Professors and instructors use many social media platforms, but the world’s most popular social site remains a student preference.
http://www.ecampusnews.com/technologies/facebook-pages-for-college-classes-students-say-yes-please/…
Student Safety in the Age of Facebook
While social networking is the technology of the moment, it may not be the technology of the moment in two years or five years or a decade,” says Keith R. Krueger, CEO of the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN). “If …
Teachers embrace social media in class
As social media become nearly inescapable on college campuses, a pair of recently published studies supports what many professors already have concluded: Students using Facebook or text messaging during a lecture tend to do worse when quizzed later.
Presentation of the Week: Researching Social Media in Education: What Can We Learn?
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Luis von Ahn: Massive-scale online collaboration
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Four Ways to Use Pinterest in Education
Pinterest is an electronic bulletin board where users can “pin” images from around the web. These images are then categorized into various boards on the users’ profile. So what are these pin boards good for with regards to integrating them …
Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn: The Pros And Cons Of Social Media In Education (Infographic)
This infographic from Online Universities takes a look at the pros and cons of social media in education. Essentially, it’s nearly all pro, as long as the school is making the necessary effort.
http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/social-media-education_b18317…
5 Best Practices for Educators on Facebook
Students are already very familiar with Facebook and spend a lot of time on the site. Because of this, there is usually a good amount of activity [in class related Facebook discussions] because students receive notifications of new group posts …
20 Best TED Talks for Students of Social Media
If you’re trying to get up to speed quickly on the latest thinking about social media, here’s a few quick videos from the thought leaders who’ve spoken at TED.
http://stephenslighthouse.com/2011/12/04/20-best-ted-talks-for-students-of-social-media/…
Student Facebook Pages – A New Agenda in the Classroom
Maggie McDonnell (from Vanier College) discovered that her Liberal Arts students had started a program specific Facebook page even before they entered college.
100+ examples of use of social media for learning
Here are over 100 ways that different social technologies (and tools) are being used by learning professionals worldwide.
http://c4lpt.co.uk/social-learning-handbook/100-examples-of-use-of-social-media-for-learning/…
Mentoring Your Students in Social Media or Vice Versa
Mentoring Your Students in Social Media or Vice Versa
… Many educators want to include their students in social media too, but they are not sure how to safely orchestrate an educational integration with networks like Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, and so
Top Five Uses of Social Media in Education
Social media use has increased significantly since they caught on a few years ago. The following guide provides five of the top uses for social media in educational environments.
http://www.technology-digital.com/social_media/top-five-uses-of-social-media-in-education…
Networked Society ‘On the Brink’
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Social media savvy: The new digital divide?
Those without strong online social networks will be left out of the digital conversation, educator and consultant Angela Maiers argues.
http://www.eschoolnews.com/2011/10/27/social-media-savvy-the-new-digital-divide/…