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Educators Meet the Fifth Estate: Social Media in Education
Mon, April 20, 4:05 to 6:05pm, Virtual RoomSession Type: Symposium
Abstract
This symposium presents the field of social media in education with the intent to catalyze involvement. The papers include a review of research on pre-service teachers’ learning with social media; exploring social structure, influence, and content exchange in social media for educational leaders; using social media to investigate what topics and resources teachers curate on-line; how teachers become teacherpreneurs; and Understanding the Social Structure of #NGSSChat through social network analysis. The chair and discussant offer perspectives from large scale policy and diffusion of innovations in education. The community of scholars will be extended by incorporating active participation through attendee’s use of social media (#cloud2class), share new research, or reflect on how social media are currently used in education.
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Overview. Educators Meet the Fifth Estate: Social Media in Education - Kenneth A. Frank, Michigan State University
A Decade of Research on Preservice Teachers' Learning With Social Media: Insights on the State of the Field - Christine M. Greenhow, Michigan State University
Beyond Teaching to the Standards: A Text-as-Data Approach to Learn How Teachers Curate Online Math Instructional Resources to Align With Common Core State Standards Math Standards - Zixi Chen, Michigan State University
A New Context for Professional Networks: Understanding the Social Structure of #NGSSChat Through Social Network Analysis - Joshua Michael Rosenberg, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Becoming a Teacher Influencer: Factors Influencing Online Teacherpreneurs' Perceptions of Themselves as Leaders - Catharyn Crane Shelton, Northern Arizona University
The Virtual Care and Feeding of Educational Leaders: Exploring Social Structure, Influence, and Content Exchange in Social Media - Alan J. Daly, University of California - San Diego