Integrating Facebook and Twitter into Your Online Teaching by Denise Knowles
Contact Information Denise Knowles Los Medanos College Web Application Specialist Email: dknowles@losmedanos.edu 2700 East Leland Blvd. Pittsburg, CA 94565-5197 (925) 439-2181, ext 3481 Fax: (925) 427-1599
Objectives Learn to use Facebook and Twitter sites Learn how to incorporate Facebook and Twitter into the classroom Demonstrate ideas of how to use Facebook and Twitter in the classroom Demonstrate how Facebook and Twitter are being used for education
Personal Motto “I would rather motivate and teach a student a discipline than just teach them the discipline� ~Denise Knowles
Surveyed and Observed Students at the Monterey Bay Aquarium
Observed that they were answering paper questionnaires: They were bored Looking at their watches Fooling around
Surveyed a group of college students at the aquarium: If you were asked to use your cell
phones to answer the questions regarding the aquarium, would you prefer it? ○ “Yes!!! What a great idea!!!!”
Do you have a device that would
enable you to this? ○ All said, “yes.”
(there were at least 20 students)
Why don’t we use the technology our students love and possess to engage them?
The Average College Student’s Media of Choice
Students come to campus with a mountain of devices. Projected annual technology spending among college students (ages 18-30) has reached an all time high of $6.5 billion annually* They spend a significant part of their day engaged with their must-have "tech" gadgets. Students' have an increasing mobility and need for 24/7 connection They have a rapid year-over-year increases in ownership of both laptops and MP3 players. Desktop ownership for 18-30 years old college students is down to 46%; while laptops are now more preferred by 18-30 year olds at 75% of students reporting ownership *.
*College Explorer Survey (2009). Alloy Media & Marketing. Totally Wired Campus – The Class of 2013 Gets High “Tech” Grades: Retrieved from : http://www.harrisinteractive.com/news/newsletters/clientnews/Alloy_Media_Marketing_WiredCampus_Nov12_2009.pdf [2010, January 25].
The World is a mobile device’s oyster
Data from http://www.gsm.org/counter.aspx
GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications: Most popular mobile phone standard GSM is considered a second generation (2G) mobile phone system. It enables the wide-spread implementation of data communication applications into the system. Presently, we are at the 4G level. According to my calculation (2/25/2010), 62% of the world’s population has access to data applications through their mobile devices.
Data from http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html
Cell Phone are part of our anatomy
Nine out of every 10 Americans own a cell phone More people have cell phones than an Internet connections . On average, American individuals get a new mobile device approximately every 18 months . 1
Retrieved from: http://streetknowledge.wordpress.com/2008/03/31/cellphonesbrain-cancer/
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New York Times Bits (October 17, 2008), AT&T Wants More Web-Enabled Devices. Retrieved from: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/17/att-wants-more-webenabled-devices/ [February 23, 2010]. 2
GSM World (October 2006), Mobile Phone Lifecycles:Use, Take-back, Reuse and Recycle. Retrieved from: http://www.gsmworld.com/documents/health/research/GSMA_200610_MobileLifecycles_Final_English.pdf / [February 23, 2010].
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Ask Yourself: Are You Closing The Generation Gap? Are your students paying attention to your curriculum? Are you reaching your students Are you engaging them?
Obama vs. Clinton
Facebook Visits Increased 194 Percent
MARKET SHARE OF U.S. INTERNET VISITS TO TOP 5 SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES
Rank
Name
Sept 2009
Aug 2009
Sept 2008
Year-over-year percent change
1
58.59%
55.15%
19.94%
194%
2
MySpace
30.26%
33.00%
66.84%
-55%
3
Tagged
2.38%
2.36%
1.62%
47%
4
1.84%
1.95%
0.15%
1170%
5
myYearbook
1.05%
1.16%
1.76%
-40%
Experian Hitwise. (October 9, 2009). Facebook Visits Increased 194 Percent in Past Year. Retrieved from : http://www.hitwise.com/us/press-center/press-releases/social-networking-sept-09 [2010, January 25].
