This document discusses using social media tools in online classrooms. It argues that social media should be integrated into learning management systems to create more social and interactive learning environments. Specific social media tools like Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and YouTube are presented as examples of how to facilitate social interaction, accessible publishing and interactive dialogue among students. The benefits of incorporating Twitter into a classroom are discussed, like keeping a history and allowing for collaboration. Lastly, instructions are provided on how to generate embed codes for social media widgets and add them to an LCMS through custom widgets and pasting HTML.

1. Social Media As Online (Social) Pedagogy

2. Introduction Today’s online classrooms are becoming more and more “social,” as Social Networks themselves become integrated (and inherent) in the lives of our students. This presentation will not only demonstrate how to include some popular Social Media tools within your LCMS, but it will also explain why it is crucial to embrace Social Media in order to become better educators.

3. About Me Blogging: since 2000 Featured in The New York Times, The Advocate, andThe Web Designer’s Idea Book Twitter: ~1000 Followers Flickr: ~103,000 Page Views YouTube: ~37,000 Video Views Etc.

4. Social Media?

5. Social Media? “Social media are media for social interaction, using highly accessible and scalable publishing techniques.“Social media use web-based technologies to turn communication into interactive dialogue.” Wikipedia

6. Social Media? Social interaction

7. Social Media? Social interaction Accessible and scalable publishing techniques

8. Social Media? Social interaction Accessible and scalable publishing techniques Interactive dialogue

9. Social Interaction

10. Social Interaction Interpersonal relationship

11. Social Interaction Interpersonal relationship A connection between two or more individuals

12. Social Interaction Interpersonal relationship A connection between two or more individuals Could be short-lived or long-lasting

13. Social Interaction Interpersonal relationship A connection between two or more individuals Could be short-lived or long-lasting Formed in a social or cultural context

14. Social Interaction Interpersonal relationship A connection between two or more individuals Could be short-lived or long-lasting Formed in a social or cultural context Has potential to “flourish,” or become characterized by intimacy, growth, and resilience

15. Social Interaction Interpersonal relationship A connection between two or more individuals Could be short-lived or long-lasting Formed in a social or cultural context Has potential to “flourish,” or become characterized by intimacy, growth, and resilience Flourishing relationships possess a natural dynamic balance between “intimacy” and other social relationships

16. Publishing Techniques

17. Publishing Techniques Publishing

18. Publishing Techniques Publishing:the process of production and dissemination of literature or information — the activity of making information available for public view.

19. Publishing Techniques Publishing:the process of production and dissemination of literature or information — the activity of making information available for public view. Scalable: a desirable property of a system, a network, or a process, which indicates its ability to either handle growing amounts of work in a graceful manner or its ability to be enlarged.

20. Publishing Techniques Publishing:the process of production and dissemination of literature or information — the activity of making information available for public view. Scalable: a desirable property of a system, a network, or a process, which indicates its ability to either handle growing amounts of work in a graceful manner or its ability to be enlarged. Accessible: the degree to which a product, device, service, or environment is available to as many people as possible.

21. Interactive Dialogue

22. Interactive Dialogue More than a conversation

23. Interactive Dialogue More than a conversation Interact: acting mutually, performing reciprocal acts; interchange and discussion of ideas, especially when open and frank, as in seeking mutual understanding or harmony.

24. Interactive Dialogue More than a conversation Interact: acting mutually, performing reciprocal acts; interchange and discussion of ideas, especially when open and frank, as in seeking mutual understanding or harmony. A critical part of learning

25. Interactive Dialogue More than a conversation Interact: acting mutually, performing reciprocal acts; interchange and discussion of ideas, especially when open and frank, as in seeking mutual understanding or harmony. A critical part of learning Has a goal of discovering the different meanings people give to educational attributes, and arriving at a better understanding about what actually needs to be learned

26. Is this For You?

27. Challenge: Is this For You?

28. Challenge: Don’t use Social Media for Social Media’s sake Is this For You?

29. Challenge: Don’t use Social Media for Social Media’s sake Social media must be embraced in order for it to succeed Is this For You?

30. If you accept this challenge, it means… Is this For You?

31. If you accept this challenge, it means… Is this For You? Always being connected!

32. If you accept this challenge, it means… Is this For You? Always being in-tune with your classroom!

33. Use-Cases

34. Use-Cases What does all this Social Media stuff mean for the classroom?

35. Use-Cases What does all this Social Media stuff mean for the classroom? Social Media supports an open and accessible venue in which instructor and student may participate in a collaborative, community-driven, and nonhierarchical pedagogy, rather than the traditional, top-down learning experience.

