Part I : Why should we use social media?

Topic: Part I. Bringing more teaching technology / social media into the classroom
Facilitators: Jennifer Zinchuk
Description: Part I-- Watch a series of YouTube videos discussing the way that social media has changed education, and how profs must buy into it if the course is to be relevant to the students.

Clip 1: A vision of students today (4:44)



Clip 2: An anthropological introduction to YouTube, a presentation at the Library of Congress, June 23rd 2008 (55:34)

The Twitter Experiment

The Video: The Twitter Experiment (5:19)



The Details:
http://www.utdallas.edu/~mar046000/usweb/twitterconclusions.htm

The Press
Twitter 101: Social Media's Move to College Classrooms, Politics Daily
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/07/17/twitter-101-social-medias-move-to-college-classrooms/

Part II: How can WE utilize social media?

Topic: Part II. Bringing more teaching technology / social media into the classroom
Facilitators: Jennifer Zinchuk
Description: Brainstorm how technology does/doesn't play into our instruction.

Discussion questions:
1) How do you currently use social media in your life? Are you on facebook? Do you blog? How many hours a day do you usually spend on the internet?

2) How do you use technology in the classroom? Do you utilize social media in your curriculum planning?

3) What areas of technology do you think are important to bring into the classroom?

4) What concerns do you have about technology in the classroom?

Other Resources

Digital Ethnography Blog
http://mediatedcultures.net/ksudigg/

YouTube Statistics
http://ksudigg.wetpaint.com/page/YouTube+Statistics

Jennifer's Writing 4 Blog
http://writing4zinchuk.blogspot.com

Twitter:
twitter.com

Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/jzinchuk