Why should schools embrace the use of social networking? Social networking apps in schools can:
- Have drastic impact on student engagement and learning.
- Promote schools and connect daily learning to the wider school community.
- Help students to learn and model good online behaviours (digital citizenship) in monitored learning scenarios.
- Prepare students with the skills needed to succeed in the business world. School-based practices must also reflect those of the business world. Social networking tools are also being used in the business world to improve administration, collaboration and communication. Watch the video below to learn more:
Check out the following ideas for implementing social networking in your school today:
Blogs & Wikis
Blogs & Wikis
Blogs and wikis are effective ways for students, teachers, parents and other family members to access online work, connect and collaborate.
Visit this section for examples and resources to help set up blogs, particularly in an educational setting.
Image: Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano CC BY-SA 3.0 (Disclosure)
Blogs and wikis are effective ways for students, teachers, parents and other family members to access online work, connect and collaborate.
Visit this section for examples and resources to help set up blogs, particularly in an educational setting.
Image: Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano CC BY-SA 3.0 (Disclosure)
Twitter & Facebook
Twitter and Facebook in the classroom? Yes it's a reality and it is even being used in primary school settings, in both paper-based form (theory) and online environments (practice).
There are three approaches:
There are numerous reasons why schools should explore the use of Facebook or Twitter in educational environments as:
There are three approaches:
- Learning Facebook and Twitter norms via paper-based activities.
- Actually using Facebook or Twitter.
- Using protected, for educational-use-only Online Learning Management Systems that imitate Facebook or Twitter.
There are numerous reasons why schools should explore the use of Facebook or Twitter in educational environments as:
- Educators, students and parents to react to and interact with learning at the speed, pace and change occurring in today's ICT enriched environments.
- These social networking tools can increase student engagement in the discussion and sharing of school work, both inside and outside of school hours. E.g. Teachers can post work assignments or relevant readings for students to access. Students can then tweet or post their questions or thoughts to their classmates and the teacher(s) who can respond and be instantly notified when responses are posted.
- Students can tweet or post whilst to an agreed page or using a given hastag whilst watching lesson content (such as videos) to enhance student communication and collaboration (e.g. knowledge/note sharing). This process is known as 'back-channelling' and is being used in more and more classrooms around the world . Teachers can also use the student input as an instantaneous feedback loop.
- Tweets and Facebook posts can be inserted into interactive ePortfolios as rich examples of student learning.
- The concept of augmented tweeting can revolutionise school corridors, especially during school art shows.
- It brings the students' everyday social world into the school, where schools can train and monitor students to be respectful digital citizens (a key component of cybersmart education).
- These social networking tools can be harnessed to promote schools when schools embed RSS feeds linked to school, class and individual Twitter feeds/Facebook statuses within the homepage of a school's website .
Watch Twitter's video below to learn about just a few instances of how Twitter is currently affecting the social, political and business worlds.
Starting Off: Virtual & Paper Tweeting/Posting
Both schools and teachers may find it more comfortable to explore the concept of integrating/teaching the skills used in social networking services (such as Twitter and Facebook) in schools via the use of virtual and paper-based tweeting/posting.
At this stage, schools may not even need to let parents or students know of future plans (if any) to use Twitter and Facebook in schools, as they are simply teaching the modern day digital media literacy and digital citizenship skills in an offline, paper-based environment.
At this stage, schools may not even need to let parents or students know of future plans (if any) to use Twitter and Facebook in schools, as they are simply teaching the modern day digital media literacy and digital citizenship skills in an offline, paper-based environment.
1. Virtual Tweeting/Posting: Cybersmart Educational Software
There are a number of free and paid interactive objects that aim to teach students the digital citizenship skills that they will need should they use a social networking service such as Twitter or Facebook. Use the reviews below to fin the solution(s) tat best suit your needs:
1.1. Friend Finder
Friend Finder (created by OnGuardOnline) is a free interactive resource geared at teaching young students about cybersafety and digital citizenship (positive online behaviours) whilst using a Facebook-esque interface.
Students will receive friend requests which they must stop, think and click before they accept or reject the requests, with feedback given on their choices.
It is very much a text-based experience, requiring the reading and critical thinking skills that using social media requires.
Friend Finder (created by OnGuardOnline) is a free interactive resource geared at teaching young students about cybersafety and digital citizenship (positive online behaviours) whilst using a Facebook-esque interface.
