Digital Learning Technologies/Social/Facebook

Overview
-RayRayEIT 17:07, 10 March 2013 (EDT)
 * What is Facebook?


 * See also Social Networking

Examples

 * Keeping contact after the course is over
 * EIT Bachelor of Computing Systems http://www.facebook.com/groups/96139039685/
 * EIT has other facebook pages which also can be used to contact RayRayEIT
 * EIT Hawke's Bay https://www.facebook.com/#!/eithawkesbay?fref=ts
 * EITSA Hawkes Bay (EIT Student Association) https://www.facebook.com/#!/EITSAHawkesBay?fref=ts
 * Professional groups
 * Wikieducator http://www.facebook.com/groups/Wikieducator/
 * There are a number of positive ways to use Facebook in the classroom (Walsh 2011)
 * pages can be configured for privacy
 * class discussion forum
 * posting homework assignments
 * communication tool with parents
 * students generally already know how to use facebook
 * teachers become positive role models in an online environment
 * class information portal eg. assignment dates

A video which looks at how to setup facebook for use as an academic tool

A video which shows how to use privacy settings in facebook!!