Social

Media

By: Kelly Hilbert

When we think of Social media….
Our thoughts typically go straight to the top names. Who uses at least 2
on this page?
But what we don’t know
Is how much is really out there!

➔ Old social networks die

➔ Popular networks stick around,

but are forced to evolve

➔ New networks seem to arrive

faster than we can even keep up
with
A quick look at how social media has
revolutionized our world...
 Let’s take a look at some history...
1997:
-The birth year of Social Media (I was 4 years old!)
-SixDegrees.com was a website that allowed users to friend others,
and was based on the 6 degrees of separation concept

-Lasted from 1997-2001

As it turns out...
sixdegrees.com
seems to be
Invite Only
2000: Internet was everywhere

2003: The first social media surge

-This is when MySpace got its start. Although not as
popular today, some musicians still use it to promote their
music
-LinkedIn also started around this time, which is still a
huge professional network today
2004: TheFacebook.com
-TheFacebook was originally
created just for the students of
Harvard University
-Eventually, Zuckerberg saw its
potential, and released it to the
world using facebook.com
-Today, there are over 1 billion
users
2006: Twitter
-The idea of “tweeting” was
inspired by text messaging
-Users may “tweet” using 140
characters or less
-Today, Twitter has over 500
Million users

2010: All other forms of social media

started to come into play
Why do so many forms of
social media seem to do the
same thing?

“Social media today consists of thousands of

social media platforms, all serving the same –
but slightly different purpose. Of course, some
social media platforms are more popular than
others, but even the smaller ones get used by a
portion of the population because each one caters
to a very different type of person.”
What are some positives to social media?
Staying connecting with the
people in our lives Instant communication

Keeping informed with what’s

happening around the world Ability to educate people in
a new way
Finding a common cause/work
to make an impact
Express opinions and
share ideas
Enables creativity and innovation
Let’s dive into to some of these social media
networks, and how they can be utilized in
classrooms today
But first, as an elementary teacher, I just had to share some
great non-digital ways people are using social media that I came
across...
My door!
Twitter Slide

“Twitteracy”
Students can use
Twitter to ask
questions, share an
exciting project, and
reflect on their learning.
They can also
communicate with other
classrooms in live time.

How do you see

yourself using Twitter in
your own classroom?
Other Twitter Uses:
-Vocabulary building

-Inspirational Quote of the day

-Conversations that continue outside

of the classroom Here is a great resource:

-Grammar accountability http://www.schrockguide.net/tw

itter-for-teachers.html
-Summary writing

-Instant feedback

-Use hashtags to facilitate discussions

Turn and Talk….
How do you think Instagram could be utilized in education?
1) Showcase student work
(student of the month)
2) Capture field trip, and other
class memories
3) Imagine how a historical figure,
or a character would post
4) Share reading
recommendations
5) Step by Step (Record steps in
a science experiment)
6) Use photos as writing prompts
7) Share inspiring quotes
(Reflection time)
8) Create short “Book Talk” videos
9) Reviewing content

Nerdy, Nerdy, Nerdy

Blogging
Kids can blog about anything! Here are
some examples:
1. Reading Responses
2. Digital Reading Log
3. Peer Editing
4. Class Newspaper
5. Current Events
6. Video Tutorials
7. Keep parents involved and up to
date
8. Publish writing and educate
others

Take some time and

-Edublog.com
explore these sites!
-Kidblog.com
Which seems the
-WordPress.org
best?
 “To be true digital citizens, our students need teachers who
Privacy model pro-social, creative, and responsible social media
use.”
self?
1. Privacy and consent forms (parental
r G oo g l e d y ou r
Have you eve
consent)
2. Review guidelines at your school
m y ki ds s u r e h a ve!)
3. Check out the privacy settings on any (
social media you choose to utilize
BEFORE making student accounts
4. Create separate, professional
accounts for yourself
5. Review privacy settings on your own
accounts
6. Do not release personal student
information
What people are saying
"By understanding how students
may be positively using these
networking technologies in their
daily lives and where the
as-yet-unrecognized educational
opportunities are, we can help
make schools even more relevant,
connected, and meaningful to
kids."
-Christine Greenhow
Here’s a great read!!
“Students are attracted to the social
media because they have an opportunity
“Social media is not a
to participate in different groups, they
can find other people interested in the media. The key is to
same things and with the same
worldview. It is also a plus that they listen, engage, and build
always can find out the current status of
a network user and share the important relationships.”
information. All these factors are
omnipresent in our everyday use of the
social media, but we cannot even begin – David Alston
to comprehend how helpful they would
become if used with educational
purposes.”
 Deliverable:
Create a Twitter for your class!

Tweet out something to share with the parents of your

students, and either upload a screenshot of your Tweet,
or Hashtag our class at
#ETLoyola19