Students will receive friend requests which they must stop, think and click before they accept or reject the requests, with feedback given on their choices.
It is very much a text-based experience, requiring the reading and critical thinking skills that using social media requires.
1.2 POSTi
POSTi (a free resource developed by the Arts Centre Melbourne, in conjunction with the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development) aims to teach students about digital citizenship(positive online behaviours), exploring the implications of using social media in today's world.
Suitable for the upper years classroom, POSTi contains a Facebook-styled interface. Students progress through POSTi by reading and answering questions (challenges) correctly before proceeding. For correct answers students are awarded points. For incorrect answers they lose points. Challenges are designed to help students access the story but also think about key learning aspects of behaving respectfully within the digital space.
It is very much a text-based experience, requiring the reading and critical thinking skills that using social media requires.
Watch the video below to see POSTi in action. Lesson plans, video tutorials, resource kits (answers), FAQs and a full script of POSTi videos can be accessed from here.
POSTi (a free resource developed by the Arts Centre Melbourne, in conjunction with the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development) aims to teach students about digital citizenship(positive online behaviours), exploring the implications of using social media in today's world.
Suitable for the upper years classroom, POSTi contains a Facebook-styled interface. Students progress through POSTi by reading and answering questions (challenges) correctly before proceeding. For correct answers students are awarded points. For incorrect answers they lose points. Challenges are designed to help students access the story but also think about key learning aspects of behaving respectfully within the digital space.
It is very much a text-based experience, requiring the reading and critical thinking skills that using social media requires.
Watch the video below to see POSTi in action. Lesson plans, video tutorials, resource kits (answers), FAQs and a full script of POSTi videos can be accessed from here.
1.4 Fakebook
Fakebook is a free online interactive service that allows users to create non-Facebook connected fake accounts for educational purposes (digital media literacy, cyber safety and digital citizenship).
Whilst the website suggests that user could create profiles for historical characters (such as this pre-made John F Kennedy example and others), students could use this to create fictional or their own realistic Facebook/Fakebook pages whilst learning about what information they should and shouldn't post online.
Fakebook is a free online interactive service that allows users to create non-Facebook connected fake accounts for educational purposes (digital media literacy, cyber safety and digital citizenship).
Whilst the website suggests that user could create profiles for historical characters (such as this pre-made John F Kennedy example and others), students could use this to create fictional or their own realistic Facebook/Fakebook pages whilst learning about what information they should and shouldn't post online.
1.4 BeSeen App
Be Seen (created by Carnegie Mellon University and Web Wise Kids) is a free app designed to help students learn to be responsible when using social networks by securing their private and personal information, protecting their online reputation and defending their peers.
Be Seen is a single-player game that simulates a social networking website. The player creates a profile and starts earning “friend” characters and interacting with them. They learn about others through their posts and help them through challenges in order to win awards and make new friends.
In BeSeen, the ultimate quest is to make friends. At first, that is a matter of getting involved in school activities, but as more friends join a social circle, they bring their problems with them. To keep friends and make more, it's important not only to be involved but to be a good friend. Who is up for the challenge?
The BeSeen app works on Android devices and Windows or Mac PCs that have BlueStacks (an Android program) installed. It is no longer available for iOS devices.
Watch the video below to see BeSeen in action.
Be Seen (created by Carnegie Mellon University and Web Wise Kids) is a free app designed to help students learn to be responsible when using social networks by securing their private and personal information, protecting their online reputation and defending their peers.
Be Seen is a single-player game that simulates a social networking website. The player creates a profile and starts earning “friend” characters and interacting with them. They learn about others through their posts and help them through challenges in order to win awards and make new friends.
In BeSeen, the ultimate quest is to make friends. At first, that is a matter of getting involved in school activities, but as more friends join a social circle, they bring their problems with them. To keep friends and make more, it's important not only to be involved but to be a good friend. Who is up for the challenge?
The BeSeen app works on Android devices and Windows or Mac PCs that have BlueStacks (an Android program) installed. It is no longer available for iOS devices.
Watch the video below to see BeSeen in action.
2. Paper-Based: Using the Twitter Hashtag Concept in Persuasive Writing
The Greek philosopher Aristotle divided the means of persuasive appeals, into three categories:ethos, pathos and logos. Therefore when teaching students to write persuasive texts, it is important to teach them about these categories (English curriculum documents also often require students to learn about ethos, pathos and logos).
