The full presentation from a webinar on using social media to support internationalization of teacher education and its broader application to the classroom. Presented by Global Teacher Education, Longview Foundation, and the Pennsylvania State University College of Agricultural Sciences.
Slides for Webinar: Social Media to Support Internationalization of Teacher Education
1. Internationalization of Teacher Education and
Broader Applications to the Classroom
Moderator
Using Social Media to Support
Jennifer Manise
Longview
Foundation
@LongviewGlobal
Webinar Presenters
Daniel Foster
The Pennsylvania
State University
@FosterDanielD
Melanie Miller Foster
The Pennsylvania State
University
@GlobalMelanie
Caitlin Haugen
Global Teacher
Education
@caitlinhaugen
2. Using Social Media to Support
Internationalization of Teacher Education and
Broader Applications to the Classroom
Moderator
Jennifer Manise
Longview
Foundation
@LongviewGlobal
Webinar Presenters
Daniel Foster
The Pennsylvania
State University
@FosterDanielD
Melanie Miller Foster
The Pennsylvania State
University
@GlobalMelanie
Caitlin Haugen
Global Teacher
Education
@caitlinhaugen
6. Using Social Media to Support
Internationalization of Teacher Education and
Broader Applications to the Classroom
Caitlin Haugen
Executive Director
Global Teacher Education
@caitlinhaugen
7. Poll Question #3
What social media platform(s)
do you use professionally?
8. Social Media for
Internationalizing Teacher
Education
Caitlin Haugen, Global Teacher Education
9. Social Media!?!?!
What is the first thing that pops in to
your head when you hear the words
“social media?”
Graphic courtesy Bosmol.com.
13. “A group of internet applications that build on the ideological
and technological foundations of Web 2.0, and that allow the
creation and exchange of user generated content.”
Kaplan & Haenlein
Users of the World Unite! (2009), p. 61.
Web 2.0?
User Generated Content?
14. Social Media + Internationalization
User Generated Content
Engagement
15. User Generated Content
Let’s get to work!!
Global Education can feel isolating…it doesn’t have to be
Share what we are doing, find connections
Types of content:
Events
Projects
Research
Conferences
Blog
16. How do we engage?
Twitter
Relevant users
Example: Twitterati
Hashtags
General: #GlobalEd,
#EdChat, #HigherEd
Specific: #TeacherPrep,
#Internationalization,
#EdTech
Content specific
(#historyedchat)
Mission driven
(#GlobalCompetence)
17. How do we engage?
LinkedIn
Identify Interests
Highlight organizations
Follow companies of interest
Find relevant groups
Preparing Globally
Competent Teachers
19. Rules of Thumb…
If you are not confident,
start small
Do unto others…
Make it interesting –
pictures, infographics
Pictochart, PicMonkey,
PowerPoint
Participation ≠ Engagement
Be content creators, not
just consumers
20. Resources to Learn More
Global Education Conference: @GlobalEdCon
Edutopia: @Edutopia
Incorporating social media into learning spaces
Use policies
Student engagement
Nonprofit Tech for Good: @NonprofitOrgs
“How to” blog and articles
Webinar series
Social Media Management
Hootsuite
What others?
21. Using Social Media to Support
Internationalization of Teacher Education and
Broader Applications to the Classroom
Daniel Foster
Assistant Professor
Agricultural & Extension
Education
@FosterDanielD
Melanie Miller
Foster
Assistant Professor
International Agriculture
@GlobalMelanie
22. Daniel Foster
@FosterDanielD
Penn State
Melanie Miller Foster
@GlobalMelanie
Penn State
1. Describe pragmatic
approaches for engaging
teacher education
stakeholders with social
media
2. Identifying interventions to
develop global competency
through application
of teacher candidates
digital literacy skills.
@TeachAgPSU Engage in Twitter Conversation at #Web2SocialTprep
23. Context Matters - Agriculture: Local or Global?
• Depends on local
conditions
• Global impact
Engage in Twitter Conversation at #Web2SocialTprep @TeachAgPSU
24. Social Media in Global Agriculture
• BBC News (Nov., 2014):
• Penn State Innovation
“Nomads in northern China
(Oct., 2014):
now rely on social media to
find missing cattle and sell
livestock.”
“PlantVillage solves crop
problems by democratizing
science-based knowledge.”
Engage in Twitter Conversation at #Web2SocialTprep @TeachAgPSU
25. The biggest hurdle
and all that “global stuff”
are just
@TeachAgPSU
Engage in Twitter Conversation at #Web2SocialTprep
27. From A Self-Directed Guide to Designing Courses for
Significant Learning by L. Dee Fink, 2003
Engage in Twitter Conversation at #Web2SocialTprep @TeachAgPSU
28. Interactive Nature of Significant Learning
From A Self-Directed Guide to Designing Courses for
Significant Learning by L. Dee Fink, 2003
Engage in Twitter Conversation at #Web2SocialTprep @TeachAgPSU
29. Social Media Competence
• Leadership across time
zones and borders
• Think creatively
• Communicate
effectively
• Embrace technology
“…by understanding social
media, you will see how it
can be applied to solve
your problems.”
