Using Social Media to teach and assess Macro/Policy-based Social Work Competencies – #BPD2015 Conference

Excited to again add a social media colleagues original research/presentation for “Scholarly Saturday” . It seems like we are just scratching the service of the use of social media for the helping professions. Although micro practice is limited by privacy laws, macro and education can use tools such as Twitter in powerful ways. This presentation demonstrates the use of a twitter chat to engage students in a conversation about social policy. Also contains guidelines for assessment as well. Enjoy…