media & e-portfolios in the

classroom?with Sheny Gregory

Certified Career Counsellor, Social Media Enthusiast,

e-portfolio facilitator & SUP board paddler

qr codes: instant info using a smart phone

social learning: learning from one another in

a social context

e-learning: learning from virtual situations through

internet, video, collaboration in e-formats

StatsFacebook 800million users (july 2011)

Twitter 200million users (2011)

Linkedin 120million users (march 2011)

Google+ 25million users 10mill in 2 weeks of “limited phase” Tumbler 13 million users

google #1 search engineyoutube #2

Gen Y catching up to Gen X on

twitterBy 2013 mobile smart phones used most in

world (out# PC’s)

Social Media is not a fad.It is not a

Gen Y thang!

SM is the new telephone.

SM is a way to build relationships.

It does not replace f2f......

Social Media is the ideal precursor to

f2fThe purpose of social media is to meet f2f,

share ideas, solve problems

e.g. tweetups, Obama, Egypt

Old school social

New school social

So how do you start?

You need a Base: website, blog &

e-portfolio

Your website: it’s yours, you

own itFacebook,

Linkedin, Twitter could be gone

next year

Your school website• You own it

• You have control over all aspects of it

• You will have your website after all the “latest” social media tools have faded

• Look at myspace, yahoo that were once “all that” & are now crowded out by FB, Linkedin, Twitter, google

Link FB LN Twitter to your website & vice versa

Your e-portfolio

• an e-portfolio is the result of a reflective process and builds your career profile to increase your on-line presence for recruiting purposes

• All high school students in BC need an e-portfolio to graduate

• Universities use them to organize work, share progress, apply for internships

http:selenamartin.jigsy.com

http://shenygregory.weebly.com

Your blog• on-line journal used

to share your insights, thoughts, expertise that represent the brand of your school/approach to teaching

• Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega @hummingbird604

• Dr. Janni Aragon @janniaragon

twitter.com a microblog

• 140 characters to say your thing, use url’s, use 120 characters for RT

• Use to share expertise in your subject area; 1-9 rule

• Share local updates & lifestyle insights to your customer base

• @tourismcollege1

• @cdicollege

• @Miss604 Miss604 blog blog not twitter

Facebook

Uses for Facebook

• Post notices, events & reminders to students

• Post community involvement like charity fundraising

• Keep in touch with alumni & sponsors

• Maintain open channel between you & students

LinkedinThink

Professional version of Facebook

Linkedin: alumni

rss feeds really simple syndication

rss feed page

Honorable Mentions

• Delicious

• Flikr

• stumbleupon

• digg

• foursquare

• yelp

• renren (FB of China)Qzone

Future Trends?• Google+ interesting

to see what happens with google circles etc

• ipad

• i tablets

• ?

PRIZES!

How to apply social media to....?

• Classroom

• Professionally with colleagues

• Within your community

• With sponsors

in the classroom

• reminders of assignments due

• Links to reading material

• correspondence asynchronous time

• @janniaragon

• @hummingbird604

• @

Top Tips from Raul@hummingbird604

• Social Media does not replace teaching

• Social Media does not replace lecture

• Offers an interactive style of teaching

• Forces all students to twitter

• it is about efficiency when u have 1200 emails per day!

Tips from @Janniaragon• Use twitter in more advanced

classes younger students not twitter saavy yet; use FB for them

• use youtube to break up lecture every 20 minutes

• send out user reminders every 2 weeks if don’t use it, lose it

• “twitter changed my life” student tweeted after following United Nations

• “

Professionals

• Get on LINKEDIN

• individually then your school & its employees

• Create your own e-portfolio

• teacher to teacher: create a blog to share stuff (non-public)

• keep principle/owner in the loop with updates via eportfolio and blogs eportfolios for managers

Community• teacher to

community

• student to community

• twitter, FB, blogs, google+

• share images, videos on community events

great example of promoting hands-on

curriculum & bras for a cause fundraiser

PRIZES!

Now what?

add cat picture here

Create a new habit

Make it part of your routineWho checks phone

messages & email while having morning coffee?

Add to that list, check linkedin, twitter feeds & Facebook comments &

RESPOND

Top Tips to start• Learn one tool well

then move onto the next one

• choose which social media tool is best for your goals

• use in conjunction with marketing plan/teaching plan

• Social Media needs to tie into your school’s strategic goals

Create an idea sandbox so never run out of ideasBlog 2-3x per week, daily idealUse the community you have & build around that using twitter, FB SM management software: tweetdeck, hootesuite, post latest blog post, drive traffic to blog; FB page bring traffic to bloguse youtube or video sharing ; 45 million Linkedin - promote status updates & LN groupsno spamming

provide value

Advanced Strategy

Advanced strategy

Your turn• As long as the web remains open to all, it provides access to all, without discrimination based on politics, economics, gender, race, or religion. It is open to all to share stories, passions, dreams, knowledge, prctical wisdom hopes and aspirations. It allows more voices than ever before to be heard

Get into Pairs• What is the most

innovative technology you are aware of today in any field - art, health, education, transportation, manufacturing?

• Describe in detail some of the innovative technologies you know about & what they do.

What are their benefits?What excites you about these

technologies?

What technologies do you use in your current job?

How is your work and the quality of your work and life

helped by these technologies?

part II: pair up w/ another group

• Introduce your partners and share highlights of their partners 2 stories

• 1. what is the best technology they are aware of?

• 2. how are they best using technology at work?

What common themes reveal the best & most successful experiences with

technology?

Select 1 story that illustrates impressive technology & share

with one other group.

Shout out the top technologies talked

about

• i-pads?

• i-tablets?

• -e-books?

• iphone 5?

• samsung android?

What if I learn twitter then it’s gone?

• “It is the framework which changes with each new technology and not just the picture within the frame”

• -marshall mcluhan 1911-1980McLuhan is known for coining the expressions "

the medium is the message" and "the global village" and predicted the World Wide Web almost thirty years before it was invented

Social Revolution

• The Social revolution is here

• Social Media has changed the way we communicate & organize things & build relationships

• Join the conversation

• Be a fan

• Get linkedin

Resources

• @shenyker

• shenygregory.weebly.com

• shenygregory@gmail.com