brave new worlds: social media in the classroom and in the field (beac)

Brave New Worlds:Social Media in the Classroom and in the Field

Original By: Hector Guerra. Remixed under Creative Commons License

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Today’s Panel

Kemp EdmondsSocial Media EducatorBCIT

Gillian ShawTechnology JournalistVancouver Sun

Robert RiskinProgram Head, Television BCIT

The next 120 minutes or so…

Slides > Discussion > Q&A

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What is social media?

Wikipedia.org

Social: refers to the interaction of organisms with other organisms and their collective co-existence. Sharing

Media: are the storage and transmission channels or tools used to store and deliver information or data. Information

Social Media before the Web

StorytellingHomeric PoemsOral traditionUrban LegendsRumors & GossipProverbsSlangJokes

Old World

New World

Print, Radio and Television will never die, but they will certainly

have to evolve.

Media are not just tools

They are environments

Media mediate our conversations

When media changes our conversations change“Media change feels like this” By: Chuckumentary

Media has changed

So have the conversations

theconversationprism.com

The New Media Landscape

Photo Credit: Hamid Imanesh

#iranelection

A voice for the people

#Obama

Starting the conversation

Leaping the great firewall

#ChineseEarthquakeClay Shirky

Role Reversal

#hudsonriver

Massive Instant Giving

#haiti

In less than 48 hours the American Red Cross received more than $35m in donations - $8m directly from text messages.

-BBC News

Mumbai War Timeline

• War first reported on Twitter (21:20)• On site photos posted to Flickr (00:45)• CNN speaks with poster of photos• Phone lines jammed Blog used instead (02:00)• Story on front pages of websites (02:30)• Wikipedia entry created (03:00)• CNN links to Twitter profiles• Fox News uses Flickr photos

Notes from a journalist: Lisa Johnson @lisasj (CBC)

Streams vs. Reservoir

Social media as “Social Scanner”

Social media makes my city smaller

The Broadcaster’s Job? Social Media can help

InvestigationVerificationAggregationGathering OpinionsFinding ExpertsCurationDisseminationLearning

Finding more in the stream

Communities of Practice

http://search.twitter.com

The missing link in journalism curricula:

Community Engagement

- @lavrusik, Columbia Journalism Master’s Graduate.

“We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us.” –Marshall McLuhan

“We shape our learners and thereafter our learners shape us.” -Christopher D. Sessums

When educators ruled the classroom

When ruled the lecture hall

How can we turn this challenge…

into an opportunity?

Get on board!

Use Social Media in the classroom

• Encourage student self-expression• Teach content creation• Emulate the newsroom on Twitter or others• Using social media to build a story• Collaborative learning using Wikis• Embedding & Blog publishing• Teach learning from communities of practice• Teach students about self-learning• Teach digital ethics and creative commons

Tips for Integrating Social Media in the Classroom

Let down the filters, Cautiously

Add “Digital Citizenship” to the Curriculum

Keep one eye on Student Conduct, the Other on the Law

Teach With Social Media

mashable.com

To students from an editor: Kirk Lapointe @kirklapointe

• Publish your work online• Own your domain• Become a virtuoso in public• Clippings at an interview need digital backup• Having no digital footprint is bad• Behind the scenes? Publish it!• In front of the camera/mic? Publish it!• Understand copyright and original content

Student on Social Media for Journalism

• Breaking news• Immediate analysis• Multiple sourcing• Personal and trusted sources• Connecting with future employers• Connect with heroes and thought leaders• Twitter is my information farm

4 Tips for New JournalistsBy: Rick Chung @rickchung

1. Be curious

2. Be aware of these tools

3. Understand the importance of context

4. If you don’t know, you need to know how to find out

Using it for Professional Development

• New techniques• Collaborative learning• Thought leaders• Case studies• Communities of practice - BEAC• http://search.twitter.com • Search On!

9 reasons for educators to use Twitter: http://j.mp/9twitteruses

Some takeaways

Cloud Storage: http://dropbox.com & others Document Presentation: http://slideshare.netVideo: http://youtube.com http://vimeo.com Audio: http://archive.org

Extra Lessons:Columbia Journalism Social Media Course Syllabus: http://j.mp/socmediaskillsMissing Curricula: http://j.mp/journolesson Citizens in Journalism: http://j.mp/mumbai08 Real-time Search: http://j.mp/kempsmartsearch

Thanks to the production team!

BCIT Broadcast FacultyBCIT Broadcast Students

Thanks to the audience!

Thanks to Rob & Gillian

More ideas…• Facebook for learning http://j.mp/100FBEDU• 100 educational uses: http://j.mp/SMEDU100ways • Howard Rheingold’s Social Media Classroom• Educators Embracing Social Technology• Twitter in the Classroom is boosting Engagement• Educational Networks: http://j.mp/cKBrok• Future Journalists: http://j.mp/futurejournos

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THE FUTURE JOURNALIST IS…

A Multimedia StorytellerA Community BuilderA Trusted PointerA Blogger and CuratorAble to work collaboratively

Video: http://j.mp/futurejvid