Social media is tool that can be use to make your classroom more engaging, relevant, and provide means for communication with a diverse population. Modeling appropriate use is the best way to teach students how these tools can be used for good! A GUIDEBOOK FOR SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE CLASSROOM (edutopia.com) provides 12 examples of how teachers are using social media in the classroom right now!
Its never too early to start talking about responsible ways to use social media. The following online tools provide a safe introduction to social media as a tool to construct and present information for students who are under the age of 13.
1. Create FAKE FACEBOOK PAGES as an in-depth character study of historical or literary characters. (classtools.net)
2. FAKEBOOK PROJECT EXAMPLE (toengagethemall.bllogspot.com)
3. Create FAKE TWITTER CONVERSATIONS between historical characters, as a book report replacement or to practice written world languages. (faketweetbuilder.com)
4. Create FAKE TWEETS in response to a prompt, to summarize an idea or as an exit ticket. (classtools.net)
5. Create FAKE TEXT MESSAGE EXCHANGES to create short conversations between historical characters, practice written exchanges in world languages or even in digital citizenship programs to have students model do's and don'ts of text messaging or shoe how easily things can be taken out of context. (fakephonetext.com)
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