However, teaching the concepts of pathos, logos and ethos to any student can be tough as one must ask as to when was the last time anyone used the phrases logos, ethos or logos in their everyday vernacular?
Never fear, the Twitter hashtag (#) is here!
The modern phenomena of people using a simple hashtag to comment on everyday life events and observations (e.g. #howbrilliantisthisidea) is here to stay. Therefore, if teachers are needing to both reach and empower their students with skills for the modern and future worlds, the humble hashtag should be used within classes. This is where the idea of using a hashtag to teach students how to remember and use the terms of ethos, logos and pathos was mostly likely born. Read below to find out how!
Never fear, the Twitter hashtag (#) is here!
The modern phenomena of people using a simple hashtag to comment on everyday life events and observations (e.g. #howbrilliantisthisidea) is here to stay. Therefore, if teachers are needing to both reach and empower their students with skills for the modern and future worlds, the humble hashtag should be used within classes. This is where the idea of using a hashtag to teach students how to remember and use the terms of ethos, logos and pathos was mostly likely born. Read below to find out how!
Ethos
Ethos is a Greek word meaning "character". It is often used to describe the guiding beliefs or ideals that characterize a community, nation, or ideology.
In persuasive writing, ethos (credibility) or ethical appealfocuses on persuading others by giving an impression to the reader that you or others are someone worth listening to (in other words making yourself as an author into an authority on the subject/topic).
As pictured right, persuading using ethos can be used in the form of anecdotal evidence, statistics or by citing expert opinion(s).
Using the notion of Twitter hashtag can help students remember the concept of ethos. Pictured below is a student's use of #ethos with what they perceive to be credible citing, Michael Jackson fans:
Ethos is a Greek word meaning "character". It is often used to describe the guiding beliefs or ideals that characterize a community, nation, or ideology.
In persuasive writing, ethos (credibility) or ethical appealfocuses on persuading others by giving an impression to the reader that you or others are someone worth listening to (in other words making yourself as an author into an authority on the subject/topic).
As pictured right, persuading using ethos can be used in the form of anecdotal evidence, statistics or by citing expert opinion(s).
Using the notion of Twitter hashtag can help students remember the concept of ethos. Pictured below is a student's use of #ethos with what they perceive to be credible citing, Michael Jackson fans:
Pathos
Pathos is a Greek word meaning "suffering".
In persuasive writing, pathos (emotional) focuses on persuading by appealing to the reader's emotions.
We all know that an author's choice of language can profoundly affect the audience's emotional response, therefore an emotional appeal can effectively be used to enhance an argument. Pathos is student-written texts most often appears n the form of rhetorical questions.
Using the notion of Twitter hashtag can help students remember the concept of pathos. Pictured below is a student's use of #pathos using strong opinionative language to appeal to the audience:
Pathos is a Greek word meaning "suffering".
In persuasive writing, pathos (emotional) focuses on persuading by appealing to the reader's emotions.
We all know that an author's choice of language can profoundly affect the audience's emotional response, therefore an emotional appeal can effectively be used to enhance an argument. Pathos is student-written texts most often appears n the form of rhetorical questions.
Using the notion of Twitter hashtag can help students remember the concept of pathos. Pictured below is a student's use of #pathos using strong opinionative language to appeal to the audience:
Logos
Logos is a Greek word meaning "word", "a plea" or "an opinion".
In persuasive writing, logos (logical) focuses on persuading by the use of reasoning/logic.
The notion behind logos is that giving the reader reasons why they should or should not think x, y or z should form the heart of argument.
Logos can be shown in three ways:
Using the notion of Twitter hashtag can help students remember the concept of logos. Pictured below is a student's use of #logos using simple logic:
Logos is a Greek word meaning "word", "a plea" or "an opinion".
In persuasive writing, logos (logical) focuses on persuading by the use of reasoning/logic.
The notion behind logos is that giving the reader reasons why they should or should not think x, y or z should form the heart of argument.
Logos can be shown in three ways:
- The clarity of the claim,
- The logic of its reasons, and
- The effectiveness of its supporting evidence (facts and statistics).
Using the notion of Twitter hashtag can help students remember the concept of logos. Pictured below is a student's use of #logos using simple logic:
The Next Step: Online Tweeting/Posting
There are a various options schools must consider before deciding to tweet and post online.
The Choices
Twitter is considered to be a microblogging service as it is limited to 140 characters.
