using social media to impact student learning 2 .pptx

using social media to impact student learning 2 .pptx

1. STI PD Title Number: SDELIB038 Michelle Wilson, LMS, NBCT North Highland Elementary Jefferson County Library Media January 5, 2010

2.  Library media specialists can use social media to acquire, SHARE, and produce inform ation.  Students can use social media to acquire, SHARE, and produce information.  Key word=SHARING

3. • Various internet-based tools that people can use to connect and share useful in formation

4.  What this presentation is NOT: • A step by step guide to setting up a Twitter account, Second Life profile, or Delicious ac count.  What this presentation IS: • An introduction and overview of social media, and its implications for professional and student us e.

5.  We can use social media to remain on the ed ge.  We can social media to get connected.  We can use social media to contribute our own knowledge, and provide help for othe rs.  All of these are qualities of a Personal Learning Network. (PLN)

6.  Not a new concept!  Where you get your knowledge  BC version of PLN: teachers within your school, public librarian, professors at local LS (local scale)  AC version of PLN: social bookmarking, Twitter, list-servs, wikispace communities, blogs, etc. (global scale)

7.  Use these new tools to learn new things that will help you do your job better!  Use these new tools to share what you already know with other professionals in need of that knowledge!  Use these tools to produce new, useful information for other teacher librarians!

8.  Lack of PD funding for eminent future, yet there is still need for professional growth  Using cutting edge technology, without fe es  Learning the newest, best, and most useful information, and pass that along to st udents  Connecting with students, in dipping into their world  Try something new

9.  Expect a learning curve, but maintain learning as your priority  Commit, and try one type of social media at a time.  Choose your connections wisely!  Devote any amount of time.

10.  INFORM ATION!  Google search produces quantity, social media searches produce quality  Real-time results of news, events, trending to pics  Benefit from information favorably reviewed, liked, respected, considered useful, and shared by other library media professionals  Database searches still relevant!

11.  Con nections!  Twitter: Librarians from Egypt, Australia, California, Canada, Boston, Vermont, and the Philippines!  Delicious bookmarking: global network  TeacherTube: national network of like- minded professionals  Blogs: Using Google Reader to stream all the blogs I follow about teaching, technology, and library media instruction

12.  Twi tter.com  Delicio us.com  Find a few good blogs: create a Google account, and start using Google Reader to collect new posts!  Remember to make learning a priority, and once you grow in confidence, begin to contribute to the great pot of kn owledge!

13.  Twitter: Complete your bio so that other teachers will know you are legit. Go private to protect yourself from being “followed” by undesirables.  Blogs: No matter who recommends a blog, check it out yourself before subscribing to its feed.  Time management!  Personal/pro fessional

14.  Students=leaders of techno revolution  learning curve for most of them  Use social media to engage  T witter: • Succinct Writing (140 characters or less) • World History (#iranelection) • Unhindered connection to authors, illustrators (Laurie Halse Anderson, Alan Gratz, Mo Willems) • Searching hashtags (# + your topic=a real-time search of all posts on that topic)

15.  Delicious (or Diigo): • Have students SEARCH for sites relevant to their topic (another user will only bookmark a site if it is useful) • Have students CREATE lists of sites they have fou nd:  By topic or subject  For others to benefit from  As a bibliography or pathfinder project (they can add notes into each site’s bookmark description)

16.  Blo gger • Create a library blog and invite students to interact with you on the blog. • Encourage students to post reviews of library books they have read. • Use the blog as a place to hold photography, poetry, or creative writing contests.

17.  Filters, blocks, and censorship…OH MY!!!

18.  Name 1 social media tool.  What is a PLN?  Name 1 reason you should try creating a PLN with social media.  What is 1 social media tool you will try this year to make yourself a better library media specialist?

19.  Great blogs to follow: • http://doug-johnson.squarespace.com/ • www.educationinnovation.typepad.com • www.techbrarian.com • www.howtoteachanovel.wordpress.com • www.teachwithpicturebooks.blogspot.com  Great library media/technology specialists on Twitter: • @cybraryman1 • @web20classroom • @joycevalenza • @kathyshrock • @ktenkley  I can email you a handout (shared on Twitter) on tips for getting started on Twitter.

20.  Twitter: @mwilson518  Delicious, TeacherTube, & SlideShare: mwilson5 18  Email: [email protected] or mwilson@jefco ed.com  School phone: [phone]  Wiki: nhestechspace.wikispaces.com and nheskids.wikispaces.com  Blog: knowingbooks.blogspot.com