twitter.com/DOTLebanon facebook.com/DOTLebanon‎ A presentation about social media with emphasis on facebook

"Social media essentially is a category of online media where people are talking, participating, sharing, networking, and bookmarking online.“ There is a wide variety of social media, ranging from social sharing sites such as YouTube and Flickr through social networks such as LinkedIn and Facebook. In my opinion, social media has shot to the forefront of people's attention because it's fun. Thanks to social media, it's easy to share your ideas, photos, videos, likes and dislikes, with the world at large - and find out what they think of them. You can find friends, business contacts and become part of a community or a bunch of different communities. Social media gives you what TV never could - a chance to be engaged and engage others. What’s? Social Media twitter.com/DOTLebanon facebook.com/DOTLebanon‎

twitter Twitter is an online social networking and micro blogging service that enables users to send and read "tweets", which are text messages limited to 140 characters. Registered users can read and post tweets, but unregistered users can only read them. 47,875,024 twitter.com/DOTLebanon facebook.com/DOTLebanon‎

Google+ Google+ is a social networking and identity service owned and operated by Google Inc. It is the second-largest social networking site in the world, having surpassed Twitter in January It has approximately 359 million active users.... Introduce Yourself Connect with Friend & Family Follow Interesting Man Choose who share with Say Hi! twitter.com/DOTLebanon facebook.com/DOTLebanon‎

facebook 47,875,024 Facebook is the world's most popular social networking website. It makes it easy for you to connect and share with your family and friends online. Facebook has even helped the web become more open and social. twitter.com/DOTLebanon facebook.com/DOTLebanon‎

Here are some of the benefits you may harvest from your effective use of Facebook with your students : Relaxed, friendly and inviting atmosphere which encourages students participation and engagement Students feel comfortable learning through Facebook because most of them use it everyday Facebook can promote collaboration and social interchange between participants Students get engaged about their learning outside the classroom What are the advantages of facebook in education? twitter.com/DOTLebanon facebook.com/DOTLebanon‎

What is a facebook group? Facebook groups are the place for small group communication and for people to share their common interests and express their opinion. Groups allow people to come together around a common cause, issue or activity to organize, express objectives, discuss issues, post photos and share related content. When you create a group, you can decide whether to make it publicly available for anyone to join, require administrator approval for members to join or keep it private and by invitation only. Like with Pages, new posts by a group are included in the News Feeds of its members and members can interact and share with one another from the group. twitter.com/DOTLebanon facebook.com/DOTLebanon‎

How can a facebook group help teachers and students? Schedule events for the entire class. Use message utility in Facebook to message your students about unexpected absences, rescheduling of exams...etc. Share multimedia content like videos, photos, clips and more with your entire class. Post class notes for students to review in case they were absent Try to involve students who are normally shy in the classroom Facilitate classroom connections through letting students know each other more. This is particularly helpful in large classes. Use Facebook to send reminders, announcements, upcoming due dates or any other classroom news. Sharing online content with students such as interesting websites, blogs, wikis, and more. Add educational applications to your Facebook group. Encourage students to post content of their own such as videos, images, news stories and other media that relate back to their lessons. twitter.com/DOTLebanon facebook.com/DOTLebanon‎

How to create a facebook group? Setting up a group is a quick process: 1.Sign in to your facebook account. 2.Visit facebook.com/groups.facebook.com/groups 3.Click on the green “Create Group” button in the top right and follow the on screen prompts. twitter.com/DOTLebanon facebook.com/DOTLebanon‎

How a facebook group looks like twitter.com/DOTLebanon facebook.com/DOTLebanon‎