MySpace is on its way out Facebook and Twitter are the hot trends Why not incorporate these power houses into our classrooms to engage students. Shouldn’t you be using the hottest trend rather than the social networking site you prefer.
Facebook Top Search Term in 2009
According to Experian® Hitwise® Facebook was the top-searched term overall for 2009. This is the first time that the social networking Website has been the top search term Facebook accounted for 1.09% of all searches. In fact, four variations of the term "facebook" were among the top 25 terms.
Experian Hitwise. (December 15, 2009). Facebook Top Search Term in 2009. Online Retrieved from : http://www.hitwise.com/us/press-center/press-releases/facebook-top-search-termin-2009/ [2010, January 25].
Top 10 Searches and Websites Top 10 most-searched terms
Top 10 most-visited Websites
2009
2008
2009
2008
myspace
www.google.com
www.google.com
myspace
craigslist
mail.yahoo.com
mail.yahoo.com
craigslist
ebay
www.facebook.com
www.myspace.com
youtube
www.yahoo.com
www.yahoo.com
yahoo mail
myspace.com
www.myspace.com
mail.live.com
yahoo
mail.live.com
www.ebay.com
yahoo
youtube
www.youtube.com
search.yahoo.com
ebay
yahoo mail
search.yahoo.com
www.msn.com
facebook login
yahoo.com
www.msn.com
www.facebook.com
myspace.com
www.ebay.com
www.youtube.com
Experian Global Press Office. (2009). Facebook Top Search Term in 2009. Online Retrieved from : http://press.experian.com/documents/showdoc.cfm?doc=3724/ [2010, February 18].
How Tweet It Is!
Twitter allows you to share and discover what is happening right now. Free social networking and microblogging service. Enables users to send and read messages known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters displayed on the author's profile page Tweets are delivered to the author's subscribers who are known as followers. Senders can restrict delivery to those in their circle of friends or, by default, allow open access. So you can restrict the tweets to your course. Users can send and receive tweets via the Twitter website or text messaging. www.twitter.com Site used in this demo: http://twitter.com/neneknowles
Library of Congress
LOC Announced on April 15, 2010: Twitter Donated the entire Tweet
archive to Library of Congress
Is Twitter our new historical scribe This has a myriad of projects for a sociology,
psychology, business, or history courses. And it would not stop there!
News as it happens is being recorded.
Try searching Twitter for the Chilean earthquake of 2010. It recorded the event and emotions.
People are recording how they are feeling. Impact Example: I interviewed my mother
about WWII awhile back. This was 50 years later….I am sure she forgot a lot of detail. But, what if she had had the chance to journalize it all on her handheld device…moment by moment…feeling by feeling.
Did You Know Abraham Lincoln Is Tweeting?
Did You Know Abraham Lincoln Is Tweeting?
A graduate student at Utah State University is using Twitter to send short messages out to the world in the voice of Abraham Lincoln and other historical figures. On his site TwHistory, a Web site devoted to historical re-enactments via Twitter. TwHistory has staged such reenactment as the battle of Gettysburg. Where re-enactors write in the voice of a handful of key characters, including Lincoln. Each Twitter account that a person is trying to portray represents a historical figure. For example, one graduate student writes Tweets using exact quotes from the diaries of soldiers. These re-enactments can be used as learning exercises for students. You can assign students to research historical diaries and other sources to write their own tweets.
Twitter Ideas:
Post lesson plans and notes. Instructors can post lesson plans. Students and other instructors can benefit from having access to these lesson plans. Just add a link to the plan in the Tweet. Post Class Notes. Twitter is also a great place to post notes before and after class. Students who missed a class won’t be completely in the dark and instructors can refer back to notes. Track a word or phrase. Select a topic relevant to what is being learned in class, then track it to see what news stories or conversations are revolving around that topic. Another way to use the tracking method is to track a word or phrase. This is a great way to learn the nuances of words and phrases. Role Playing. Students acts as a famous character that is relate to your topic. This character tweets things that pertain to their history. For example, someone role plays FDR and another role plays an advisor of that time with actual historical facts. Tweets A Project. The student tweets their progress on a project. Or, comments / reports on the subject. Such as a museum visit. Book Reports. As a student is reading a book, they Tweet their thoughts and impression; along with reporting on what is going on. They would do this over the course of reading the book. It would document that they really read the book and didn’t wait until the 11th hour. ie Tweet: Gone with the Wind, pages 250-300, “Scarlett will never be hungry again. It made me sad to read her pain.”
