SOCIAL NETWORKING 101
Karen O’Neill, Jaime Smith, Yi-Ching (Moe) TsaoStudies in American Language, SJSU
AGENDA
WHO and WHAT: Web 2. 0
WHY: Voices of Students today
HOW: Social Networking Overview
DO I HAVE TO? The impact and uses of social networking on education
Presenters Studies in American Language, SJSU
Karen O’Neill – Baby Boomer: intrigued, clumsy, admirer of social networking and its usefulness
Jaime Smith – Gen X : experienced, educated, and adept social networker and online teacher
Y-Ching (Moe) Tsao – Gen Y: Instructional Technology professional and in-house expert
Marc Prensky 2001
Digital Immigrants – moved (or were dragged) into new technologies will adapt to new technologies but retain an
‘accent’ or a foot in the past
Digital Natives – were raised with computers and the internet are native speakers of the digital language of
computers, video games, and the internet and use them intuitively
By 2007-2008
Digital centric were born into a digitally saturated world completely immersed in digital
competence since birth live in Web 2.0
And you?
Digital Immigrant
Digital Native Digital Centric
Phone call Email or texting Facebook or Twitter
Photo album Digital photo frame
Picasa or Flickr
Old envelope Internet bookmark
Diigo or del.icio.us
World Book “C” Encarta Wikipedia
Mail a Hallmark Send an Ecard Post on Facebook
The big difference is not in actions, but in attitudes.
Ask the Authority
Trust the Experts
Make your own Truth
What is Web 2.0?
So WHAT?
Isn’t this just the usual generation gap?
There have always been generation gaps!
Back to Prensky
…the single biggest problem facing education today is that our digital immigrant instructors, who speak an outdated language
(That of the pre-digital age) ,are struggling to teach a population
that speaks an entirely new language.
AGENDA
WHAT: Web 2. 0
WHY: Voices of Students Today
HOW: Social Networking Overview
DO I HAVE TO? The impact and uses of social networking on education
Students today
AGENDA
WHO and WHAT: Web 2. 0
WHY: Voices of Students today
HOW: Social Networking Overview
DO I HAVE TO? The impact and uses of social networking on education
Statistical Data – Active Users
Statistical Data – Active Users
Statistical Data – Active Users
Facebook Tour
Twitter Tour
Why do you want to use Twitter?
Ning Tour
Diigo Tour
Privacy
But what about my privacy?
“Privacy is now defined as something that’s in our hearts. We’ve redefined what’s private, so there’s less worry about what we post.” - Marian Salzman, trendsetter.
But seriously….
What about my privacy?
I don’t want my students to know everything about me!
And I don’t want to get fired for my Facebook posts.
Change your settings.
Choose “friends only” for most privacy settings.
Create friend groups, and select which groups can view various parts of your profile.
Who has time for this?
Your students do! You don’t have to spend a lot of time
AGENDA
WHAT: Web 2. 0
WHY: Voices of Students today
HOW: Social Networking Overview
DO I HAVE TO? The impact and uses of social networking on education
Why would teachers use these things?
For teachers Build relationships among students Send quick messages to classes Encourage students to “tweet” focused class
comments Introduce students to authentic English Share teaching tips with colleagues in a virtual
teacher lounge Create an “unconference” anytime, anywhere
Why would administrators go there? For administrators
Make up-to-the-minute announcements Create student community Create faculty community Stay in touch with alums Offer housing connections Market globally – without flying anywhere
Crowdsourcing
That gives me an idea!.......
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