Using online social media to engage students

Presented by Simon Brown

Stonemasonry teacher

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Using online social media to engage students

• Aims

• Brief overview of each tool:– Ning– Twitter– Flickr– YouTube

• Questions: What is your view?

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Aims

• Connect with each student(one to one)

• Build a supportive relationship outside class (one to many)

• Encourage collaboration between students (many to many)

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The WWWeb is the platform

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Ning

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Twitter

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Flickr

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YouTube

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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

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Ning social networks

Why stomas.ning?• Stoma = alternative portal

• Sounds a bit like stonemasoning

• Stone Masoning = ‘stone crafting’

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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Why Flickr?• Very easy to use

• Metadata supports media searching

• Social

Flickr image sharing

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Why YouTube?• It is a vast resource

• Supports metadata

• Embeddable videoclips

YouTube

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Questions

• Has the project achieved its aims?

• Is it OK to use the WWWeb?

• Where to from here?