SocialMedia

=**Social Media Tools to Engage Students **=

By [|James McConville] Why use social media tools, as told by little learners: [|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvPZtTej0jQ] media type="youtube" key="IvPZtTej0jQ" height="360" width="580" Science [|Digital Immersion] at Riverside Secondary. See student digital backpacks with teacher Jeremy Brown ([])

=Google Docs = Host a live online debate. Let’s get started by going to this URL [] it is a [|google document] with the permissions to allow anyone with this link to edit. For use in a classroom consider having the students create a gmail account and then invite them to a document. Neat features of Google Docs:


 * Works seamlessly with other Google tools such as calendar, gmail…
 * Students can use the Google suite as a personal organizational tools. Students can have: to do tasks, calendar of key events, reader to aggregate RSS feeds and Doc to share course notes. Another interesting tool to use is [|http://notely.net]
 * Google docs can host any other type of file and entire folders can be shared as view only or editable.
 * Documents which can be forms, spreadsheets, presentations can be embedded into blogs and wikis.

=Framework for Evaluating Technology Integration = //Thanks to Sharon Jeroski//


 * Developing question – identify and understand the issue
 * Planning – focus on outcome, creative, innovative, finds a range of resources
 * Information Literacy – organize, range of tools, analyze and evaluate
 * Collaborating – commitment, contribution, range of tools
 * Reasoning – evidence, logic, flexibility, systems, completeness
 * Presentation – tool selecting, conventions, clarity and impact
 * Reflection – criteria and feedback for self assessment

I can …
 * Collaborate
 * Innovate
 * Reason
 * Communicate

I can use…
 * My ideas
 * Information
 * Tools
 * Other people (‘human resources’)

=Twitter = It is a microblogging tools that allows twitter users to send out short messages and links. It is a social networking tool where you can follow other educators. You can find interesting people to follow by checking who others follow or browse search strings such as [|#edtech] or [|#science]. I learn and share via [] and have a list of BC educators here: []

=Wiki =

A quick webpage can be used in the classroom in a number of ways. 1. Each student gets a page that is their presentation on a topic 2. A group of students have to collaboratively make a page on a topic. Check out [|wikispaces] or PBWorks both have educator sites that don’t have advertising and allow you to create student accounts and passwords. WIKI activities for your class. Contribute to the larger body of knowledge. Great for senior/AP/IB students. While contributing to Wikipedia is difficult and quickly removed, [|**WIKIbooks**] still has lots to add.

=Social Bookmarking = Delicious [|http://delicious.com] · Example in classroom. Create a custom tag such as ‘room121’ and have the students bookmark sites on global warming. Give it a few weeks to collect and then have them write a research paper only using the links provided. The best students will quickly learn they need to share their best links.

=VoiceThread = ‘Conversations about a picture’ Activity: here is a voicethread that we can collaborate on today. [|http://voicethread.com/share/935433] **media type="custom" key="5458001"

Assessment ** Try the [|Elements of the Periodic Table], [|Organ System], [|browse for 1000’s more] == // image thanks to Jessica at Riverside // media type="custom" key="5457825"
 * Quizlet **– a self-assessment flashcard tool where students can create study question and practice with ones that others have created.

= = =Poster & Drawing = · Use in the classroom by having the students draw their observations from a science lab. · Use in the classroom - create a poster about an element from the periodic table. Examples: [|chemistry fun facts], [|CO2], [|DNA and RNA]
 * SumoPaint** [|http://www.sumopaint.com] – Full featured multi-layer drawing and painting program. Similar features to Photoshop and drawings are sharable. [|See my blog post for how to get started and a handout].
 * Prezi** [|http://prezi.com] a non-linear presentation tool that creates engaging presentations. See an example from a Science educator []
 * Glogster** [|http://edu.glogster.com] – graphical interactive poster tool that makes it easy to add drawing, text and links.

= = =<span style="background-color: #0800e6; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">Classroom website = NING is an online social platform. Once you create a NING network it can be password protected. It has calendars, documents, blogs, chat and more features that can be enabled as you wish. Check out the [|BC Science Interactions NING] [|http://www.bcscienceinteractions.com]

Join a Personal Learning Network

 * Classroom 2.0 [|http://www.classroom20.com] is a NING network with 1000’s of educators who connecting to a Personal Learning Network.


 * Engrade** [|http://engrade.ca] – online gradebook that can be shared with students. [|See my blog post and getting started handout].

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