Twitter "tweets", can be highly valuable when used in educational settings if set up properly. Imagine students using an agreed 'Twitter hastag' (e.g. #OurExperiment) to get students sharing their thoughts during lessons or excursions, capturing rich discussion and promoting school activities to thr school community all at the same time.
Twitter "tweets", can be highly valuable when used in educational settings if set up properly. Imagine students using an agreed 'Twitter hastag' (e.g. #OurExperiment) to get students sharing their thoughts during lessons or excursions, capturing rich discussion and promoting school activities to thr school community all at the same time.
Image: Dr Helen Barrett CC BY-NC-ND 3.0
Facebook has more of a social component than a blogging component. It can also be highly valuable when used in educational settings as Facebook allows students to share their thoughts and ideas during lessons or excursions via 'status updates' or comments made on a class-based Facebook page.
Parents, educators and other students can also "friend" the class Facebook page to follow class events.
Parents, educators and other students can also "friend" the class Facebook page to follow class events.
Skooville is a paid protected social network created to help children learn how to communicate with other children in a moderated environment whilst learning positive online behaviours so that they are better equipped to protect their own well-being (digital citizenship).
Schools can use Skooville as an avenue to teach students about digital literacy, introducing students to essential web skills in a fun environment. Children can communicate with other children all around the world and are given incentives for positive online behaviours (by collecting virtual badges). To ensure for the safety of all users, all messages sent by students can be viewed by their teacher(s), whilst inbuilt filters and online moderators prevent harmful and bullying messages from being sent, with students given feedback should they make an error in judgement.
Skooville also enables children to:
As well as a protected social network, Skooville also contains educational games to teach children about:
Schooville is free for schools in New Zealand, whilst schools in Australia, USA and the UK are required to purchase a license per child (the cost of which is calculated on a sliding scale that can be accessed from here).
Schools can use Skooville as an avenue to teach students about digital literacy, introducing students to essential web skills in a fun environment. Children can communicate with other children all around the world and are given incentives for positive online behaviours (by collecting virtual badges). To ensure for the safety of all users, all messages sent by students can be viewed by their teacher(s), whilst inbuilt filters and online moderators prevent harmful and bullying messages from being sent, with students given feedback should they make an error in judgement.
Skooville also enables children to:
- design personal home pages
- update their profiles
- enter competitions
- review books, films and apps
- work together on projects
- make a contribution on any number of issues, from climate change to preventing bullying
- take part in a wide range of educational activities, games and projects
- initiate their own clubs, events and activities.
As well as a protected social network, Skooville also contains educational games to teach children about:
- financial literacy
- cybersmart education
- mathematics.
Schooville is free for schools in New Zealand, whilst schools in Australia, USA and the UK are required to purchase a license per child (the cost of which is calculated on a sliding scale that can be accessed from here).
SuperClubsPLUS3 is a paid protected online social learning network (where all activity is mediated) for children 7-11 and 11-14 years old that acts as a training ground as they learn how to be responsible, keep safe and have fun online (digital citizenship).
The service allows students to:
It is hoped that by using SuperClubsPLUS3, that when students move towards using non-protected social networks that they’ll know how to have fun and stay safe.
The service allows students to:
- create profile walls
- wikis
- galleries
- joining groups
- participate in forums, polls and surveys to discuss current issues
- earn rewards.
It is hoped that by using SuperClubsPLUS3, that when students move towards using non-protected social networks that they’ll know how to have fun and stay safe.
Age Restrictions
There are age rules applicable to both Twitter and Facebook. Therefore if schools wish for their children to use Twitter in an educational setting they should discuss the possibility of creating a class account (instead of individual student accounts) with the heads of school and parents.
Twitter: Has now removed any reference to a minimum age requirement in their terms and conditions (they previously stated users had to be 13+). However, when users sign up they are entering into a legal agreement - people under that age of 18 are forbidden from entering contractual agreements without the permission of a parent or guardian. Therefore if schools wish for their children to use Twitter in an educational setting they should discuss the possibility of creating a class account (instead of individual student accounts) with the heads of school and parents.
Facebook: Section 4 of Facebook's Statement of Rights and Responsibilities specifically states that, "You will not use Facebook if you are under 13." Therefore if schools wish for their children to use Facebook in an educational setting they should discuss the possibility of creating a class account (instead of individual student accounts) with the heads of school and parents.
