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Social Media in Social Studies: Engaging
Students in their Medium
http://www.loc.gov
SOCIAL MEDIA IN SOCIAL
STUDIES: ENGAGING
STUDENTS IN THEIR MEDIUM
BACKCHANNEL
https://todaysmeet.com/CCSS2016
Kelly Jones-Wagy, M.S.
Social Studies Teacher,
Overland High School
Cherry Creek School District
Aurora, Colorado
[email protected]
Peggy O'Neill-Jones, Ed.D.
Director, Library of Congress
Teaching with Primary Sources,
Western Region
Metropolitan State University of
Denver
[email protected]
 Examine ways which you can use
social media to engage
students in historical
thinking and inquiry.
 Learn to distinguish between
social media forms and spaces
and how they connect to learning
 Leave with ideas for your
classroom.
Social Media in
Social Studies:
Engaging Students
in their Medium
 Differentiate between short and
long form social media.
 Differentiate between social
media tools and spaces.
 Connect social media with
primary and secondary source
analysis.
 Rethink traditional instructional
strategies such as Think-PairShare in the context of social
media
 Explore social media as a
strategic approach for
differentiated learning.
• Engagement: Engage the students
where they are (on social media) to get
them to where they need to be
(learning target)
• Expression: Using social media as the
format for the students to express their
knowledge and/or understanding of a
concept or topic
Instant
Communication
Time and
Geography
Independent
Encourages
Conversation
Promotes
Community
http://www.briansolis.com/2013/07/the-2013-social-media-landscape-infographic/
AUDIO
Voice, Music, Sound Effects, Natural Sound
IMAGE
Still Photographs, Illustrations, Graphics
MOTION
Moving Image, Video, Film, Animation
TEXT
Written/Printed Text
AUDIO
Short Form
(time limit)
Long Form
(unlimited time)
Commercial Example: Hubbub
Education Example: VoiceThread
Commercial Example: iTunes
Education Example: iTunesU
IMAGE
Short Form
(image limit)
Long Form
(unlimited images)
Commercial Example: Instagram
Education Example: Thinglink
Commercial Example: Flickr
Education Example: Smilebox
MOTION
Short Form
(image limit)
Long Form
(unlimited images)
Commercial Example: Vine
Education Example: Animoto
Commercial Example: YouTube
Education Example: YouTube Education
TEXT
Short Form
(text limit)
Long Form
(unlimited text)
Commercial Example: Twitter
Education Example: Celly
Commercial Example: Wordpress
Education Example: Google Drive
SOCIAL MEDIA
Conversations
(General)
Commercial Example: Facebook | Google+
Conversations
(Niche)
Education Example: TPS Teachers Network
 What is your ultimate goal for the lesson?
 How do you want your students to express their
knowledge or understanding?
 Using social media requires strategy.
 Use social media tools and spaces to engage social studies
learners
• Long Form Social Media
• Short Form Social Media
• Audio
• Image
• Motion
• Text
Historical Thinking
 Change Over Time
 Context
 Causality
 Contingency
 Complexity
Primary Source Analysis
Analysis Tools
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/usingprimarysources/gu
ides.html
 Thinglink
 Short Form | Post-It Notes
 Example
 https://www.thinglink.com/scene/507256534015672322
Think-pair-share
 Learning Goal-To have students brainstorm observations and
inferences from a political cartoon.
 Twitter
 Short Form Text | Brainstorming
With a partner or
a small group
discuss what you
observe (see) in
this cartoon?
Using your
twitter account
(if you don’t
have one then
find someone
who does)
Editorial cartoon from the Detroit Journal, 1898
Tweet: What do you see in this cartoon?
make sure to use the #socmediasos16 @TPSMSUDenver
 Vine/Animoto
 Short Form | Exit Ticket
Example: Vine
Six Second Shakespere
 https://youtu.be/L1_lGORUCbY
Example: Animoto
 https://animoto.com/play/YhblgrfyUeeQX9rVHJ8aEQ
 Windows Movie Maker-Long Form
 Learning Target: For students to compile information into a
single presentation that allows for synthesis, analysis, and
drawing conclusions based on primary and secondary sources.
 National History Day-McCarthy
 Can be uploaded to social media sites or private school sites
tpsteachersnetwork.org/register
Today’s Meet
https://todaysmeet.
com/SocialMedia_
CCSS2016
Kelly Jones-Wagy, M.A.
[email protected]
Peggy O'Neill-Jones, Ed.D.
[email protected]