Facebook

Neat Facebook Apps that can be used in the classroom: (Natalie Christopher)
1. **Knighthood**- teaches strong reading skills. The following site demonstrates how to use it in an ESL classroom. http://www.eslteachersboard.com/cgi-bin/lessons/index.pl?read=2793

2. **Poll App-** students can use this for conducting surveys for projects or for their own personal use.

3. **__World News__ Now, Yahoo, New York Times App-**Students can see what their peers have read as well as share interesting news stories to promote cultural literacy.

4. **Words with Friends-** Based off the traditional Scrabble game, students practice spelling and creating words.


 * 5. Study Groups**: like a Google.Doc, students use this __app__ to collaborate, share notes, and discuss assignments.

6. **SAT Quest**: Students can prepare for the SAT with 5 question games. Difficulty increases with level.

7. **Quizlet**: (a personal favorite of mine! I used it for the Praxis) Quizlet lets you create flashcards or use a set from the database to study for tests.

8. **Quiz Monster**: Students create their own quizzes. Perfect for group projects or studying.


 * 9. Farmville, Cafeworld, etc-** Stimulation games force students to develop real world skills and develop business models.

10**. To Do List:** Students can keep track of what they have to do and stay organized.

11. **Books iRead, Goodreads**- share books you are reading with your friends. Blog and carry out discussions about the text.

12. **Notecentric**- takes notes right on Facebook and share them with classmates.

13. **JSTOR search-** search for full research articles for class assignments

14. **Wikiseek Search**- search the Wikipedia site from your Facebook homepage.

By: Natalie Christopher

====I agree with many comments below about how Facebook can be used in the classroom. Not many people discussed in-depth the different ways it could be used. Many people don’t believe that Facebook can be used in education, but I believe it can. People believe that students will use it for other reasons if they are able to be on it during school hours. This could be an issue that may occur, but it also could occur with any other social networking site you decide to use. I believe Facebook can be used in the classroom in many ways. One way is that the teacher can create a class group in which all the students could join. By doing this you can have class discussions on the group wall. Students may be more motivated to do their work if the interaction is on a social networking site. It allows for those students who are uncomfortable speaking in class to have a voice in the discussion. Another way that I have used Facebook in school is for group projects. I have done it in the same way stated above. By creating a group that includes all of your group members it allows for easy communication among group members. It allows for you to coordinate meeting times and just have discussion online. Creating a group does not require group members or teachers to become Facebook friends; therefore, you do not have to worry about others having access to your personal information. Yes, there are other ways in which this can be done without Facebook for example it could be done on other sites such as Moodle. I believe that Facebook is a better option than these other sites because students are familiar and comfortable with Facebook because most of them use Facebook outside of the classroom.====

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====-This link brings you to the article, “Facebook as an Instructional Technology Tool”, on the website EmergingEdTech. It is example how a young lady used Facebook in the classroom and her opinions on it. Enjoy!!!====

Jana Barga

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Katie Shinkle: EDP 279 On Facebook, teachers are generally either forbidden outright from becoming friends with their students or strongly warned against doing so. Because of this some teachers have looked to other __programs__ such as Edmodo which gives them a similar result without it being blocked by the department. However, you can still use Facebook to connect with your students and engage them in your lessons without compromising your professional relationship with them.

** The way to do this is to create a Facebook page. ** When you create a Facebook page in which others can ‘like the page’. This allows them to see and comment on the posts, but doesn’t allow you or the student to see any personal information. There are no limits to how many pages you can create so it would be cool to do one for each class.

** How to create a Facebook page: ** Firstly log into your Facebook account Next type ‘create’ in the search bar at the top of your page. A list of results will appear with create a new Facebook page at the top. Click on the link Next I suggest you click on the company option Next you need to select __education__ from the drop down menu and give your fan page a name – make it something descriptive and relevant to your class. If you have a class that rolls over each year then you might want to label it in such a way that the name is relevant over consecutive years. For example, if you teach Freshman science you wouldn’t want to call it Freshman science because you would have trouble the following year with your next Freshman science class. Once you have done this your page is set up and ready to go. There are a lot of settings you can change but none of them are essential. Having said that I would suggest that you have a look at the following 2 settings. Click on the edit page button at the top of the page. Firstly you can choose if your students can post to the wall with either text, photos, and video. The second setting blocks profanity. As well as the above you can set the page photo, insert descriptions etc. After you have set up your account you will see that you have a unique URL (website link) just simply pass that link on to your students or they can search for your page in the search box. Once your page is set up and your students have found the page they need to ‘like’ the page so that all the status updates appear on their personal walls. As well as this on the left hand side they have the option to subscribe to any changes on the page either via RSS or SMS. ** So just to recap. ** You don’t need to be friends with your students. You can just create a Facebook page that they like. All your communication with the students is in an open forum. Once the page is set up you can post articles and photos, share website links, link to videos and have your students comment and discuss amongst each other.

