A discussion on how to incorporate Facebook into the classroom, regardless of the setting.

1. Eric Sembrat | Georgia State University | Fall 2013
T-Ask: Facebook
Monday, September 23, 13

2. Schedule
• Introduction
• What is Facebook?
• What does Facebook do?
• How can we integrate Facebook into
the classroom?
• Questions & Comments
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3. Introduction
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4. Presenter
• Eric Sembrat
• Web Developer at GT
• Ph.D. Student at GSU
• ericsembrat@gmail.com
• http://ericsembrat.com/
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5. What is Facebook?
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6. • http://www.facebook.com
• Facebook is the grandfather of Web 2.0
social media websites.
• Social media built on sharing.
• Because of this, Facebook has features
above and beyond its competitors.
Facebook
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7. What does
Facebook Do?
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8. • Facebook features:
• Permutations of user, group, and
page interactions.
• Events, photos, videos, link, message
sharing.
•Media-rich interaction.
Facebook’s Goal
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9. • Users have Friends, who they jointly
share information to.
• Users have Likes for pages, who users
share information with.
• Users join Groups, who communicate
on a joint subject.
Interactions
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10. How can you use
Facebook in the
classroom?
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11. • One of Facebook’s primary features is
a robust privacy and security matrix.
• Each user profile cannot be assumed
to have similar privacy and security
settings.
• Because of this, you cannot assume
that users can communicate with each
other.
Concerns
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12. • Facebook Groups
• Privacy and visibility settings.
• Features to add files, ask questions,
post media, and engage in
discussions.
• Two-way communication method.
Use #1
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13. Use #1
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14. • Facebook Pages
• Allows anyone to like (subscribe) to
updates and posts.
• Allows a strict separation between
creator posts and user posts.
• Primarily one way communication.
Use #2
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15. Use #1
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16. • For the computer savvy users, you can
also engage in some other ways of
using Facebook in the classroom:
• Use a Facebook application to
connect users together.
• Using hashtags or page/user
references to link content between
users.
Other Ways
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17. Questions?
Comments?
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