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Emerging Technologies

This guide provides an overview of how Facebook, a major social networking site with over 1 billion users, can be effectively utilized in educational settings. It outlines the steps for creating a Facebook profile and group, explaining how these platforms can facilitate communication, support class projects, schedule events, and share resources. Additionally, it discusses the benefits of Facebook groups in education, including the ability to send messages, post homework, and share lesson plans. The use of social media as a pedagogical tool is further supported by relevant research.

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Emerging Technologies

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  1. Facebook in the Instructional Setting Emerging Technologies Willie M. Johnson EDD 7914/CRN: 30587 February 28, 2013

  2. Facebook Overview • Social Networking Site • Established 2004 • Over 1 Billion Users

  3. Creating a Facebook (Fb) Profile • Six Easy Steps • Register an account • Confirm you email • Find friends, classmates, and workmates • Join a regional network • Edit your profile • Add profile and cover picture

  4. Creating a Facebook Group • Login • Click create group from homepage • Add group name, select members, and privacy settings • Click Create • Edit group page, add documents, etc

  5. Creating and Managing Fb Group Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKIHDTf_lJk

  6. Uses for a Facebook Group • Facilitate Communication • Class Projects • Wide Array of Resources

  7. Fb Group as a Communication Facilitator • Schedule Events • Send Messages • Share Multimedia • Post Notes & Homework • Make Announcements • Share Lesson Plans and Activity Ideas

  8. Who came first the Chicken or the Egg? • http://youtu.be/1a8pI65emDE OR

  9. Questions???

  10. References AbManan, N.A., Alias, A.A., & Pandian, A. (2012). Utilizing a Social Networking Website as an ESL Pedogogical Tool in a Blended Learning Environment: An Exploratory Study. International Journal of Social Sciences and Education, 2, p.1-9 Chen,B. &Bryer,T.(2012). Investigating Instructional Strategies for using Social Media in formal and informal learning. International Review of Research in Open & Distance Learning, 13(1), p.87-104. "Which Came First - The Chicken or the Egg?" YouTube. YouTube, 24 Jan. 2013. Web. 15 Feb. 2013.

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