Using Social Media in the Classroom : A Best Practice Guide

How much do you know about using social media in your teaching?

Using Social Media in the Classroom is an essential guide to Web 2.0 sites and services, providing both an overview of different types of digital technologies as well as constructive guidance on how to safely and intelligently use them as tools for learning.

This comprehensive, accessible textbook combines practical information on using all forms of social media for educational purposes and provides indispensable advice on how to tackle issues arising from social media use in the classroom.

Analysis of important contemporary topics is also including:

• Digital literacy and new modes of learning
• Digital participation and overcoming the ′digital divide′
• Cyberbullying and understanding risk online

An accompanying website including additional resources and handouts supporting the book can be found at www.sagepub.co.uk/poore.

This is crucial reading for all students undertaking undergraduate and graduate teacher education courses, and practicing teachers seeking to improve their understanding of using social media for teaching in informed and appropriate ways.

Megan Poore is the PhD Academic and Research Skills Advisor at the ANU’s Crawford School of Public Policy. She is known for her best practice approaches to integrating digital technologies into both university and school settings, and this includes developing strong digital pedagogies as well as sound approaches to risk management. She has also held the position of Assistant Professor in Teacher Education at the University of Canberra, and has worked as an educational designer at the Australian Catholic University, giving her a unique understanding of the issues that confront students and teachers in the integration of digital technologies into their everyday study and work practices. Megan holds a PhD in Social Anthropology from the Australian National University.