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Using Twitter at Primary, Secondary & Third level to enhance education. How Twitterchat can be saved in Chirpstory. Using Skype, Mystery Skype, 24 hour Skype & Google Hangout in education.
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SOCIAL MEDIAOptimizing its use in
Education
Mary Jo Bell @7MJB @MrsBellsClass
Senior Infants, St Anne’s, Shankill
Social Media
Power to expand the walls of the classroom
Social Media
Connect with other classes and wider community
Showcase students’ work & abilities
Positive digital citizenship
Twitter @ Primary Level@MrsBellsClass Share & display our
work Connect with classes &
community Develop literacy skills Highlight our activities
for parents Add an element of fun
& creativity to our work A starting point for
Skype & Google Hangout
Twitter for the Community!
We helped Garda Garry find the owner of this lost dog
Twitterchat
Arrange a chat on Twitter
Choose a topic Create a #hashtag Prepare : - What we know - What we want to
learn - What we will share Use Chirpstory to
save your Tweets
Twitterchat: Ireland & Bermuda
Twitterchat
Twitterchat between @MrsBellsClass & @1KUpdates
Twitterchat Ireland / BermudaTopics Covered:
Time Weather Food School Uniform Toys Games Landscape Animals
Hashtags on Twitter
#edchatie #artweek14 #antearrach #anfomhar #techweekirl #scienceweek
Twitter @ Second Level
Fintan O’Mahony (@levdavidovic ) & @ScoilMEng
Twitter @ Second Level
Focus on a topic Synopsize content Collaborative work #hashtag Study notes Revision Literacy skills Positive Digital
Citizenship
Twitter @ Second Level
Three simple rules: Include the hashtag Initial the Tweet Spell it correctly
Teacher gets final say!
Letter to parentsBlog:
http://levdavidovic.wordpress.com/
Twitter: @ScoilMHist Carrick-on-Suir
Twitter @ Third Level
@catherinecronin & 2nd Year BSc Comp Science & IT, NUI Galway
Twitter @CT231 #CT231
Find the course, link to course blog
Connect with other 3rd level modules: @topgold UK, Germany, Spain, Australia, NZ.
Collaborate, share work using #icollab
Share links to Projects & Tutorials
Invite feedback
Skype : 50 Years Ago
Lady Bird Johnson talks into newly invented Picturephone, Washington, DC 1964.
Skype 2014
@MrsBellsClass Dublin & @MrsFrancosClass Meriwether Lewis, Virginia
Skype in the Classroom
Collaborate with other classes
Conduct interviews
Guest speakers Book clubs Language class Virtual field trips
Mystery Skype
Classes skype each other
Guess location of other class
Arrange on Twitter or sign up online
Prepare: - Know facts - Brainstorm
questions - Assign jobs
Mystery Skype
Jobs Greeters Inquirers/Answerers Think Tank Question Keepers Google/Atlas Mappers Clue Keepers Runners Photographers Closers
Mystery Skype@MrsBellsClass and Broadgreen School, Nelson, NZ
Mystery Skype Classes
@MsToalsClass @snbailenua @joannegilmarti
n @MrMcCarthycla
ss @StPetersBray @MrsBellsClass @beverly_ladd
24 Hour Skype
Skype around the world
Skype for 24 hours
Well prepared in advance
Good Broadband Timetable Wiki
Google Hangout
Up to 10 people/classes
Google Plus Account
Arrange through Twitter
One class to host hangout
Start Hangout & Invite
Bookclubs, authors, scientists, experts.
Monster Doodle Hangout with @LaureatenanÓg Niamh Sharkey
Final Thought
