[Air-L] Examples of Successful Uses of Facebook in the Classroom?

Mon Aug 16 10:09:50 PDT 2010

Hi Michelle,

As far as I know the project Facebook and the postuniversity recently
published in a book, could be useful for you iniciative.

The project is about analysis of new ways of acquiring knowledge beyond the
traditional process of teaching and learning, in which the teacher is the
repository of information transmitted to a passive student. The framework
aims ta exploring the construction of knowledge by the students themselves
through the activity conducted over networks, from creating a text, a
software program, a design to the creation and management of communities, is
a way for learning and for the modeling of individual thought.

The intention to use this line of work based social software to encourage
development of creative ability, the ability to create products, while
promoting digital literacy of students. Teachers must be trained to
contribute and participate and it must know the tools that is available and
know unfold with them.

I Will be happy to put you in direct contact with the project director,
Alejandro Piscitelli.

The book in pdf format is avaible at:
http://www.fundacion.telefonica.com/debateyconocimiento/eventos/eventos/2010/mayo/pdf/EVEN_DYC_ESP_El%20proyecto%20Facebook_y_la_posuniversidad_07_05_10.pdf
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On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 9:42 PM, Michelle Everson <gaddy001 at umn.edu> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> For awhile now, I've been toying with trying to incorporate Facebook into
> my
> courses as a way for students to talk about statistics they are seeing in
> the news (I teach statistics courses).  My idea is to set up a group in
> Facebook where students could go to post things they are finding in the
> media related to statistics and to critique these items and comment on what
> others have posted.  I would likely either set this up as an extra credit
> assignment (and have other options for students who do not want to use
> Facebook) or as a required assignment (again with another option for those
> students who might not want to use Facebook).  I'm interested in trying
> Facebook because (a) I know many of my students use it and I thought this
> might engage them more, and (b) I like the layout of Facebook and the way
> you can easily link to things and share videos.  I haven't found a blog
> interface that I like as much as Facebook.
>
> I do have some concerns, of course, related to privacy issues, and I would
> not want students to feel that I am doing this because I want to pry into
> their personal lives (my goal here is not to "friend" all my students but
> to
> get them talking about statistics they see in everyday life and sharing
> things with each other).  So, I'm wondering if anyone on this list has
> tried
> to use Facebook and would be willing to share what was done and how it
> worked, or give some tips on "best practices" for use of Facebook in an
> educational context.
>
> Thank you in advance for anything you might have to share!
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Michelle Everson
>
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> Michelle Everson, Ph.D.
> Quantitative Methods in Education
> Department of Educational Psychology
> University of Minnesota
> gaddy001 at umn.edu
> 612-624-0691
> http://www.tc.umn.edu/~delma001/CATALST/
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