Twitter: Has now removed any reference to a minimum age requirement in their terms and conditions (they previously stated users had to be 13+). However, when users sign up they are entering into a legal agreement - people under that age of 18 are forbidden from entering contractual agreements without the permission of a parent or guardian. Therefore if schools wish for their children to use Twitter in an educational setting they should discuss the possibility of creating a class account (instead of individual student accounts) with the heads of school and parents.
Facebook: Section 4 of Facebook's Statement of Rights and Responsibilities specifically states that, "You will not use Facebook if you are under 13." Therefore if schools wish for their children to use Facebook in an educational setting they should discuss the possibility of creating a class account (instead of individual student accounts) with the heads of school and parents.
Accounts
Other Considerations
Who Will Be Tweeting/Posting?
(i) One class?
(ii) The whole school?
Starting Out: Paper vs Online Tweeting/Posting
(i) Will you teach the required skills via paper tweeting/posting first?
(ii) Will you jump straight online?
ICT Skills
(i) Do you or staff have the ICT skills or experience needed to set up a Twitter/Facebook account?
(ii) Do all students have the ICT skills needed?
Time
Before committing to setting up a Twitter or Facebook account, one must consider whether staff actually have the time to set up the Twitter or Facebook account with the proper security settings? (1-2 hours)
ICT coordinators and principals must also consider:
(i) Can they allocate the time needed for other teachers to learn how to use their class Twitter or Facebook accounts effectively? (Staff and PLT meetings)
(ii) Has the school got the required policies in place?
(i) One class?
- Will that be allowed?
- Will other teachers or parents see the first staff member who sets up a blog as a leader, rebel or threat? ("If class x is blogging, why isn't my son or daughter's class?")
(ii) The whole school?
Starting Out: Paper vs Online Tweeting/Posting
(i) Will you teach the required skills via paper tweeting/posting first?
(ii) Will you jump straight online?
ICT Skills
(i) Do you or staff have the ICT skills or experience needed to set up a Twitter/Facebook account?
(ii) Do all students have the ICT skills needed?
Time
Before committing to setting up a Twitter or Facebook account, one must consider whether staff actually have the time to set up the Twitter or Facebook account with the proper security settings? (1-2 hours)
ICT coordinators and principals must also consider:
(i) Can they allocate the time needed for other teachers to learn how to use their class Twitter or Facebook accounts effectively? (Staff and PLT meetings)
(ii) Has the school got the required policies in place?
ICT Policies (click on the hyperlinks below to download ready-made examples)
Before committing to blogging, schools must edit/create and ratify school ICT policies, including:
Decisions on whether students use their real Facebook or Twitter accounts or set up special school-based accounts must be discussed.
As a matter of accountability and good practice, the principal must subscribe/be subscribed to all classroom Twitter Tweets or Facebook posts (see this post).
Before committing to blogging, schools must edit/create and ratify school ICT policies, including:
- Blogging/Social Media Policy (e.g rules and regulations for "acceptable" use)
- Media Release Consent-Permission to Publish Forms (most school Media Release Consent Forms do not address the sharing of digital content with a local/national/global audience)
- Cybersmart Education Programs & Policies (including user agreements that clearly define when and where social networking tools can be used).
Decisions on whether students use their real Facebook or Twitter accounts or set up special school-based accounts must be discussed.
As a matter of accountability and good practice, the principal must subscribe/be subscribed to all classroom Twitter Tweets or Facebook posts (see this post).
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Security Settings
As a general rule of thumb and as a matter of privacy and for student protection, generally blogs should only contain two pieces of information that can be used to identify a student (i.e. school name or class name, student first name, but not a student image - an avatar can be used instead). However, Twitter and especially Facebook accounts come with their own raft of hard to understand security settings.
In consultation with parents, the principal and ICT coordinator, schools must decide what privacy settings will be implemented.
In consultation with parents, the principal and ICT coordinator, schools must decide what privacy settings will be implemented.
Developing Social Media Literacy
Teachers must develop their own, student and parent knowledge of:
The Terminology
How to Responsibly Use Social Media:
Educator & Parent Papers
- The terminology belonging to each social media provider (e.g. 'Tweets')
- How to actually use the social medium.
- How to be responsibly use social media.
