Social Media Integration

1. Consider the following questions regarding teaching in the 21st century:
What skills are required in order to function and contribute in an accelerated environment?
What are the roles of the following in education? information; face-time; teacher;

2. Discuss the systemic changes to learning environments. What are the factors behind the changes and what does this mean for pedagogically sound practice?

3. Consider technology integration on a continuum: think, pair, share on what this looks like (where's the evidence).

Four Stages of Technology Use: 

• Substitution: the computer substitutes for another technological tool, without a significant change in the tool's function.
• Augmentation: the computer replaces another technological tool, with significant functionality increase.
• Modification: the computer allows for the redesign of significant portions of a task to be executed.
• Redefinition: the computer allows for the creation of new tasks, inconceivable without the computer.

4. Social Media in the Classroom --- EDMODO.com

Go to the link above and create an account.

Group name is Social Media Workshop    The code to join the group is:ojlk37

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You are invited to join the RIS Teachers Lounge -- you need this code: be9cyw

Review of Edmodo From March 31st 2011


5. Lesson planning, curriculum, & good practice


1. Blogging as performance  - ELA, Humanities, & Social Sciences/Math, Science
2. Websites & Information Literacy - Find information and verify it's accuracy
3. Connectivism 
4. Tagging


Collaborative Document of Ideas For Using Edmodo

100 Inspiring Ways to Use Social Media In the Classroom | Online Universities

100 Ways You Should Be Using Facebook in Your Classroom | Online College Tips - Online Colleges
B.L. Ochman's blog: Some Social Media Search Tools I Like: I'll show ...


Tools to help create your online classroom:
Diigo orDelicious

Google Docs, Calendar
RSS Feedsu

This is a job description from two weeks ago. What skills are they desiring from the applicants?