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By: Katie Shinkle

The following ideas are just a starting point for class projects that can be used with Facebook in the classroom. By Michelle Young! :)
 * Class Projects **
 * 1) **Follow news feeds **. Have students follow news feeds relevant to the course material in order to keep current information flowing through the class.
 * 2) **Share book reviews **. Students can post their book reviews for the instructor to grade and other students to read. If it's a peer-reviewed project, then students can more easily access each other's papers online.
 * 3) .Knighthood Playing this game promotes strong reading skills.
 * 4) **Poll your class **. Use polls as an interactive teaching tool in class or just to help facilitate getting to know one another with the Poll app for Facebook.
 * 5) **Practice a foreign language **. Students learning a foreign language can connect with native speakers through groups or fan opportunities.
 * 6) **Create your own news source **. A great way for journalism students to practice their craft, use the Facebook status update feed as a breaking news source for sports results, academic competition results, and other campus news.
 * 7) **Follow news stories **. Keep up with news through Facebook on groups like World News Now, that provides video clips of world news.
 * 8) **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Keep up with politicians **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">. Political science students can become fans of politicians in order to learn about their platforms and hear what they have to say first hand.
 * 9) **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Create apps for Facebook **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">. A class at Stanford started doing this in 2007 and still has a Facebook group profiling their work.
 * 10) **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Participate in a challenge **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">. Look for challenges like the one held by Microsoft and Direct Marketing Educational Foundation that challenges undergrads and grad students to create usable products for Microsoft in return for experience and, in some cases, certification.
 * 11) **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Bring literature to life **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">. Create a Facebook representation of a work of literature.

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Facebook can be a wonderful resource in education, for example:


 * Global Perspectives**-can reach out and talk to people around the world. You can have pen pals and communicate to other students. This hopefully will lead to learn culture and other languages.


 * Keep up with world events**- Facebook constantly has new news feeds coming out and it is easy for news to trace quickly on Facebook. As soon as someone posts something it reaches their friends and then those friends post it so even more people have access to the information. News can spread like wildflower on Facebook.


 * Create groups**- Your able to create groups. This means you can make a group for classes that you teach. People can feed ideas off their peers. They can also discuss any problem they might come across and collaborate to solve the problem.


 * Sharing outside sources**- Student can easily share videos, articles, URL, photos, or anything that can further there knowledge about a subject.


 * Class Updates**- People can easily access updates through Facebook. If you want to push back the date on an assignment or someone is absent they can be caught up with class updates through the class website.


 * Post Homework**- Homework can be posted on Facebook for easy access for students. Reading assignments, project directions, paper outlines, or any documents used in class can be posted. Students that are absent can get caught up on their homework.


 * Students understand Facebook**- students feel comfortable with Facebook so they will more easily participate. Facebook is so integrated with society that it is no inconvenience for students to access the class page and participate.


 * Deter Bullying**- Knowing your teacher can access your Facebook could possibly deter students from cyber bullying.


 * Making Friends**- Facebook is an easy way for students to interact and get to know their classmates. It is also a good way to teachers to get to know their students while still remain professional.


 * Homework help**- The students can work through difficulties using collaboration.

By Mindy Smith

<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #0000ff; font-family: impact,charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 200%;">Using <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #0000ff; font-family: impact,charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 200%;">in Education <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Facebook can be used in a number of ways as an educational tool. Listed below are some of the ways that it can be used as an supplemental tool. **//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Assignment Posting: //**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Teachers can post and update classroom assignments at anytime. **//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Questions: //**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Students can ask questions through Facebook so get a quicker response. **//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Study Guides: //**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Teachers are able to post study guides to the group. **//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Networking: //**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Students can network with students from other sections of the same course to gather insight into the course. **//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Games: //**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 120%;">You can play educational games through Facebook to enrich the students experience. **//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Resources: //**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Teachers can post course resources to the group and students and teachers can share outside resources through the group. **//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Staying Informed: //**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Students are able to stay informed of current events. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 120%;">By: Nikki Robinson