Tutorial for Web Tools:Facebook Pages

 Thomas Jacobs

Student ID#: A00057227Thomas.jacobs@waldenu.edu

 PhD in Education: Educational Technology

 Dr. Timothy Powell

timothy.powell@waldenu.eduEDUC 8847: Multimedia Technology to Facilitate Learning

  October 30, 2011

Technical Introduction

According to Mayer's (2009) spatial contiguity principle text located closer to illustrations reduces extraneous cognitive load. This tutorial further reduces extraneous cognitive load through coherence and signaling by using almost no extraneous information and arrows acting as callouts.

Essential cognitive load is enhanced through segmenting.

Creating Learning Environments using Facebook Pages

Facebook Pages

Facebook Pages are great ways to create interactive collaborative learning environments. You can quickly engage your students with discussions, links to videos, and get timely student responses through surveys.

Many student already know how to use Facebook which can lower the anxiety related to learning new technologies. This tutorial will help you create a Facebook Page for your classroom.

Log in to Facebook

Go to http://facebook.com Log In In the Search Box type: Create page

Click Create New Facebook Page

Create a Page

Click on Artist

From Dropdown Select Teacher

Type in a name for the page

Click Get Started

(The image on the left is the page that appears. Scroll down the page to get to the picture you see below.)

Set Your Profile PictureClick Upload an Image

Click Browse

Browse for the picture you want to use for your profile

Market Your Page

From this page you can invite other Facebook friends, import email contacts or share it on your own Wall

Click Continue

Basic Intro

Click Continue

Type some information about the site into this box

The next page that appearsIs the Basic Intro Page

Edit the Page Information

Click Edit Info

Fill in Information

The Page WallThe Page Wall is the Main page the students will interact with.

Create a Status Update

Write a welcoming statement into the status update box

References

Facebook (2011) Retrieved from: http://www.facebook.com

Mayer, R. E. (2009). Multimedia learning (2nd ed.). New York: Cambridge University Press.