Let’s Take A Little Tour…… We’re walking and we’re walking!!
Live Space Shuttle Information blow by blow of what was going on with the space shuttle…when it is orbiting
If I was an astronomy instructor, I will be all over this.
Links usually take you to an external Web site or a personal Twitter page
Personal Twitter Site
Lists organize users you are following (or users that you don’t) into groups
Followers (subscribers). Which could be limited to the course’s students
ReTweet
You are following a subject in Twitter that relates to your course You want to pass on this Tweet to your students You can ReTweet the Tweet to your followers.
Setting Up A Profile Site
Log in or set up account Click on “Settings” at the top of the page. Fill in the information associated with your course or project You can only have one account per email. Advice: You can set up a
mock account with someone like gmail or yahoo email for each course/term
Limiting Your Tweets To Students
Scroll down to the bottom of the Settings page. Click on “Protect my tweets.” Now only users you approve can access your page
Old Art Assignment Example ď‚ž ď‚ž
Students are asked to visit an art museum The student is asked to describe the artwork they are viewing; name; artist; type; thoughts/impressions; etc.
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Students have the option of visiting an art museum using handhelds The student is asked to describe the artwork they are viewing through Twitter; name; artist; type; thoughts/impressions; etc.
Setting Up A Course Or Project Site
New list appears as link
Click on the List Button in your Profile
Click on “Profile” at the top of your home page. Click on the “List” button Click on “New List” Type in the List Name. ie: project name or course name Click on the “Public” radio button. “Private” only you will see the list. Click on Create List This site can be found at https://twitter.com/neneknowles
Adding Students To A List Click on the Find People link
After the list is created the students can request to follow you. Since neneknowles made her profile private, she will not appear in a search or “Find on Twitter.” Invites by email are the easiest way to request a Following. Once the student enters your email address they Click on “Invite.” Starting a new email account each term will help insure that old students are not requesting access
Adding Students to Your Profile and Lists The instructor will now have a request from the student on their home page. Note: sometimes you might have issues with actually getting an email from the student due to campus security. So, it is important to check if you have any request on your profile page. Click on the request from the student to accept their invite
Request from student
Adding Students to Your Profile and Lists
Click on Accept
Once you click on the request, you can Accept the invitation. Since this list is private you need to give the student permission to view your profile and the list. Click on Accept. Now the student can see your profile in their profile and you can give them permission to view the list.
Adding Students to a List Click on Followers
List of Followers
Click on your “Followers” link The student you accepted should now appear in the list of Followers.
Adding Students to a List (con’t) Click on “Manage Lists in which <<Student’s Name>> appears.” Then Click on the list name (ie: LMCArt900”). Your lists will appear. Check the list you would like to give the student access too. Now that student can add tweets to that list. Click “Manage Lists in which they can appear
Adding Students to a List (con’t)
Student appears in the following
Now that you approved the student, they will appear in the list(s) as a “Following”
Adding Students to a List (con’t)
Course list in the student’s profile
Now your student can see your list in their profile. Now they can add Tweets to the list that you are using for your course or project. They simply need to Click on the list to access that list’s tweets
Belonging To The List
Click “Follow this list”
Now the student can navigate to the list by Clicking on the List or Listed links. Once they navigate to the list they can see all the other student’s tweets. You could even ask them to response to some of the tweets they see as part of the assignment They can subscribe to the list by Clicking the “Follow the list” button that appears when they go to the list. Then it appears on their home
page.
They can do this become you gave them permissions to that list
Adding Tweets To The List Simply add your Tweet to the list and Click Update
On the Home page the student or you can Click on the list name Then simply add your Tweet to the “What’s Happening?” textbox. Once you have added the text to the textbox, Click on Update.
