Connected Educator Month @iES
Day 6 - Facebook
Become a Facebookworm
Facebook is a global social network. If you’re not already a user, you’ve probably heard of it, and if you haven’t, then today you’ll become part of the largest social network on the planet. Want a few statistics about Facebook?
- 819 million monthly active users who used Facebook mobile products as of June 30, 2013
- 699 million daily active users on average in June 2013
- Approximately 80% of daily active users are outside the U.S. and Canada
- 1.15 billion monthly active users as of June 2013
- 5,299 employees as of June 30, 2013
Most of your friends and family are probably already on Facebook, and finding them and connecting to their updates is easy. Here are a few activities that will get you started with Facebook.
- Create a Facebook account. Click here to get started.
- Search for friends, family members, or colleagues and add them as friends to start making connections.
- Search for Independence Elementary School and "like" the page. You'll get updates and pictures from your school!
- Search on Facebook for your favorite educational groups, brands, celebrities, or authors and “like” their pages. Get started with these: Powerful Learning Practice, The Global Education Conference, Connected Educator Month.
- Check out 100 Ways You Should be Using Facebook in your Classroom. Numbers 81-89 are appropriate for elementary teachers.
- This presentation features school leaders who ban & block Facebook as well as those who empower and prepare. It also provides examples of a teacher and students from The Science Leadership Academy who have had success using social media in education.
That’s all for today! Tomorrow we’ll take a look at YouTube.
All text, links and videos are from the Connected Educator Starter Kit.