Leveraging the Power of Social Media in the Classroom

Posted by Susan van Gelder on October 23rd, 2012

Presenter: Elaine Plybon
Location: Bedford, Texas USA
Twitter: @eplybon

Presentation Description: Teenagers spend 80% of their time on the internet involved in social networking websites. This presentation explores the ways educators can utilize their understanding of these venues to create engaging lessons that will help students gain content knowledge, assist teachers in assessing student progress, and provide opportunities for discussions about the students’ own digital footprints. The presentation is designed with the educator who has to deal with restrictive internet filters and even a total lack of internet availability for students.

iPod video – mp3 audio
Link to presentation’s supporting documents:

Elaine Plybon’s web site: http://www.elaineplybon.net/

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Posted in 2012, Getting Started Tags: digital footprint, facebook, k12online12, pinterest, social media, twitter

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3 Responses to “Leveraging the Power of Social Media in the Classroom”

1. Kevin Hodgson says:

   October 24, 2012 at 6:00 am

   Thanks for sharing the tools, and the rationale for using those tools, in your presentation. I appreciate it.
   Kevin
2. Nancy Scofield says:

   October 24, 2012 at 5:00 pm

   Thank you for the good ideas. I found the Fakebook PowerPoint template to be very helpful, and I’m already using it with my 11th grade English classes as they create a series of characters to go with our Spoon River Anthology project. They LOVE it! I would never want to write another biography paper again if I had the option creating a project like this instead.
3. Week 10: K-12 Online Conference, Leveraging the Power of Social Media in the Classroom | How To Denominate Math says:

   November 22, 2012 at 12:02 pm

   [...] in the classroom.  I visited K-12 Online Conference and listened to a presentation called, “Leveraging the Power of Social Media in the Classroom,” by Elaine Plybon.  This presentation gave me some great examples of how a teacher can use [...]