– Lee Aase
Engage in Twitter Conversation at #Web2SocialTprep @TeachAgPSU
30. Technology Tip of the Day
Teaching First….
Technology Second.
Technology integration should be based on
content, pedagogy and planning.
It is not the Tool/Platform that Matters
Engage in Twitter Conversation at #Web2SocialTprep @TeachAgPSU
31. Goal #1
@TeachAgPSU
Describe pragmatic approaches
for engaging teacher education
stakeholders with social media
WHO????
WHAT?
Engage in Twitter Conversation at #Web2SocialTprep
32. Three Reasons I Use Social Media:
One faculty member’s perspectives
1. To create “connected educators” & digital
advocates for agricultural education
Engage in Twitter Conversation at #Web2SocialTprep @TeachAgPSU
34. Three Reasons I Use Social Media:
One faculty member’s perspectives
1. To create “connected educators” & digital
advocates for agricultural education
2. To engage in extended learning platforms
3. To develop a community of learners
Engage in Twitter Conversation at #Web2SocialTprep @TeachAgPSU
35. Specific Examples from @TeachAgPSU
• Engaging Stakeholders
– Sponsors; Teachers/Programs; Professional Organizations;
Future Teachers (Recruitment)
• Programmatic Emphasis (Culture)
– Classes (Hashtags & Blogs)
• #AEE412; #AEE400; #AEE311, etc
• http://psuaee311.blogspot.com/
– Learning Cohorts
• #psuaged15
– Experiences
(Co-Curricular Student Organizations)
• #TeachAgDSA14; #GLAG14; #AgEd2Korea
• #TeachAgGenius
– Flickr Account/Hootsuite Platform
Book Suggestions:
- Pure Genius (Wettrick, 2014)
- Inquiry And Innovation in the
Classroom (Juliani, 2015)
Engage in Twitter Conversation at #Web2SocialTprep @TeachAgPSU
36. BUT HOW???
#TeachAg Avengers
• Student advocates
• Paid a small stipend
• Platforms:
– Program Blog
– Twitter
– Pinterest
– Facebook
– YouTube
@TeachAgPSU
Engage in Twitter Conversation at #Web2SocialTprep
37. Goal #2
@TeachAgPSU
Identifying interventions to develop
global competency through application
of teacher candidates’ digital literacy
skills.
Engage in Twitter Conversation at #Web2SocialTprep
38. Why? Our Goals
• Open mind
• Try something new
• Encourage creativity
• Reflection on experience
• Communicate main ideas
• Capture thoughts in real-time
• Share learning with
stakeholders
Engage in Twitter Conversation at #Web2SocialTprep @TeachAgPSU
39. #LionsOnLocation:
Belize 2014
• Introduction to
“Professional”
Social Media
• Real Time, Micro-Reflections
• Created Learning Artifact via “Storify” for
Stakeholders
Engage in Twitter Conversation at #Web2SocialTprep @TeachAgPSU
40. Global Teacher Education: #AgEd2Korea
Platforms
• Adobe Connect
• Twitter
• Blog
• Community of Practice
• YouTube
• Flickr
• Facebook
Embedded course with one-month
contextually-relevant
immersion experience in Korea.
(Thank you USDE Fulbright Hayes!)
@TeachAgPSU
41. #GLAG14:
Global Learning in
Agriculture
• Digital Archive:
In-the-Moment-Learning
• Continued & Expanded Conversations
– Backchannel
– Follow Up
– Professional Networking
Engage in Twitter Conversation at #Web2SocialTprep @TeachAgPSU
42. Outcomes
• New competencies
• Inspired to engage
@TeachAgPSU
Engage in Twitter Conversation at #Web2SocialTprep
• Repository of artifacts
• Professional network
43. Questions?
Fan, Follow , Like, our Program!
Penn State Teach Ag! is on the web!
Blog: http://teachagpsu.blogspot.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TeachAgPSU
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/PSUTeachAg
Pintrest: http://pinterest.com/psuteachag/
44. Question and Answer
Jennifer Manise
Longview
Foundation
@LongviewGlobal
Caitlin Haugen
Global Teacher
Education
@caitlinhaugen
Daniel Foster
The Pennsylvania
State University
@FosterDanielD
Melanie Miller Foster
The Pennsylvania State
University
@GlobalMelanie
45. http://www.globalteachereducation.org/webinars
Internationalization of Teacher Education and
Broader Applications to the Classroom
Jennifer Manise
Longview
Foundation
Using Social Media to Support
Daniel Foster
The Pennsylvania
State University
Melanie Miller Foster
The Pennsylvania State
University
Caitlin Haugen
Global Teacher
Education
Notas do Editor
Agriculture is a funny beast – it’s both local and global. Tend to focus more on the local and let the global take care of itself.
But people in agriculture around the world are finding social media a useful tool. Shouldn’t we?
We do. We think that social media can encompass many of the facets that make up “significant learning”.
It’s the interaction of these different types of learning that leads to significant learning, which we think is an important foundation for global learning and the development of global competency.
As we discussed earlier,
Here’s how we think about social media.
Can you connect with Professors on Social Media?
Real Time, Micro-Reflections