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, [...]
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Leveraging the Power of Social Media in the Classroom
Posted by Susan van Gelder on October 23rd, 2012
Posted in 2012, Getting Started 
Tags: digital footprint, facebook, k12online12, pinterest, social media, twitter 
3 Comments »Leveraging Social Media to Flatten Your Classroom Walls
Posted by Susan van Gelder on October 23rd, 2012
Presenters: Paula Naugle and Jan Wells Location: New Orleans, Louisiana USA & Meriden, Kansas USA Twitter: @plnaugle & @janwells Presentation Description: Most teachers would love to communicate and collaborate with other classes but are unsure just how to begin this process. How do you go about finding other classes to connect with? Where do you find [...]
Posted in 2012, Getting Started Tags: facebook, GHO, GoogleHangout, k12online, k12online12, K12OnlineConference, Ning, skype, twitter 4 Comments »Tools to Create, Produce and Publish
Posted by Jose Rodriguez on December 8th, 2011
Presenter: Valerie R. Burton Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA @MsBisOnline Presentation Title: Tools to Create, Produce and Publish Presentation Description: This presentation demonstrates how to use a variety of tools for teachers to help engage students and for the students to produce creative work. We examine the uses of: 1. Google Docs for collaboration, Google [...]
Posted in 2011, 2011-Sandbox Play Tags: blogs, Digital Stories, k12online, k12online11, twitter, wikis 8 Comments »The Classroom Social Network: It’s not just Fun, It’s Fundamental to Modern Learning
Posted by Maria Knee on October 25th, 2010
Presenter: Adrianne Stone Location: Houston, TX, USA Link to presenter’s K12Online Ning Profile page Presentation Title: The Classroom Social Network: It’s not just Fun, It’s Fundamental to Modern Learning Presentation Description: Social Networking has been around for the past 7 years give or take, but until recently hasn’t had a large presence in the classroom. [...]
Posted in 2010, 2010-Kicking It Up a Notch Tags: 2010, education, facbeook, grouply, k12online, k12online10, social networking, twitter 6 Comments »
