Bridging Technology and Literacy

Social Media & Collaboration

 

Why?

• Social media can be used to engage students with an audience outside the walls of the classroom and can give students an outlet for developing their voice. 

• An advantage of social media is that it can provide outsiders with a window into the classroom through content such as Twitter posts and YouTube videos. 

• The type of collaboration and interaction supported by social media is also represented in the Common Core State Standards. 

What?

The most widely recognized tyoes of social media:

•  social networking sites (such as Facebook),

•  blogs and microblogs (such as Twitter),

•  content communities (such as YouTube and Flickr),

•  collaborative projects (such as Wikipedia),

•  massive multiplayer online games (such as World of Warcraft).

Examples of sites that facilitate collaboration:

• course management systems (such as Moodle and Gooru),

• video conferencing tools (such as Skype and Google Hangout),

• collaborative sticky notes and walls (such as Noteapp and Wallwisher),

• collaborative Notepads (such as TitanPad and Google Docs)

• collaborative drawing boards (such as Scribblar).

How?

Social Media and Collaboration in the Classroom

• Idea sharing and building repositories of information

• Collaboration to promote creativity

• Connecting with the outside world

• Following current events or the news

 More information please refer to Chapter 9 of the Book

Resources?