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Social media - 10 tips for using it effectively in the
geography classroom
Richard Allaway > richardallaway.me
Geographer
Teacher
Technology Integrationist
Resource Developer
Tip 1 - Be clear what social media is
powerful and purposeful
turned social
Digital tools that allow people to create, share
or exchange information, ideas and media through a network of 'following'
or being ‘followed'.
Social Media isn’t a fad, it’s a fundamental
shift in the way we communicate.
[socialnomics.net]
Common characteristics
[Bray, 2012]
social media challenges traditional
models
social media allows people to
communicate
social media allows people to collaborate
social media gives people an audience
social media services reverse the hierarchy and are built from the
bottom up
social media is open and transparent
Studies have shown that students do best when based in educational settings that challenge traditional models and reverse the hierarchy,
allow young people to communicate and collaborate, that
provide authentic audience for children’s work and exist within systems that are both open and
transparent. [Bray, 2012]
However, the question is not whether we should use these
platforms, but how. [Belshaw, 2015]
Tip 2 - Be clear why you want to use it
There is effort involved
It is a constantly changing environment
Engagement
Students
Colleagues within your school
Parents
Colleagues across the globe
@MattPodbury
One thing that social networks have brought us is the ability to follow the
everyday work and contact people who, in previous generations, would have
been inaccessible. [Belshaw, 2015]
Students can follow debates that public intellectuals and experts in a particular field are having today. This can
lend a vibrancy and freshness to learning that textbooks and
other ‘static’ media cannot provide. [Belshaw, 2015]
The ‘under 13’ issue
There is a difference between registering to
use a social media service and the
viewing a social media page.
Tip 3 - What are the students using?
[PewResearchCenter, 2015]
Tip 4 - Use Facebook
most popular - so use it
It’s the one where a teacher’s personal and professional lives get
the closest
One account
Groups vs Pages
Gaming Facebook
Tip 5 - Use Instagram
Really rather popular
Owned by Facebook
Image based
Promoting the work of the department
Fieldtrips
Classroom achievements
Tip 6 - Consider using Twitter
I find Twitter hugely professionally useful…
…however I have always struggled to get
meaningful engagement with
students!
How much is too much?
Twitter challenge
A class or departmental account
Tip 7 - Consider using social media as an assessment output
A challenge for you…
Design an enquiry or assessment where the final product could be
a piece of social media
Tip 8 - Publicly display your efforts
be loud and be proud
widgets
Display screens
Rise Vision
Tip 9 - Dealing with digital tattoos and all
that jazz
Fight against ‘lock and block’
Digital tattoo
a larger discussion on digital presence
Social media within the curriculum
MYP ATL: Use social media networks
appropriately to build and develop relationships
MYP ATL: Participate in and contribute to digital social media
networks.
Are the school leadership using social
media?
Tip 10 - Make use of power tools
‘Fieldtrip tech kit’
Swarm
Tweetdeck
Richard Allaway > richardallaway.me
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