Using Social Media For Student

Engagement
Deanna Heikkinen
heikkidl@lavc.edu

Tools

Free Social Media Tools

Can provide more effective teaching
Can allow you to interact with your students
outside of class.
Forward relevant news articles
Alert about assignments
Engage in discussions
Tutoring

To get started.
Create an account for the tool(s) you want to
use (this is free!)
Install the tool App or Bookmark page
On your phone, iPad, computer, etc.
In your web browser

Start exploring and using the tool

Keep in mind the security and longevity issues

Facebook
Keep personal page separate
Pages vs. Groups
Each semester
Longevity
Humanities Facebook Page

Twitter

Link to articles
Start discussions
Initiate conversations
Ask questions
Assignment reminders
Hashtags!

Instagram
Send out photos
Initiate conversations around pictures
Engage students with topics

Pinterest
Like webpages, images
Start a board for each class
Share likes relating to subject

Hootsuite

Manage everything!
Have different tabs for each profile
Send out messages to multiple
Schedule messages

Hootsuite website

Other FREE tools to use in your class

Evernote
Dropbox
Voki
PowToon
Poll Everywhere
Socrative

Evernote
Capture anything
Photos
Videos
Documents
Combine

Link to all of your devices

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pjn6YkCY2yA

Evernote
http://evernote.com/
Free or Premium version?
Premium $45/year
More storage
Access offline
Larger uploads
http://youtu.be/Pjn6YkCY2yA

Evernote Web Clipper

Clip webpages
Retain even when webpage goes away

Clip part of a website

Save URL

Evernote Web Clipper

http://youtu.be/oFOiCOmgXmc

Dropbox

https://www.dropbox.com
Save files to cloud server
Share files
Share events
Allow other people to edit files

Free Video Tools

Can provide more effective teaching
Can allow you to integrate short videos with
content and custom lessons

You Tube
Search for videos
Create your own videos

Https://www.youtube.com/my_videos?o=U

Ted Ed
Create Video lessons using YouTube
Flip the classroom

http://ed.ted.com/
http://ed.ted.com/tour

My Ted Ed

http://ed.ted.com/on/Au4Xokiq

Khan Academy
Hundreds of free videos
You can embed in your own PowerPoint or
online shell

Voki and PowToon

Create animations for your class
Send out for messages
Post to social media

Voki
Create animations for your class
Send out for messages

http://www.voki.com/

Pow Toon

http://www.powtoon.com/edu-home/

Tools To Create Interactive Poll

Poll Everywhere
Poll Everywhere website
Social Media Poll

Socrative
Socrative website
Another polling site to have interactivity with
students in class