Educational uses of Social Networking and Microblogging

I recently gave a presentation to our faculty on the educational uses of Social Networking and Microblogging. Some faculty members had some experience dabbling in the various tools, but some were brand new to the ideas. I created a PowerPoint explaining:
Facebook.com
Linkedin.com
Myspace.com
Twitter.com

I shared some videos, and I found that this video on how a professor uses Twitter in the classroom was the most intriguing for faculty members.


I made the PowerPoint slides from my presentation available on SlideShare.

After the presentation, a faculty member approached me about collaborating next quarter in a project to get her students more involved in using Twitter for sharing links on a group project that will develop into a debate with two teams using different hashtags. I will keep you updated on the progress of this experiment.

*A special thanks to Cindy Bassett for sharing her experiences with presenting on Twitter to faculty. Twitter was a great tool for getting ideas on what educators need to know about social media.
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