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BlogNotes - Inspiring Ways to Use Social Media In the Classroom

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[**SOURCE:** The Innovative Educator: Inspiring Ways to Use Social Media In the Classroom](http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2010/05/online-universties-home-online.html)
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    ### [Inspiring Ways to Use Social Media In the Classroom](http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2010/05/online-universties-home-online.html)
    
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    Educators interested in using social media to enrich learning will enjoy these ideas for using social media such as Facebook, Twitter, and Skype in the classroom from [Online Universities](http://www.onlineuniversities.com/). The post includes real examples of educators using social media in their classrooms. Here are some ideas for K-12 classrooms.
    
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    **Make literature real**. Have students create a Facebook page for a character from literature you are studying like [this class did](http://mrfeatherstone.blogspot.com/2009/04/unit-project-facebook-character.html).
    
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    **Follow famous people**. Many famous people are on Twitter.
    
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    **Twitter treasure hunt**. Use GPS treasure hunting to send students in search of educational clues as [one teacher did](http://www.slideshare.net/travelinlibrarian/twenty-five-interesting-ways-to-use-tw). (Skip to number 22 in the slide show.)
    
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    **Learn probability**. [This elementary teacher](http://tbarrett.edublogs.org/2008/03/07/plan-tweet-teach-tweet-learn-smile/) uses Twitter to teach the concept of probability.
    
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    **Study geography**. Use a combination of Twitter and Google Earth to help teach geography-based lessons. [This teacher](http://tbarrett.edublogs.org/2008/01/18/geotweets-inviting-your-network-into-the-classroom/) used his network of Twitter followers to create an interactive lesson for his young students.
    
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    **Connect with other classrooms**. [Collaborate with another classroom](http://remoteaccess.typepad.com/remote_access/2007/11/twitter-in-the-.html)
    
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    **Field trips**. Use Skype to [bring the field trip into the classroom](http://handouts.wesfryer.com/virtualfieldtrips)
    
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    **Conference with parents**. Stay [connected with parents](http://www.classroom20.com/group/virtualconferencesforeducatorsandparents) through social media
    
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    [Jacob Gutnicki](http://www.blogger.com/profile/05677371920286939228)
    
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    Geocaching is an outdoor activity in which the participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers (called "geocaches" or "caches") anywhere in the world. A typical cache is a small waterproof container usually a tupperware container containing a logbook. Many innovative educators are using it as an effective learning tool. To learn more, visit http://www.geocaching.com/

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