Using online social media to engage students

Presented by Simon Brown

Stonemasonry teacher

SkillsTech Australia

Using online social media to engage students

Aims Brief overview of each tool:

Ning Twitter Flickr YouTube

Questions: What is your view?

Aims

Connect with each student(one to one)

Build a supportive relationship outside class (one to many)

Encourage collaboration between students (many to many)

The WWWeb is the platform

Ning

Twitter

Flickr

YouTube

Why Ning? Easy to set up and use Customisable profile questions Visually oriented (photos and videos) Aggregates Twitter and Flickr feeds Embeds YouTube videos

Ning social networks

Ning social networks

Why stomas.ning? Stoma = alternative portal Sounds a bit like stonemasoning Stone Masoning = ‘stone crafting’

I am joining this site because…

i was held hostige until i did.

Simon said, Plus could be a good way to meet other apprentice masons

cause you can achieve so much more than what you can get out of it... example trade, knowledge, skills and a good future...

i think it is great i'm an apprentice stone

mason and would like to keep in contact with mates that i have meet down here at tafe.

im joining this site because our teacher wants us to become members of it to update and communicate with other stonemasons and apprentices online

I am joining this site because…

simon said meet more people i want to meet other

stone masons to interact with people i am learning at tafe at

the moment. something 2 do i'm retarded

because I want to learn from the Guru

i am currently doing a stonemasonry apprenticeship

to meet others with similar interest and hopefully gain more info about stone

I am joining this site because…

networking is good keeping in touch with

everyone from tafe Simon made me. I'm helping to build a

network of stonemasons

i want to learn to keep in touch

I'm interested in all things stone. Educating people about stone sculpture has become very important to me and I hope to be able to contribute in some small way.

its good

I am joining this site because…

sumfin 2 do & my class teacher made me!!! lol peace

To share my interest in stonemasonry

Simon would like us 2 have a profile so we can discuss topics online

of tafe training and to learn more about the trade

its cool I want to learn more about

the stone industry because it a good way to

keep in touch with my trainer and also the other first apprentices involved in my trade as a stonemason.... and i have found it is a great way to find resources on stonemasonry...

We are trying to set up an online community to share stonemasonry stuff.

Why Twitter? It’s simple to use Character limit forces good word choices Twitter has many web applications Can also be set up on a mobile phone

Twitter instant messaging

Why Flickr? Very easy to use Metadata supports media searching Social

Flickr image sharing

Why YouTube? It is a vast resource Supports metadata Embeddable videoclips

YouTube

Questions

Has the project achieved its aims? Is it OK to use the WWWeb? Where to from here?