Clickin' Through

Social Media

Presented by: October Smith

An adventure using a variety of student response systems

What is social media?

(give an example- text your answer)

Let's go back...way back.

The web has changed

1996

2010

way-back machine

The new web- which does not belong?

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 a) popularity ratings/voting

 b) comments 

 c) small data storage

 d) polls

 e) user-generated content

Today the web is...INTERACTIVE

Web 2.0

Have you ever left feedback on a website (a blog, rated something on Amazon, etc...)?

Let's talk about...

Blogs, Forums, Websites

YES

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NO

Web 2.0:

Is based on social media, 

participation, collaboration, 

sharing, and community.

The differences between Web 1.0 & 2.0:

(text in your answers)

The differences between Web 1.0 & 2.0:

Web 1.0

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• read only (passive)
• “professional” content 
• limited user experience
• isolated
• control 
• owning
• personal websites
• directories (taxonomy)

Web 2.0

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• read/write (participative)
• “amateur” content 
• rich user experience 
• social 
• trust 
• sharing 
• blogs 
• tags (folksonomy)

On Twitter, would you describe yourself as a(an)...

Let's talk about...

Twitter

a) follower

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b) tweeter

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c) occasional tweeter

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d) have no clue what any of these mean

Web 2.0 Tools for the Classroom

Tools for communicating and a community for sharing

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Community:

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• Build community of learners 
• Eliminate physical walls of classroom 
• Connect learners and scholars/practioners 
• Share work 
• Solicit feedback 
• Collaborate on projects

Tools:

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• New forms of student-to-student communication 
• New forms of teacher-to-student communication 
• New ways to present an argument (video, blog...) 
• Media literacy 

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Of the people you know, rank in order who was on Facebook first:

Let's talk about...

Facebook

a) mom

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b) dad

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c) sibling

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d) neighbor

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e) co-worker

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f) spouse

Assessment Time

(you will use the eInstruction clickers)