Social Media Project

OE 376 Technology Integration

Social Media Project

The Course

• Unit 1: Design Basics

• Unit 2: Traditional Print: Flyers, Brochures, Newsletters, Signs

• Unit 3: Traditional Digital: Websites, Presentations, Digital Storytelling

• Unit 4: Emerging Technologies: Interactive Media

Source: Amanda Davis & Raesha Ray

Why Social Media?

Professional Uses of Social Media

Social Media Revolution 2013

Objectives

• Practice using social media platforms of Twitter, Facebook, and Linked-In.

• Connect students to professional communities of practice through use of Social Media.

• Discuss ways that professional communities are using Social Media.

• Create their professional LinkedIn page

Steps

1) Needs Assessment: Use & comfort with professional uses of Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.

Steps

2) Create Class-Specific Gmail Accounts: Firstname.LastnameOE376@gmail.com

Recorded on a Google Doc located at AccountsOE376Spring13

Now located at Google Drive

Steps

3) Mini-Twitter Assignments: • Create accounts• Follow profession-

related organizations and leaders

• Identified hash-tag conversations in their field

Steps

4) Social Media Project Profession-related projects: • LinkedIn

– Make connections• Twitter

– Join the conversation

• Facebook– Build community

Assessment

• Observation• Twitter Points:

Assigned for completion of “Twitter Tasks”

• Social Media Project: Points assessed for incorporating posted criteria

Lessons Learned

• Students less familiar with professional applications of social media

• Creating a class-specific Gmail prevented spam to yellowjackets account and protected privacy

• Use Google Docs & Forms to save time

• Post link to Google Docs and Forms on syllabus & D2L homepage

• Decide if “teaching” or “touching” and assess accordingly

Lessons Learned

“Do not try to satisfy your vanity by teaching a great many things. Awaken people’s curiosity. It is enough to open minds; do not overload them. Put there just a spark. If there is some good inflammable stuff, it will catch fire.”Anatole France