Hi Michelle, As far as I know the project Facebook and the postuniversity recently published in a book, could be useful for you iniciative. The project is about analysis of new ways of acquiring knowledge beyond the traditional process of teaching and learning, in which the teacher is the repository of information transmitted to a passive student. The framework aims ta exploring the construction of knowledge by the students themselves through the activity conducted over networks, from creating a text, a software program, a design to the creation and management of communities, is a way for learning and for the modeling of individual thought. The intention to use this line of work based social software to encourage development of creative ability, the ability to create products, while promoting digital literacy of students. Teachers must be trained to contribute and participate and it must know the tools that is available and know unfold with them. I Will be happy to put you in direct contact with the project director, Alejandro Piscitelli. The book in pdf format is avaible at: http://www.fundacion.telefonica.com/debateyconocimiento/eventos/eventos/2010... ********************************************************* Ruth Martínez, Phd in course http://www.*elearning3d.es <http://www.elearning3d.es/> * e-mail: ruth.martinez@elearning3d.es skype: ruth_martinez móvil: +34 654 83 94 25 twitter: @aureamemotech SL Avatar: AureA Memotech ********************************************************** On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 9:42 PM, Michelle Everson <gaddy001@umn.edu> wrote:
Hi Everyone,
For awhile now, I've been toying with trying to incorporate Facebook into my courses as a way for students to talk about statistics they are seeing in the news (I teach statistics courses). My idea is to set up a group in Facebook where students could go to post things they are finding in the media related to statistics and to critique these items and comment on what others have posted. I would likely either set this up as an extra credit assignment (and have other options for students who do not want to use Facebook) or as a required assignment (again with another option for those students who might not want to use Facebook). I'm interested in trying Facebook because (a) I know many of my students use it and I thought this might engage them more, and (b) I like the layout of Facebook and the way you can easily link to things and share videos. I haven't found a blog interface that I like as much as Facebook.
I do have some concerns, of course, related to privacy issues, and I would not want students to feel that I am doing this because I want to pry into their personal lives (my goal here is not to "friend" all my students but to get them talking about statistics they see in everyday life and sharing things with each other). So, I'm wondering if anyone on this list has tried to use Facebook and would be willing to share what was done and how it worked, or give some tips on "best practices" for use of Facebook in an educational context.
Thank you in advance for anything you might have to share!
Sincerely,
Michelle Everson
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