Why social networking experiences are crucial for teachers

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This was an invited presentation for Concordia University Texas, presented on November 13, 2014. Please click "Notes" to see generally what I said for each slide. Article Reference: Hughes, J. E., Ko, Y., Lim, M. , & Liu, S. (In Press.) Preservice teachers’ social networking use, concerns, and educational possibilities: Trends from 2008-2012. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Abstract of the paper this presentation is based upon: This four-year, cross-sectional study, situated in one U.S. university, investigated 206 preservice teachers’ use of social network services (SNS) in teacher preparation and their disposition toward using it in their future teaching. Using descriptive survey methodology, results revealed nearly all preservice teachers used a general SNS (e.g., Facebook), but about 40% never read blogs, wrote blogs, or read wikis; about 90% never wrote wikis, and about 80% never read/wrote Twitter. SNS users consumed/read more content than created and/or shared. Use of SNS for professional activities rose from 7% to 22%. Trends indicated general SNS (e.g., Facebook) and Twitter use was mostly personal, while reading blogs, wikis, and writing blogs was equally personal and educational, and writing wikis was mostly educational. The majority of these preservice teachers put “a lot” of restrictions on their SNS accounts. The likelihood that preservice teachers felt they would use social networking in their future teaching became less likely. Discussion (a) examines how teacher education programs prepare new teachers as learners and designers of new technologies and (b) describes a sequence of SNS experiences that may develop preservice teachers as learners, designers, and ultimately connected educators.

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Why social networking experiences are crucial for teachers

Joan E. Hughes Associate Professor of Learning TechnologiesThe University of Texas at Austinjoanh@austin.utexas.edu@techedges

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• Who are you?

• Why did you come today?

• What do you think of social networking in education?

Digital Native ?

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Facebook 96.9 100.0 100.0 100.0

MySpace 32.8 13.5 7.5 0.0

LinkedIn 6.3 8.1 10.0 11.1

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Teachers who report their undergraduate teacher education program helped prepare them to effectively use education technology for instruction to a moderate or major extent.

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#1: Be A Model for SNS Integration

The lack of experience and focus on sharing, posting, writing, and expressing may limit

these preservice teachers’ understandings of multi-modal and collaborative expression.

Teachers who use blogs and/or wikis “sometimes or often” in classroom teaching

(Gray, Thomas, & Lewis, 2010)

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8%Teachers who use social networking websites “sometimes or often” in classroom teaching

#2: Be A Connected Educator

Teachers “who [are] constructing knowledge, collaborating, and interacting with professionals all over the world and developing networks to deepen understanding.”

(Wong, 2013, p. 33)

#3: Develop Digital Literacy for Professional Preservation

What to do? (as a teacher educator)

1. Closed SNS activity2. PK-12 Classroom case studies of SNS3. Open SNS activity

Use these to scaffold preservice teachers as SNS learners or as teacher/designers

Experience #1

Teacher-led, curricular-focused

learning experience in closed

SNS

Experience #2

K-12 or informal education-based SNS

teaching cases

Experience #3

Learner-centered, curricular-focused

learning experiences in open SNS

What to do? (as a preservice teacher)

1. Attend to SNS opportunities during your education

2. Start considering SNS and the role(s) they play in teaching and learning

3. Participate in Connected Educator month

ReferencesGray, L., Thomas, N., & Lewis, L. (2010). Teachers' use of educational technology in U.S. public schools: 2009 (NCES 2010-040). National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education: Washington, DC.

Wong, T. (2013). Meeting needs: Are you connected? School Library Monthly, 29(8), 33-34.

Photo AttributionsSlide 3: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cuddling_with_multiple_devices.jpgSlide 4: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Social_networking_services.jpgSlide 5, 7, 8: http://jannyjanjan.deviantart.com/art/Sagalow-Social-Media-Icon-Pack-158165248Slide 9, 10: By User:ZyMOS http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ABlogger.svgSlide 11, 12: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_Logo.pngSlide 13, 14: https://g.twimg.com/Twitter_logo_blue.pngSlide 20: http://connectededucator.orgSlide 23: http://ning.com ; http://elgg.org; http://edmodo.comSlide 24: http://iste.orgSlide 25: http://iste.org ; http://ncssnetwork.ning.com; http://connectededucators.org

QuestionsThis presentation’s content is based upon the forthcoming article:

Hughes, J. E., Ko, Y., Lim, M. , & Liu, S. (In Press.) Preservice teachers’ social networking use, concerns, and educational possibilities: Trends from 2008-2012. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education.

Slides available: http://www.slideshare.net/joanhughes/@techedges (twitter)

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