36. Use-Cases Some examples of Social Media…

37. Use-Cases Some examples of Social Media… Facebook & MySpace: Status updates, blogging, media sharing, social connections

38. Use-Cases Some examples of Social Media… Facebook & MySpace: Status updates, blogging, media sharing, social connections Twitter & Jaiku: Information sharing, corporate advertising…and social market share

39. Use-Cases Some examples of Social Media… Facebook & MySpace: Status updates, blogging, media sharing, social connections Twitter & Jaiku: Information sharing, corporate advertising…and social market share Flickr & YouTube: Photo and/or video sharing

40. Use-Cases Some examples of Social Media… Facebook & MySpace: Status updates, blogging, media sharing, social connections Twitter & Jaiku: Information sharing, corporate advertising…and social market share Flickr & YouTube: Photo and/or video sharing Del.icio.us & Digg: Link sharing

41. Use-Cases Some examples of Social Media… Facebook & MySpace: Status updates, blogging, media sharing, social connections Twitter & Jaiku: Information sharing, corporate advertising…and social market share Flickr & YouTube: Photo and/or video sharing Del.icio.us & Digg: Link sharing SourceForge & Gitorious: Code sharing

42. Use-Cases Some examples of Social Media… Facebook & MySpace: Status updates, blogging, media sharing, social connections Twitter & Jaiku: Information sharing, corporate advertising…and social market share Flickr & YouTube: Photo and/or video sharing Del.icio.us & Digg: Link sharing SourceForge & Gitorious: Code sharing Etc.

43. Use-Cases What do all of these “services” have in common?

44. Use-Cases What do all of these “services” have in common? Hosted and maintained by third-party companies

45. Use-Cases What do all of these “services” have in common? Hosted and maintained by third-party companies Free (for now)

46. Use-Cases What do all of these “services” have in common? Hosted and maintained by third-party companies Free (for now) Allow “feed” publishing/syndication (RSS)

47. Use-Cases What do all of these “services” have in common? Hosted and maintained by third-party companies Free (for now) Allow “feed” publishing/syndication (RSS) Quickly and organically create community!

48. Twitter Is…Now

49. Twitter Is…Now Tweeting Students Earn Higher Grades Than Others in Classroom Experiment “Students chatting on Twitter both inside and outside the classroom got higher grades than their nontweeting peers in a recent experiment conducted at a medium-size public institution in the Midwest. “At the end of the semester, the tweeters had grade-point averages half a point higher, on average, than did their nontweeting counterparts. And students who tweeted were more engaged.” Paige ChapmanThe Chronicle of Higher EducationNovember 12, 2010

50. Twitter 101

51. Twitter 101 The benefits of using a Social service like Twitter in conjunction with the “classroom”:

52. Twitter 101 The benefits of using a Social service like Twitter in conjunction with the “classroom”: Twitter relies on brevity

53. Twitter 101 The benefits of using a Social service like Twitter in conjunction with the “classroom”: Twitter relies on brevity Twitter can be updated via web, email, and text messaging

54. Twitter 101 The benefits of using a Social service like Twitter in conjunction with the “classroom”: Twitter relies on brevity Twitter can be updated via web, email, and text messaging Twitter can be digested via web, third-party apps, and text message

55. Twitter 101 The benefits of using a Social service like Twitter in conjunction with the “classroom”: Twitter relies on brevity Twitter can be updated via web, email, and text messaging Twitter can be digested via web, third-party apps, and text message Twitter can be collaborative…or not

56. Twitter 101 The benefits of using a Social service like Twitter in conjunction with the “classroom”: Twitter relies on brevity Twitter can be updated via web, email, and text messaging Twitter can be digested via web, third-party apps, and text message Twitter can be collaborative…or not Twitter keeps a history

57. Social Workflow

58. Social Workflow

59. LCMS Social Workflow

60. Social Workflow LCMS

61. Social Workflow Social Service LCMS

62. Social Workflow Social Service LCMS

63. Social Workflow Social Service LCMS

64. Social Workflow Social Service LCMS

65. A Social LCMS

66. A Social LCMS Integrating Social Media into our Learning Content Management System (LCMS)…

67. A Social LCMS Integrating Social Media into our Learning Content Management System (LCMS)… Primary tool: Custom Widgets

68. A Social LCMS Integrating Social Media into our Learning Content Management System (LCMS)… Primary tool: Custom Widgets Primary method: HTML embed code

69. A Social LCMS Integrating Social Media into our Learning Content Management System (LCMS)… Primary tool: Custom Widgets Primary method: HTML embed code* Yes, there are other ways… * Instructions available at the end of this presentation.

70. A Social LCMS Demonstration…

71. In Conclusion

72. In Conclusion A social pedagogy…

73. In Conclusion A social pedagogy leads to…

74. In Conclusion A social pedagogy leads to flourishing relationships

75. In Conclusion A social pedagogy leads to flourishing relationships learning communities!

76. Thank You Tim Samoff Any social network / timsamoff timothy_samoff1@vcccd.edu X1781 Presentation available at slideshare.net/timsamoff. :)

77. Instructions Finding and using HTML embed code: In the case of Twitter, Widget code can be generated by going to About > Resources. By and large, other services follow a similar methodology or possess a Tools area. (Or, Google for HTML Widgets.) Generating embed code typically entails following a few easy instructions. Various options are specific to each service. Once the embed code has been generated, it must be copied via selecting the code and using Edit > Copy (Ctrl+C). Within the LCMS, a new Custom Widget must be created. After doing so, the copied code must be pasted (Ctrl+V) into the HTML Source Editor. Save the widget and add it to the course Homepage. Copy embed code and paste into HTMLSource Editor.