Role of Social Media in Education

Editor's Notes

1. To provide awareness of Social Media platform so that you can gain insight on how to benefit from the Social Media;To motivate participants to share positive knowledge on the Social Media
2. What is a Media?What is Social Networking?Why is it Social?Lets start with the basics. Most people think of the media as: Journalist; Photographer; and Reporters this is a social communication but one-way
3. Social Media is an interactive communication – Two-way; where the Reader, viewer, and listener can interact with the mediaThinks about the website where you can caste a vote; like-it; rate it; etc. that is an interaction, so that is a social media
4. What about Social Networking? How is that different from social media?A network is a collection of individual with similar interests; it can be anything like gardening, motorcycling, cooking, or education. People can form a network to argue, to publish and to share
5. What is Web 1.0Basic where you can create a websiteSomeone can visit to learn about your stuff whatever you want to promote, like your idea, creation, product or servicesPeople visit website to gather informationIts One-Way CommunicationWhat is Web 2.0Its another dimension – Two-Way CommunicationAt the same time a lot of conversation is going onFacebook is web 2.0, so Twitter, LinkedIn and hundreds of other sites
6. What is Web 1.0Basic where you can create a websiteSomeone can visit to learn about your stuff whatever you want to promote, like your idea, creation, product or servicesPeople visit website to gather informationIts One-Way CommunicationWhat is Web 2.0Its another dimension – Two-Way CommunicationAt the same time a lot of conversation is going onFacebook is web 2.0, so Twitter, LinkedIn and hundreds of other sitesWeb 3.0 – it’s a black hole – eating up everything; will surpas brain
7. Yellow pages; Newspapers; TV ads and commercials – no longer attract the consumersPeople find information straight to the internetYou have access to internet at home; offices; cars; and in your pocketGoogle have 200.000.000 look up for information every SINGLE dayPeople look up like-minded people sharing information online Kevin Kelly is north American social media expert. A black hole eating up everything - is a region of space-time from which nothing, not even light, can escape.Obama sweep in election – slogan “The Change we believe in”; the Arab Revolutions; - the Social Media motivate and ignite people to respond. Social Media empower people, business and community all around the worldInstead of overloading thousands of social media sites, have most popular sites:Find people interested in your product or services from
8. Online Learners out-performed those who received face-to-face InstructionStudent spend up-to 5 hours a week on YouTube53% of students had a smart phone…pocket computerStudents spend 31 hours a week on the internetKindergartens are learning on iPods NOT ON chalkboardTeens now spend more time listening/watching media than talking99% of them participate onlineOnly 10% reported participating in classIt is time to RE-THINK teaching!
9. “Any teacher that can be replaced by technology deserves to be”David Thornburg, Ph. D. Award winner FuturistIts really you [teacher, manager, executive, advocate] who bring technology to the class/office/workplaceAll three phases are equally important and overlapping to some degreePhase 1 – dynamic presentation replacing chalk-board like video, PowerPoint, and multimedia presentation engaging studentsPhase – 2: text-books are replaced with eBooks or other form of electronics technology – online sources, Content Access: search, research, wikis, etc.Phase – 3: Students engagement are for 21st Century technology integration. This phase change the way teachers teachIt is: CommunicationCollaboration; and Creation
10. “Any teacher that can be replaced by technology deserves to be”David Thornburg, Ph. D. Award winner FuturistPublish: Assignment, projects, surveys,eMagazine, info about Alumni University Schedule, Employers information for internshipShare: Your stuff – eNotes, tips and solutions promote university Corporate Social Responsibilities Promote partners Share with Family, Friends, Students, mentors/counselorNewworking meet people ask questions answer questions handle complaints and compliments
11. “Any teacher that can be replaced by technology deserves to be”David Thornburg, Ph. D. Award winner FuturistPublish: Assignment, projects, surveys,eMagazine, info about Alumni University Schedule, Employers information for internshipShare: Your stuff – eNotes, tips and solutions promote university Corporate Social Responsibilities Promote partners Share with Family, Friends, Students, mentors/counselorNewworking meet people ask questions answer questions handle complaints and compliments
12. Dozens of social networking tools are available – some of popular tools including SkypeSkype: is mostly a free tool that allows you to chat with other usersAllows you to make phone calls and videoMost popular options are: Chat and Video CallsYou can archive your conversationsMore than two people can participate or join a Skype callTwitter – an other social networking toolAllows you to follow people who have similar interest no matter where they are in the worldWhen you follow someone formally you see anything they post called ‘tweet’ Blogs: Educators use Twitters but many prefer using their professional Blogs to shareA blog is an online journal you can pick-up the thread of the topic and add some input/experience to it creating a learning environmentTypically blog is on the host of a website - Reader can post questions, comments or add their views on the posts
13. Helpful sites for students / business / lawyersAny technology used in Education should have strategy to address: academics, attendance, and culture: IM to parents / students where is he/she, etc. progress and home-work, projectsWe (Teachers) need to know what’s available? What are the benefits? How to engage [talk to through the channel they like social media] the studentsDigital CitizenDSL – Digital as a Second LanguageControl: time management; privacy issues, be responsible users
14. Therefore, provide contents NOT commercialsTo make high perceived value services:Use You Tube – Broadcast YourselfWrite article on web like EzineMake your won mini websiteHave blogs or Do anything on social media that:delivers contents like how-to videoAnswer questions of area of your expertiseWrite and reply emails – stay in touchAdvantages of social mediaMake you a credibleIncrease referralsNew relationshipsDemand high pricesOutstanding visibilityFamiliarityTrustOffer your product or servicesPerceived as expertIt make you TOP OF MIND
15. Therefore, provide contents NOT commercialsTo make high perceived value services:Use You Tube – Broadcast YourselfWrite article on web like EzineMake your won mini websiteHave blogs or Do anything on social media that:delivers contents like how-to videoAnswer questions of area of your expertiseWrite and reply emails – stay in touchAdvantages of social mediaMake you a credibleIncrease referralsNew relationshipsDemand high pricesOutstanding visibilityFamiliarityTrustOffer your product or servicesPerceived as expertIt make you TOP OF MIND
16. Social Media is Growing QuicklyBe its part to Receive Real BenefitsBe a valuable Member of CommunityGives multiple benefits for your Web Presence
17. Facebook – is another social networking toolIn Facebook you can participate both in public and private conversationsThe “LIKE” feature make it easy to find commonalityYou can set privacy sharing your posts
18. As a Facebook user you can have only your friends, friends of your friends to see what you postYou have 200 friends that give access to a lot of people opportunity to see your picture you post on the FacebookOnce the picture is in cyber-space, it is there FOREVER You can delete it from your account but the 200 your friends and 200 their friends he posting your picture to all of their friends – them reported to their friendsThat is true to anything you post on any site – comments, links, videos, stories
19. Web 3.0 is like a black-hole: eating up everythingWeb 3.0 would surpase Human Brain
20. Collaborate: work together especially on intellectual efforts