John Larkin

As always I endeavour to keep abreast of what is happening out there in the world of social media in education. Recently I have earmarked a number of articles by educators. The first set of links are written by educators. I hope you enjoy these links. They are all very useful.

• Steve Wheeler: Causing Ripples
• Jenny Luca: Teenagers, Legal Risks and Social Networking Sites
• Vicki A. Davis: The Case for Digital Citizenship in Schools
• Vicki A. Davis: Facebook Friending 101 for Schools
• Darcy Moore: How To Use Social Media To Collaborate
• Darren Draper: Social Networking and Sustainable OER
• Larry Ferlazzo: A New “Must-Read” Blog — “Voices from the Learning Revolution”
• Steve Hargadon: Ugh. Classic Politics Now Extends to Social Networking in Education.
• Infinite Thinking Machine ~ Steve Hargadon: Live Interview with William Kist on the Socially Networked Classroom
• Instructify: Instructifeature: International classroom collaboration on the worldwide web
• Free Tech For Teachers ~ Richard Byrne: The Benefits of Social Media for Teachers
• Free Tech For Teachers ~ Steven W. Anderson: Twitter: Keeping Up With It All
• The Edublogger ~ Ronnie Burt: Reflections on teaching with blogs and open PD

The  second set of links, listed below, are primarily drawn from news articles and various organisations. The content varies in quality from that of a reasonably scholarly article to sensationalist media. You may find the infographics useful to illustrate a point or two.

• Infographic ~ How college professors use Facebook
• Social Media In The Classroom
• Infographic ~ Social Media in Education
• Facebook For School Teachers
• Infographic: Is Social Media Ruining Students?
• Technology challenging society, education
• Social Media in the MBA Classroom
• Teachers and Blogging
• Teachers put in the picture on ‘screenagers’
• YouTube Beats Facebook & Twitter For Educational Social Video Potential
• Yes, Social Media Is Being Taught In The College Classroom
• Five Ways Silicon Valley is Changing Education
• Euronews: Social Media In The Classroom
• Teachers told not to friend students on Facebook
• MoE Social Media Education Talk: New Media Communications In The Classroom
• Social Media Gains More Relevance in Education: Pearson and Babson Survey
• New Survey Finds More than 90% of College Faculty Use Social in Media Workplace
• Social media infiltrates MSU classrooms
• Schools still not using technology effectively
• Rationale for Using Skype in the Classroom
• In World of Education Apps, Tech Owes Teachers Some Media Literacy
• Use social media technology to innovate the classroom
• Taking technology into the classroom
• Social Learning With Social Networking Tools Designed Just For Education
• Facebook In The Classroom. Seriously.