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Facebook tips for Educators

facebookAre you using Facebook with your students?

I found this really useful list of “100 Ways You Should Be Using Facebook in Your Classroom” from the Online College, so take a peek and let me know what you think, and if you’ve anything to add to the list.

It’s easy to find your way around, it’s split into 10 nice sub-sections, these being;

  • Class Projects
  • Facilitate Communication
  • Benefits
  • Tips for Educators
  • Resources for Students
  • Apps for Teachers
  • Apps for both Teachers & Students
  • Groups for Teachers
  • Facebook in K12
  • … to find a Job

I’m also interested if you’ve been using Facebook in activities with your students; please leave a comment here on what you did, how you did it, did the students like it, what kid of results (better/worse than how you did a similar thing before) did you get.

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5 comments

By David Hopkins – November 23, 2009

  • Ramon

    It’s nice to know that you can use Facebook as an eLearning tool and not just for social media network to meet new people, play games, etc. That’s the beauty of Facebook.

  • http://www.jonbuscall.com jon buscall

    I’m the webmaster for an international English school based in Stockholm, Sweden.
    We introduced a Facebook Fan page in August to coincide with a move to WordPress. The idea was to update daily and increase the information we were putting out to the school community. Partly this was about building group cohesion but also marketing the school as recuriting sixth formers is incredibly difficult in Sweden.

    Facebook is now our third biggest source of traffic after Google and bookmarks. Students at the school and prospective students have got onboard and regularly interact with us.

    I think this has been one of the major ways in which we’ve gone from 20,000 hits per month six months ago to 230,000 hits.

    You’ll find the Page at http://www.facebook.com/engelska.gymnasiet/

  • http://www.jonbuscall.com jon buscall

    I’m the webmaster for an international English school based in Stockholm, Sweden.
    We introduced a Facebook Fan page in August to coincide with a move to WordPress. The idea was to update daily and increase the information we were putting out to the school community. Partly this was about building group cohesion but also marketing the school as recuriting sixth formers is incredibly difficult in Sweden.

    Facebook is now our third biggest source of traffic after Google and bookmarks. Students at the school and prospective students have got onboard and regularly interact with us.

    I think this has been one of the major ways in which we’ve gone from 20,000 hits per month six months ago to 230,000 hits.

    You’ll find the Page at http://www.facebook.com/engelska.gymnasiet/

  • http://coachinandout.blogspot.com Chris McGee

    I started a facebook group for my parents (I teach 6th grade) have have seen some exciting developments and collaboration between teachers and parents as well as between parents. This is an exciting resource to use for the classroom without having to “friend” parents.

    My question is which is better a Fan page or a group? Thoughts?

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