LinkedIn is growing as a location for publishing and finding articles. Although its primary purpose is still professional networking and posting a resume, more professionals are also blogging on the platform or posting links to their blogs. Our website has links to additional resources including popular education blogs and apps. Sometimes educators are looking for infographics, photographs, artwork, or video clips to use in the classroom.
Pinterest boards require each pin — the term for a post on that platform — to have an associated image. Users create and name pinboards full of images, which are linked to their sources. By clicking these images, elementary educators can find excellent classroom decoration ideas and organizational strategies. Teachers who focus on particular subject areas can also find graphic organizers, primary source images, and lessons.
As you find multiple resources on a single topic, Pinterest can be a place where you categorize and save those resources to easily find later. Instagram users can post images or second videos. Then you can add a caption or description for the media you post.
These are usually not lesson ideas, though. Instead, Instagram is a place for you to see other educators interacting at conferences or events that you might not be able to attend. Posting to Instagram is only possible on the mobile app, but Instagram is viewable on a computer browser. For rich video content, YouTube is the place to go. Users have to be good at search terms to find what they need, but once you get the hang of searching on YouTube it can be a gold mine.
Varying content delivery by using short, engaging video clips is an effective teaching strategy. Once you find a YouTube channel that has content that fits your curriculum or philosophy, follow it so that you can get notifications whenever new videos are posted.
Edugblogger has an excellent article on how to find and use media without violating copyright law. Since social media is meant to be a social experience, consider how you want to interact with your fellow educators. If you are looking to have an experience like group messaging —short typed responses between many people — Twitter chats will meet your needs. Find the hashtag that fits your interests and then meet others on Twitter at the designated time for a discussion based on pre-made prompts.
Usually chats are an hour long, happen weekly and the prompts and moderators change. But sometimes they are shorter or longer and sometimes they happen daily or monthly. These are fast-paced and can be overwhelming for newbies, but also a great way to build relationships with other educators from around the world. If you want to have a more personal conversation, consider Voxer. It is a walkie-talkie type experience that allows you to either leave voice messages or have a live voice conversation.
Text, images, and links can be added to the conversation as well. But since the primary form of interaction is via voice recording, most educators find it more engaging and personal than other social networks.
In fact, most Voxer interaction are a continuation of Twitter chats when people want to have a more rich discussion. Up to ten people from remote locations can participate in the same video chat at the same time. These are ideal for planning upcoming events or being part of a webinar. There is also a way to combine Google Hangouts with the sharing power of YouTube. So, up to ten people can participate in the chat, but it can be broadcast to an unlimited audience online.
These are becoming a popular way to share and post webinars. The video stays online after the broadcast is over so those who missed it can watch it any time. Where does Facebook fit in all of this? It is a place to share links, short typed messages, images, video clips, and to have direct message conversations. And since many educators are already on Facebook to keep in touch with family and friends, some choose to post links to education resources in their feed right along with their personal posts.
Others choose to keep them separate. Educators who are also speakers or writers can create separate public figure pages where they post links to a speaking event website or to articles they publish. It is possible to include social media within lessons to promote collaboration among your students and with the outside world. There are some excellent examples of teachers leveraging social media to promote learning in their classes, but be careful not to require your students to be on social media in order to participate in the learning experience.
Some may not have access to a computer or smartphone, and just as you have the prerogative to join social media, or not, and how much to share, so should your students. Students can work in mixed groups in which some members are comfortable with sharing.
The students who are not comfortable should be able to contribute to the learning without being required to post.
Also, students under 13 are not allowed to use most social media services. After students learn the basics about a topic, teachers can use their online connections to bring an expert to meet their students virtually. It is not uncommon for teachers to set up video conferences using tools like Google Hangouts or Skype, so that students can meet and talk with book authors, scientists, or people who lived through historical events like the Holocaust.
It is free, as compared to expensive travel arrangements, and the students feel a deeper connection with the content when they can interact with a person who experienced or produced it. As project-based learning has gained popularity, students are producing their own media to demonstrate their learning. This is possible with YouTube, blogs, and other social media platforms.
Talk with students about checking their work to make sure they have credited the sources of both information and images before they post.
In addition, be sure to explain to them how to share their work using multiple social media services. For example, a student-produced documentary could be posted on YouTube and embedded in a blog post, but a link could also be shared on Twitter and Facebook to gain more viewers if the student is especially proud.
A note about YouTube: Although it prohibits pornography and certain other types of material, there may be content on the service that you might consider to be inappropriate for your students.
Teachers with Twitter and Instagram accounts dedicated to their classes often use them to send out reminders about upcoming assignments or extra credit opportunities. Remember, though, that not all students will be comfortable with using social media so those platforms cannot be the only place assignments are posted.
An additional benefit to assignment reminders on social media is that they can reach parents as well as students, adding a new avenue for school and home communications. Teachers can create a custom hashtag for their classes. Once the hashtag is shared with parents and students, it can serve as an alternative for those who do not want to follow or friend the teacher.
Simply add the hashtag ex: gallagherhistory to all posts that contain resources, reminders, excellent student work, or anything related to the class. Once you talk about appropriate use of the hashtag with students, you can welcome them to use it when they post about their learning or about their work from your class. Students can post pictures during a field trip to record their learning, links to videos or articles they happen across that relate to your curriculum, or questions they might want to pose to the teacher or classmates about an ongoing assignment.
This practice can really break down the walls of your classroom and allow the learning to continue beyond the allotted class period or school day. It cannot be a required part of class, but it can be invigorating for students to know their teacher cares enough to continue the discussion on a platform they are already using.
Some of your students may use services like Yik Yak, Ask. There has been a lot of media attention paid to the downsides of these apps and, indeed, there have been instances of bullying and harassment, exacerbated by the ability to post without having to reveal your name or even a username associated with the person who is posting. Yet these apps have some positive uses as well, including the ability to explore subjects such as politics, health, sexual orientation or religion without having to reveal your identity.
One of the most popular messaging apps among teens is Snapchat. In its early days there was some misconception that messages and images sent via Snapchat could be viewed once and would disappear forever.
While most teens now know this is not necessarily the case there are ways to capture the screen , they still use it as their preferred messaging platform. Among other things, Snapchat allows users to send both texts and edited or captioned images and videos in the same message stream. Some of the newest social media apps allow users to live stream video to followers.
Meerkat and Periscope which is owned by Twitter are the most popular. It is important to remember that when parents sign the school media releases they generally believe it covers photos of a child, but live streams are a brand-new arena. Many teachers have received positive feedback by sharing their discussion and teaching methods live from their classrooms. However, both parents and students should be informed in advance about the purpose and audience of any broadcast.
While streaming from their classrooms, teachers usually make sure student faces are not on the live stream and the smartphone is strategically filming from behind them as they share their learning. Others choose to live stream from their classrooms when no students are present. Videos can be saved from Meerkat and Periscope live streams and then uploaded to YouTube for future viewing. You should, however, be aware of the services and apps your students are using.
How you approach it, who you friend or follow, how often if ever you post and how often you check in is completely up to you and, as with lots of good things in life, there may be times when you need a break from social media. Keep in mind that, when used thoughtfully, social media can provide opportunities for professional growth, enhanced home-school communication, and conversations that allow learning to continue beyond allotted class times.
If and when you choose to get started — or start over — with social media remember that general professional and personal rules of etiquette hold true online as they do in person. For 13 years she taught middle school and high-school history where her classes collaborated, created and published their ideas in a paperless environment.
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