100+ examples of use of social media for learning

Post date: Jan 31, 2012 11:09:41 PM

Social Media - while it's been around for a while, it's still all the "buzz" in educational settings. While many people "want" to integrate social media into their classroom, they simply lack the "know how" for using social media resources for beneficial student teaching and learning.

100+ examples of use of social media for learning published by the Social Learning Centre briefly summarizes over 100 ways that different social techs/tools can be used to bring social dynamics to your classroom environment. The featured strategies were contributed by educators from all of the world and most require no out-of-pocket costs by students or teachers.

The strategies are divided into 17 categories - so if one doesn't work for you, hopefully another will. The social media categories include:

  1. Blogging

  2. Collaborative calendaring

  3. Podcasting

  4. RSS readers

  5. Collaborative Mindmapping

  6. Micro-blogging/micro-sharing

  7. Photo sharing

  8. Screencast sharing

  9. Presentation sharing

  10. Video sharing

  11. Social bookmarking

  12. Collaborative editing

  13. Collaborative working

  14. Collaborative presentations

  15. Social networking

  16. Personalized start pages

  17. Integrated social/collaboration environment

Social techs/tools common throughout the 100+ strategies include, but are not limited to LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Voicethread, Wikispaces, Google Docs, PBworks, Etherpad, Delicious, YouTube, Screentoaster, Jing, Flickr, Bubblus and more!

Read the full article and make plans for integrating social media into your classroom environment. I'm sure your students will enjoy and benefit from the variety and collaboration it brings to their learning community!