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Issues with Social Media in the Classroom Session Notes

Issues with Social Media in the Classroom
Notetaker: Laura Micciche

Present: Molly Brayman, Pam Bach, Debbie Tenofsky, Scott Taylor, Olga Hart, Martha Sledge, Laura Micciche, Winnie Kaur, Mary Sefcik

Questions:

  • Are people using different kinds of social media platforms in classrooms? Best practices? How to use instagram, twitter, etc.? What are your experiences? What are the possibilities? What concerns do we have?
  • Do we want social media that’s already integrated in their lives? Or do we want something separate?
  • How can we use what students are already engaged in to enhance classroom learning?
  • How does information move between communities? How can we use it in class to good effect?

For more, see the pdf.

 

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Physical spaces that support digital scholarship

What kind of physical spaces do we need to create that would support collaboration and digital humanities/digital scholarship at UC? UC Libraries are engaged in a redesign of the 4th floor of Langsam and we are planning to include new spaces that would support DH/DS and we would like your perspectives on UC needs – – what kind of spaces/technologies do faculty and students need? Possibilities include: informal collaborative spaces, teaching spaces, data visualization theater/teaching space, Global video-conferencing space, makerspace, high end computers/software, GIS, text analysis – – to name a few possibilities! Let’s talk needs and possibilities!