#SERMACS2011: Using Social Media in the Teaching of Chemistry at WCC

I met my fellow Social Media in Science Symposium presenter, Ashton T. Griffin,  last week. Where would Social Media in Science Symposium presenters meet before the symposium? 

On Twitter of course. 

He responded to my Tweet:

pidgirl Jennifer Maclachlan

PLEASE RT -> schmap.it/mw1u1z #SERMACS2011 Social Media in Science Symposium: Twitter for business <- SPREAD THE WORD!

7 Oct

in reply to ↑

@Chem_Coach Ashton T. Griffin

@pidgirl I will see you there. I am also presenting.

7 Oct via TweetCaster for Android

And then:

@Chem_Coach Ashton T. Griffin

@pidgirl Do you know about any of the other presenters at the social media in science session? #sermacs11

Here is where the conversation begins with the Q & A:

pidgirl Jennifer Maclachlan

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@Chem_Coach I have not seen the schedule yet. I'll add it to my event when it is available. What are you presenting at #SERMACS2011?

7 Oct

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@Chem_Coach Ashton T. Griffin

@pidgirl I will be talking about my use of social media to teach chemistry at WCC. #Moodle, Twitter, Google +, Texting, WebAssign etc.

7 Oct via web

7 Oct

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@pidgirl Jennifer Maclachlan

@Chem_Coach Can you email me your abstract and time you are speaking so I can add it to my blog and schmap? #SERMACS2011

7 Oct via web

Chem_Coach Ashton T. Griffin

@pidgirl DM me an email address and I will send it.

7 Oct Favorite Retweet Reply

Here is @Chem_Coach's Social Media in Science Symposium abstract. I'm really looking forward to this talk.

45 - Using social media in the teaching of chemistry at Wayne Community College
		Authors:  Ashton T. Griffin,
		Presentation Time: 2:45 PM
		Location: Omni Richmond Hotel
		Room: Roanoke

Project Abstract:  Using Social Media in the Teaching of Chemistry at Wayne Community College by 
Ashton T. Griffin

Wednesday October 26, 2011 Richmond, VA #SERMACS2011 Presentation Start Time: 3:05 pm to Presentation End Time: 3:25 pm



Today's students arrive in our chemistry classrooms with their smart
phones, their laptops, tablets or net books.  Ear buds are often
attached to iPods or some other MP3-playing device that we have to ask
them to remove when they enter our classrooms.  Social media sites like
Facebook, Twitter and YouTube often compete for their attention.  As
chemistry faculty, we are asked to maintain faculty Webpages and often
utilize course management systems like Blackboard or Moodle in our
teaching.

Chemistry faculty often has been slow to adopt and utilize social media
like Twitter and Facebook in their teaching.  But those of us who have
embraced new social media trends have found that it allows us to better
connect with our students and provides our students with a vast array of
ways to learn more about chemistry and its place in our society.

Over the last three years, I have utilized technology and social media
to improve my teaching of chemistry at the community college level.  I
can do the same thing for you.  Join me in this presentation as I share
some of the tips that worked best for me in this new social media-driven
world.