What is social media?'Social media consists of online tools and websites that encourage people to interact with companies, brands, and people (including celebrities and journalists) and form communities by creating, publishing, and sharing content. Social media is a two-way communication stream, whereas with traditional media, messaging is published through a one-way communication stream to the masses, e.g. radio, television and newspaper'. Senior Net
Six types of social media By applying a set of theories in the field of media research (social presence, media richness) and social processes (self-presentation, self-disclosure) Kaplan and Haenlein created a classification scheme in their Business Horizons (2010) article, with six different types of social media: Kaplan Andreas M., Haenlein Michael, (2010), Users of the world, unite! The challenges and opportunities of social media, Business Horizons, Vol. 53, Issue 1 (page 61 |
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Collaborative ProjectsCollaborative projects bring together two or more groups of who work together on a theme or question or who contribute to a compilation of materials on a topic. Wikis, such as Wikpedia is an example of this.
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Blogs and MicroblogsA blog is an online journal that is usually (but not always) written by one person about a particular topic. It is updated on a regular basis with entries that appear in reverse chronological order. Blogs typically contain comments by other readers and links to other sites. Twitter is a popular form of "microblogging," which is a short form of a blog, limiting each message to 140 characters.
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Micro-communitiesMicro- communities unlike global communities such as Facebook and You tube, are local communities where real relationships can be made; micro communities are designed around very specific purposes with clearly defined goals. They are small but sometimes quite significant and influential.
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Social NetworkingA Social Networking site is an online community that allows you to create a profile, add friends, share ideas and events, and communicate with other members. The most popular social networking site (and the most-visited website in the world), Facebook, allows you to reconnect and stay in touch with friends, family, classmates and colleagues.
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Virtual Gaming WorldsA virtual world is an interactive simulated environment accessed by multiple users through an online interface. Virtual worlds are also called "digital worlds," "simulated worlds" and "MMOG's."
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Virtual Social WorldsA Virtual World is an online computer-simulated space that includes aspects of real life with fantasy elements. Typically, you can create a representation of yourself (an avatar) and socialize with other "residents" of this online world. A popular virtual world is Second Life, which is being used by non-profits and businesses to run discussions, virtual events and fundraising.
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Web Resources for Social Media
100+ examples of use of social media for learningHere are over 100 ways that different social technologies (and tools) are being used by learning professionals worldwide
Social Media in Education
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Classroom Guide: Top Ten Tips for Teaching With New Media
his classroom guide focuses on trends in educational technology, particularly social media and mobile learning tools, and provides ways teachers can embrace and utilize them in the classroom.
How to Help Students Use Social Media Effectively
Blogger Andrew Marcinek shares three tips for how to help students use social media more effectively.
How to Use Social-Networking Technology for Learning
This feature from the dawn of the social networking age offers ideas for how and why teachers can and should embrace social networking at school.
Social Media in Education
see how Pinterest is use to curate resources about social media in education.
Classroom Guide: Top Ten Tips for Teaching With New Media
his classroom guide focuses on trends in educational technology, particularly social media and mobile learning tools, and provides ways teachers can embrace and utilize them in the classroom.
How to Help Students Use Social Media Effectively
Blogger Andrew Marcinek shares three tips for how to help students use social media more effectively.
How to Use Social-Networking Technology for Learning
This feature from the dawn of the social networking age offers ideas for how and why teachers can and should embrace social networking at school.