The Terminology
- The 1-Page Twitter Guide by Daily Genius
- 15 Twitter Statistics You Probably Don't Know, But Should by Social Media Marketing
- Twitter Keyboard Shortcuts by Daily Genius
- A Parent's Guide to Facebook by ConnectSafely.org
How to Responsibly Use Social Media:
Educator & Parent Papers
Promoting the School's Use of Social Networking
As not all parents (and educators) use social networking sites or may be sceptical of their use in an educational setting, when a class, year level or school starts to use them they must cater for all stakeholders, including those who:
- use these social networks
- are technically literate but do not use these social networks
- are not technically literate
- the technophobes (those who choose not to use or learn about these technologies).
FACEBOOK
Strategy 1: Creating a Dynamic Facebook Page for Your School
In addition to a school's webpage, schools should explore the benefits to creating a dynamic Facebook page. A school Facebook page can be used to reach parents and the wider community using an everyday social medium, rather than saying 'The information is on our webpage'. On a school's Facebook profiles, schools can:
A how to guide detailing how to create a Facebook page for schools can be accessed here.
Strategy 1: Creating a Dynamic Facebook Page for Your School
In addition to a school's webpage, schools should explore the benefits to creating a dynamic Facebook page. A school Facebook page can be used to reach parents and the wider community using an everyday social medium, rather than saying 'The information is on our webpage'. On a school's Facebook profiles, schools can:
- Share the school calendar.
- Post positive stores.
- Post photos of events.
- Celebrate staff and student success.
- Post a photo of the week.
- Post success stories of alumni (e.g. their transition into secondary or university).
A how to guide detailing how to create a Facebook page for schools can be accessed here.
TWITTER:
Strategy 1: Tweet Walls One important strategy to promote student and teacher use of Twitter is to make visible the electronic tweets that have been created by placing them on well designed and strategically placed 'Tweet Walls' (pictured right). On a Tweet Wall, teachers or students print on paper the Twitter hashtag used (e.g. #ScienceDay) and place it centrally on a wall display. The electronic tweets can then be copied and pasted into Tweet bubbles that are then printed, cut out and placed around the Twitter hashtag to show these 'tiny bursts of learning'. Strategy 2: Follow a Twitter Hastag Parents, students and educators should also be given the chance to be taught to either:
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Image: Dr Helen Barrett CC BY-NC-ND 3.0
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How to Follow a Twitter Hashtag:
- Twitter Search. Go to the Twitter Search. Search for the hashtag you want to track (e.g. #ScienceDay). Keep that page open in a browser tab, and refresh it periodically to see the latest results. Or subscribe to the feed for your search in your feed reader, and check there occasionally for updates.
- 3rd Party Tools: Use a third party tool such as TweetDeck.
Strategy 3: Augmented Tweeting:
Back in 2010 educational blogger Johnny Kissko wrote a blog entry about using Twitter (via Twittelator or Tweetdeck) and the AR app AcrossAir (iOS) to create virtual geo-tagged tweets that can left/placed in a physical location for viewing by others who can scan the area with AcrossAir to see the strategically placed tweet. Wow!
This novel idea could be readily used in many educational scenarios including during excursions, school art shows and in any place that student work is put up on display so that other students and/or parents can read tweets discussing or giving their feedback about various pieces of work.
Simply:
This novel idea could be readily used in many educational scenarios including during excursions, school art shows and in any place that student work is put up on display so that other students and/or parents can read tweets discussing or giving their feedback about various pieces of work.
Simply:
- Install Twittelator (iOS) or Tweetdeck and link them to your Twitter account.
- Install the AR app AcrossAir (iOS).
- Checkout Johnny Kissko's blog entry for instructions on how to set up the above apps to start exerimenting with augmented tweeting.
A Comparison of Social Networks & Cybersafety
The following image (created by ACMA) is a brilliant comparative overview of the cybersafety features of each of the social networking providers. Click on the link or the image below to download the source of the image The Easy Guide to Socialising Online.
Image © Commonwealth of Australia and ACMA
Online Learning Management Systems
Schools are now moving towards embracing online learning management systems that contain protected social networking components, as they are ideal tools to provide teachers with a centralised solution to disseminate, collate and assess learning and at the same time promote student engagement and collaboration.
Check out this section to find the online learning management system solution that best suit your needs.
Check out this section to find the online learning management system solution that best suit your needs.
A Social Networking Guide for Educators & Parents: 15 Sites and Apps Kids Are Heading to Beyond Facebook
Click here to access a highly informative webpage by Canada's Common Sense Media's to learn about the basics of fifteen social media sites and apps, as knowing what they are, why they're popular, and what problems can crop up when they're not used responsibly can make the difference between a positive and a negative experience for students.