Click on the list name to add a Tweet to that list
Adding Tweets To The List (con’t)
When the page is refreshed, your Tweet will appear.
New Tweet added to list
Adding The List Thread To A Web Page Or CMS
Twitter will help you create script that you can paste into your CMS (Blackboard, WebCT, etc) or Web Page. This script creates what is called a Widget Twitter Widgets can be found at: http://twitter.com/widgets
Adding Twitter to You CMS In this example I am using Blackboard. When creating an assignment, I add a table. In the left cell of the table I have added the script that Twitter created for me. To add script in Blackboard you need to click on the “Toggle to HMTL Source Code” button when modifying an assignment. The button is indicated with a <> when in Modify mode of the control panel.
Adding A Twitter Link
To add a link to your Web page or CMS site, you can simply add the link: http://twitter.com/<<your account name>>
Follow me to my Twitter Site: http://twitter.com/neneknowles
Follow me to the Art 900 Site: https://twitter.com/#/list/neneknowles/lmcart900
The example here demonstrates what I put on my Web pages. I think it is wise to add the graphics of the common tool you are using. So, the student can identify what the link is. You are allow to do so with Twitter and Facebook. Any other media you will have to read their policy.
Twitter Link in Blackboard (instruction below based on Blackboard 7)
You can also add a link to your Twitter site in Blackboard Just add a new link in your Course Menu. Go into Control Panel, go to “Manage Course Menu” under Course Options In the Manage Course Menu editing section, Click on “External Link”
Twitter Link in Blackboard
Add the Name that you would like to appear in the menu. In this case, “Twitter Site.” Add the URL to your Twitter site Make sure to check “Open in a new window.”
Twitter Link in Blackboard
Your Twitter Link will now appear in your Course’s menu. You can also do this with Facebook Click here to see an example site
Are You On Facebook?
So many students, teachers, and librarians are on Facebook these days This social media site has become a free platform that educator can use. We are going to look at some of the applications and tools that represent some of the ideal tools Facebook has to offer for education. And, how to set up a group for a course or project. www.facebook.com
Observing Students
The Library is a place to observe the study habits and social behavior of students Walk through your library
and observe the students at the computers. What are they working on?…..I bet 80% are on Facebook
Why not use a tool they already know and are using
Projects Example
In this example, the students are using the discussion board to journalize their reading progress for a book report. The date and time is recorded when a student posts. So, deadlines can be followed. Not as robust as a CMS discussion board. Students can post to this site from their mobile devices.
Facebook Applications For Learning
Facebook offers many applications that pertain to education You can find Applications for Education at: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?v =app_2344061033&ref=profile&id=100 000650498842#/apps/directory.php?a pp_type=0&category=200
Application Example weRead
Book application on Facebook. List, rate, and write reviews for the books you have read. Great idea for an engaging book report. Navigate to: http://www.facebook.com/apps/applic ation.php?v=wall&id=2406120893
Click on “Go To Application”
English Project Ideas For WeRead
As a course introduction they can find their favorite book and mark it as a favorite. They can search for a book and take a quiz on the book. Debate about a book with others. Which can prompt them to get passionate about reading
Applications that can be used for education
myPersonality: makes real psychological research accessible, fun and interactive. Quizzes: social quizzing system. Flow through over a million different user generated quizzes. Books iRead: Share the books you're reading, and see what others think of books with this application. DoResearch4me: This app makes it easy to gather information using your thesis statement, instructions, and more. Flashcards: With this application, you can create flash cards to help you study on Facebook. Wikiseek Search: Use this research tool to find Wikipedia articles and more through Facebook. SkoolPool: Get the lowdown on schools, online and otherwise, with this neat application. Rate My Professors: Find out what other students think of professors before you register for their class. JSTOR Search: Find full text research articles on Facebook with this application. Notely: Organize your school life with Notely, an app that helps you wrangle your calendar, notes, assignments, and more. Study Groups: Get everyone together on your group project by collaborating with this application. Get Homework Help: This application will get you connected with tutors and other students that can help you with your assignments. SwapRoll: Save money on textbooks by trading them with the Swap Roll application. Notecentric: Take notes right inside of Facebook and share them with classmates using this application.
