The Use of Social Media in School Infographic

11 Facts That Should Encourage You To Use Social Media in Your School for Educational purposes

1. 96%: of students with internet access report using social networking technologies
2. 75%: of 7th through 12th graders have at least one social media profile
3. 63%: increase in the amount of time kids ages 2-11 spent online between 2004-2009 3
4. 59%: of students who use social networking talk about education topics online2
5. 50%: of those who talk about education topics online, talk specifically about schoolwork 2
6. 35%: of schools have student and/or instructor-run blogs 2
7. 46%: of schools have students participate in online pen pal or other international programs 2
8. 49%: of National School Boards Association (NSBA) schools participate in online collaboration with other schools 2
9. 59%: of schools say their students use social networking for educational purposes 2
10. 27%: of schools have an online community for teachers and administrators 2
11. 69%: of American high schools have banned cell phones 3

I hope that you will find valuable the following Teacher's Guides to Social Learning

The Teacher's Guide to Flipped Classroom
At the Educators ' Guide to Flipped Classroom you will be able to answer what is a flipped classroom, how does a flipped classroom contribute to student learning, the top benefits and disadvantages of a flipped classroom, and last but not least, how to successfully Flip your classroom.

The Teacher's Guide to Twitter
Twitter can be an incredible tool for both teachers and students when used correctly. As an Educator , your role in the process is to be professional, understanding, and as creative as possible. In regards to Twitter, the possibilities are as endless as you make them. At the Educators Guide to Twitter you will find: How as an educator can you effectively utilize Twitter, a creative writing lesson plan using Twitter, 15 creative ways to use Twitter in the classroom, and 17 videos on how as a teacher can you use Twitter in classroom!

The Teacher's Guide to Pinterest
Long gone are the days of “chalk and talk” when teachers stood and lectured at the front of the classroom. Today, with the popularity of many social media sites such as Pinterest, teachers can provide perception rich learning and step outside the classroom’s four walls to give students a unique and interesting learning experience. In the top 10 of most popular social media sites, Pinterest is in itself a tool to teach as well as a tool to find teaching ideas, lesson plans, and just about anything on any topic you might have. It’s a bottomless toolbox to keep students active, excited, and engaged.

The Teacher's Guide to Facebook
How do I properly use Facebook in the classroom? What are the golden Facebook rules for Educators ? How can as a teacher utilize Facebook in the classroom? These are some of the questions that you will be able to answer after reading the Facebook Guide for Educators .

The Teacher's Guide to Blogging
Blogs may be great educational tools and they give students complete freedom to publish content on the web, but if you don’t know how to effectively implement them into the classroom, they’re only as good as wadded up balls of paper in the trash.

The Teacher's Guide to Gamification
Would you like to gamify your classroom? People love to play. Whether your students are in kindergarten or college, adding fun to classroom learning by playing games is a positive and effective way to engage students. Your students are already master game players, whether those games are technologically based or not. Use this knowledge and expertise everyday by gamifying you classroom because play doesn’t have to be reserved for recess anymore.

The Teacher's Guide to Wiki
More and more classrooms are now learning, creating, reading, and testing online. In order to keep up with our technologically demanding lifestyles, the traditional classroom is making way for such innovative tools as wiki. Not only is this an inexpensive way to manage your classroom, it’s also a fun way to engage students in content across the curriculum.

The Teacher's Guide to Keeping Students Safe Online
As an educator, you simply can’t introduce students to the internet without educating them on how to be safe while exploring the world wide web; but that’s what many teachers do anyway. This Teacher’s Guide to Keeping Students Safe Online will educate you on what online safety really is, show you how to protect your students, and provide resources that enable them to educate themselves about online safety. Let’s get to it.