Social media toolkit

University of Minnesota researcher Christine Greenhow breaks down how her research has found that social networking sites like Facebook and Myspace can have an impact for learning and educational growth for high school students. By working with students in a Minneapolis high school to study how they use the social sites, she has discovered that the benefits may just outweigh any risks.

It is time to look at how some of our outdated teaching practices can be changed to help students learn more effectively & efficiently. Social Media can help us engage digital natives and revolutionize teaching. Please make sure to follow Holly on twitter @HollyEdTechDiva • and on her blog: hollyclark.net • ...and check out www.celebratelanguages.com/tech as your "go-to" resource for FREE 'Social Media in Education' tools & EdTech tools, news & ideas!

Rey Junco, Associate Professor of Education at Iowa State University, discusses the benefits of using social media in the classroom. In his new book, "Engaging Students Through Social Media," Junco encourages educators to use social media to engage and connect with students.

A collection of social and mobile stats that impact higher education.

Filmed at Building Learning Communities 2014.
Professor of Educational Technology and Media at the Faculty of Education, University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Dr Alec Couros is an Associate Professor of educational technology and media at the Faculty of Education, University of Regina. He has given hundreds of workshops and presentations, nationally and internationally, on topics such as openness in education, networked learning, social media in education, digital citizenship, and critical media literacy. His graduate and undergraduate courses help current and future educators understand how to use and take advantage of the educational potential offered by the tools of connectivity

Students spend a lot of free time on social networks. Integrating class lessons and homework assignments using Facebook as an additional library search engine, is a creative way to get students engaged in learning. Students are more likely to engage in assignments with more enthusiasm if it involves something they already show interest in doing.
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In this video, I reflect on my experience with social media in this course. 

Thank you Professor Lavian for a great course, and thank you to my classmates who brought great ideas to the class.

In my final video, I reflect on the experience of learning with the aid of YouTube, Twitter, and other social media! Over all, I feel that this new technology allowed me to deeply grasp this topic. Now I know how to create YouTube videos efficiently, and express my ideas clearly. In addition, I am so thankful for learning so much about this extremely intricate topic!

Thank you, Tal Lavian, for the great semester! Also, thanks to my classmates for their insightful videos this semester!