Applications that can be used for education (con’t)
Class Notes: Use this application to find scanned notes for your classes on Facebook. For Teachers and Administrators Share assignments, slides, and so much more with these applications. BookTag: This app offers a great way to share and loan books out to students, plus create helpful quizzes for studying. Webinaria Screencast Recorder: Record a video for students, and share it with this application. Mathematical Formulas: Distribute formulas, solutions, and more with this application. SlideShare: Create presentations to send to students with this slideshow application. For Everyone These apps are great for just about anyone in online education. Calendar: This calendar app from 30 Boxes lets you organize your days, set reminders and share your calendar with others. To-Do List: Stay on top of your tasks with this Facebook to-do application. Zoho Online Office: With this office application, you can keep all of your documents online, and even share them with classmates, students, and colleagues. Courses: Courses offers loads of functionality for online education, with features that let you add your courses, post announcements and assignments, search university reviews find classmates, create discussions and form study groups. Files: Powered by Box.net, this application makes it easy to store and retrieve documents in Facebook, so you can access them anywhere you have a connection. WorldCat: Use WorldCat to do research, catalog your library's collection, and share information with students. HeyMath!: These mini-movies explain difficult math concepts, so these are great to share with students or use on your own. CourseFeed: Take advantage of CourseFeed's class sharing, announcements, file storage, notifications, and more on Facebook.
Facebook’s New Security
On May 26th, 2010 Facebook announced they were rolling out new, simpler settings for controlling what you share. Read about the changes at http://bit.ly/dwUHfb Facebook and Privacy Page: living resource for information on how to control your sharing as well as a forum for discussing privacy with the people who use Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/security
Facebook Account Advice
Do not use your personal profile for course integration Create an account that is with your campus email or create a mock email account on Hot Mail. Gmail, or Yahoo. You can only have one account per email address. So, a mock account for a course section is a great idea This is my account I only use for education purposes. This is also called my Wall. Your Wall is a place where you and your friends can post content, such as photos and messages.
Your Facebook Profile
Click “Edit My Profile” to open the editing screen to edit your information. Only add data that pertains to business information.
Setting Your Basic Profile
You can set your Basic Info Profile Picture
You can set and change your basic settings
Relationships (single,
married, etc.) Likes and Dislikes Education and Work Contact Info
Privacy Settings
Under Account, Click on “Privacy Settings”
It is important to make this site private. If you have private contacts in your Outlook, Facebook invades your privacy and grabs those email addresses. Then connects those contacts with their Facebook account and grabs their friends that have similarities as you. For example: Facebook accounts that are using the losmedanos.edu email accounts will be matched up with you. Click on “Account” at the top of your page. Short menu should appear Click on “Privacy Settings.”
Privacy Settings (Con’t)
What Setting is chosen
The settings you choose, control which people and applications can see your information. You can share your information with friends, friends of friends or everyone. I suggest you change everything but your profile picture to “Friends Only.” This way only students you accept as friends can see your profile. You can Click on the “View Settings” at the top of the page to view what others will see with your new settings and some additional settings.
Choose Your Privacy Settings
I suggest you go through every option and change to what you think is best for your course. I would make it as private as possible. The settings in the graphic are the ones I suggest for a course Click on “Preview My Profile” to see how your settings will look to others Click “Back to Privacy to return to the main page.
Blocking Students
At the bottom of the main privacy page is “Block List.” Add users you do not
Blocking Students
want to see you or communicate with you Reuse for a new term: you can block out last term’s students Block out students who have dropped
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Refining privacy
You can further refine your security by clicking on Applications and Websites at the bottom of the main Privacy page.
Application and Web Sites
What you disable is what you feel is best for your course. Do enable “Friends Only” on the Game and application activity. Otherwise, your students might not see your activity on some applications you might be using.
