Getting Social to Connect with Students (WRCTE)

Find this page at: DitchThatTextbook.com/WRCTE

Matt’s presentation slides:

Site for social media game at beginning: Quizizz.com (Go to join.quizizz.com to join a game)

Sources of social media statistics:

• The Infinite Dial (Edison Research)
• Youth Now Say They’re More Likely To Use Snapchat Than Facebook and Instagram (MarketingCharts)

Snapchat: 10 Seconds At A Time, A Teacher Tries Snapchat To Engage Students (NPR)

Twitter: Fall Creek School District on Twitter (#GoCrickets)

Tools mentioned during the presentation:

• Snapchat (disappearing images/videos)
• Facebook (multimedia social network)
• Instagram (images and video)
• Twitter (short text/image/video messages)
• Remind (text messaging)
• Voxer (walkie-talkie-style app)
• Periscope (live video broadcasting)
• WordSwag (add funky text to images)
• Pixabay (public domain and Creative Commons images)
• Unsplash (public domain images)
• Canva (graphic design site/app)