Warning On Applications and Websites
Applications you use will access your Facebook information in order for them to work. For example, a review application uses your location in order to surface restaurant recommendations. When you visit a Facebook-enhanced application or website, it may access any information you have made visible to Everyone. It will also access any publicly available information. This includes your Name, Profile Picture, Gender, Current City, Networks, Friend List, and Pages. The application will request your permission to access any additional information it needs. Closely review your “Application and Websites” privacy settings by going Clicking Settings
How to Invite Students To your Site I would have the student invite you as their friend. Less work for you. Once logged in, Click on the “Find Friends” link at the top of the page. Under the “Search for People,” type in the Facebook email you would like to invite to your profile. Click on the magnifying glass icon. Click to find email address
Adding Students As Friends Student clicks on “Add as Friend”
Add Friend to add a student request
Once you find the friend, Click on “Add as Friend.” An email invite will be sent to the friend, inviting them. In this example your student is inviting you.
Adding Students You will have to accept their invite before they will be listed in your friends. The invite will come in the form an email or you can accept it directly in your profile. Just click on “Add Friend,” if in an email. Or, “Confirm” if in you are on your friend’s page. Click on “Add Friend” to accept invite
Or, Click “Confirm” on Facebook page
Students are my friends Now the student Ada Topaz will show up in my friends. It is important to suggest to your students to create a class account on Facebook. And, not to use their personal account. This can be done by signing up for a mock account on Yahoo or Hot Mail Note: you can group your students together into a friends group. Name it “Term09.” Then at the end of the term you can simply delete the group.
Student is now my friend
Facebook Posts Student can now post to my Wall
Now that your students are friends you can see their posts. If your students are using personal accounts you will see posts that don’t relate to the course. That is why mock email accounts are suggested. You need to change the privacy setting to not see their posts if this becomes an issue Have an list of student names; Facebook user names; and email addresses for each course. This way you know cooldude2090@gmail.com or BookMama are in your course. And, who’s work belongs to who.
Creating a Group for your Course
Click on Application Settings
Groups can be created for projects, course sections, or topics Simply go to click on “Account” at the top of the page Click on Application Settings
Creating a group for your Course (con’t)
Click on “Groups” A new page appears Click on “Create a Group”
Creating a group for your Course (con’t)
Fill out your group (course) information Name your page something that identifies the school and course. And, possibility the section number. Group Type should be set to “Student Groups” You can choose from several different types of Student Groups. I suggest “Classes & Departments” Click “Create Group” when done.
Creating a group for your Course (con’t)
You will be asked for to set some settings for this group. Most of these are the default settings. I have changed the access to “This group is secret.” “This group is open” is the default
Creating a Group Page for your Course (con’t)
Now your course page is ready for content Your students can join the group page by request or you have to invite them (depending on if you checked “This group is secret”). You can even link this page to Twitter by tweeting and including the link to this page in the tweet.
Students can join the Course Group
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When inviting students, they will receive an email with a link in the content or can confirm your invite directly in their Facebook account.
Course Group Settings Click on setting you would like to edit as admin
As the creator and admin you are able to change the setting. Click on the any of the settings you wish to change on the top lefthand section of the group. Change the settings to your preference You are also able to invite students from this section
Changing Course Picture Hover to change graphic
You can replace the large ? For a picture. Simply hover over the default profile picture. A “Change Picture” will appear.
Events?
Invite students to an event. ie: a study session, lecture, workshop, etc. When the invite is received
by the students they can RSVP
You can add links to supporting documents for the session. You can even create this event for a regular faceto-face class session and use this feature to add supporting content. You can also send a message in the invite
You Can Add Applications To The Group Page WeRead Application
In this example, I have added a tab for the weRead application into my LMC English 101 group site. I did this by clicking on the + sign at the end of the tabs
Profile Badge
Click on “Create a Profile Badge
You can create a Profile Badge that can be used to direct your students to your Facebook page from another Web site or CMS Click on “Create a Profile Badge”
Creating a Profile Badge
Copy and paste this code into your Web page or CMS
Click on “Other” Other will create the code you will need to embed into your Web page, CMS, or portal page.
Embedding the Badge ď&#x201A;&#x17E;
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I have embedded this badge into my personal Web site on our SharePoint intranet How you embed will vary on what is being used.
FrontLine Videos ď&#x201A;&#x17E;
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