1. OverviewIntroductionBy the numbers!Cultural impacts on
communication.Social media hierarchy and roles within
education.Privacy ConcernsNext steps
2. IntroductionGoals of this Presentation:To help bring an
awareness to the growing social mediapresence in our culture and
youth.To present opportunities for professional growth that
gobeyond traditional PD.To provide a roadmap to implementing social
mediacommunications for professional use.To emphasize the
importance of modeling a Christ like digitalfootprint.
3. What is Twitter all about?Twitter is a social mediaplatform
that allows you toshare information and postTweets to a
broadaudience.Tweets have to be 160characters or less (thisincludes
spaces, numbers,symbolsetc.)You can include key termsthat are
searchable to seewho is talking about thesame things you are.
Theseare called HASHTAGS.Example: #PCWC14
4. What is digitalcitizenship!?Digital citizenship is a
term/conceptthat helps focus and collect thosebest practices which
teachers canthen use to help students usetechnology more
effectively.This includes things likeunderstanding our digital
footprint,respecting copyright, authenticity ofsources, proper
commenting andposting on social platforms (socialetiquette).
5. Top Social Media SitesBy The Numbers!
6. Social MediaGrowthIn 2014 Facebook hit over 1.23billion
active monthly users.In 2014 Twitter hit 271 millionactive monthly
users.Facebook has 4.5 times as manyactive users as Twitter!
7. Social Media DominanceAccording to Forbes 92% ofbusinesses
are allocatingfunds to social media.Forbes also address
thatimage-centric social mediawill continue to grow.
8. TEENTRENDS
9. Up and ComingThe online news site Mashablereleased a news
piece this summer(July 14) that lists the top 10 up andcoming
social media sites.Those on the list include but are notlimited
too:*Snapchat *Vine*Secret *Shots*Medium*Whisper
10. Todays SocialMedia Family
11. Changing Paradigms (4:26-5:00)
12. QuoteA modern school needs to be a lot more thanbrick and
mortar of studies. The uniqueadvantage of being source of education
isgone. Quality or Quantity of educationalcontent can no longer be
benchmark of qualityof education for a school; high
qualityeducational content everywhere on theInternet.For example
its no more the responsibility ofschool to make a student memorize
birthdayof Martin Luther King. This information iseverywhere on the
Internet. A student can getthis information using Google on
smartphonein a matter of a seconds. The role of teacherscomes into
play when there is something thata student cant find and understand
usingmobile device in less than 2 minutes.Thus, the role of school
has shifted from beingthe source of knowledge to the validator
&applier of knowledge.Journalist Pulkit for the onlineeducation
news agency Edudemicwrites:
13. Where do you go to find howto do something?
14. Points of EmphasisFirst, social media usage is growing.
Younger and youngerstudents are gaining access to mobile devices
and socialplatforms.Our society has never been as stimulated by
information aswe are at the present.The marketplace and businesses
are increasing theirdependence on social media as an economic tool
whilefamilies are becoming more digital.How are we going to
understand and meet an increasingdigital generation with a relevant
education?
15. Social
MediaHierarchySocialMediaPersonalUseProfessionalUseBefore anyone
jumps into trying tocreate a social media footprint, it isimportant
to set goals as to whatyou are trying to achieve by joiningin the
action.This hierarchy is supposed to helpyou see the different
roles socialmedia can play.
17. IncreaseCommunicationClassroomIncreaseCommunicationUpdates
andRemindersConnectedCommunicationYou can use social media as
aplatform to meetparents/teachers/students wherethey are at.The
connected communicationsystem. Send one, post to all! Useone social
media to update all yoursocial media sites, meeting manypeople
where they are at!
18. Share Media andIdeasClassroomShare Media
andIdeasInstagram(Photos)Twitter andFacebook(Articles, Photos,and
Text)Too often social media is used toshare that irresistible
selfie. Well,NO LONGER! We should empowerstudents to post their
work,pictures, ideas, and comments onpublic forums. This
encouragesauthentic writing and work becausethere is a real
audience.This is a great motivator forstudents, and helps to teach
properdigital citizenship.
19. Professional DevelopmentSeek out new ideas.Search relevant
hashtagslike #EdTechLook for tweets with linksand check it
out!GrowthProfessionalDevelopmentRelevantHashtagsLook foruseful
links!
20. Collaboration andNetworkingReflective
PractitionerRecognizing there areothers that have greatideas we can
use.Recognizing that we havegreat ideas that others canuse.Share
them!!GrowthCollaborationandNetworkingAsk for Ideas Share
Ideas
21. Social MediaProfessional
UseClassroomIncreaseCommunicationUpdates
andRemindersConnectedCommunicationShare Media
andIdeasInstagram(Photos)Facebook andTwitter (Articles,Photos, and
Text)GrowthProfessionalDevelopmentRelevantHashtagsLook for
UsefulLinksCollaborationand NetworkingAsk for IdeasShare
IdeasPersonal Use
22. Set GoalsIf you are looking to get started with twitter or
evenanother social platform, just know that it takes TIME.For it to
be the most effective it really should become partof your routine
or habit.For instance, every Monday night there is a #LuthEDtwitter
chat. This has been built into my routine.Sometimes I just follow
along and look at what peoplehave posted and sometimes I
participate.Baby steps. This will not happen overnight.
23. PrivacyPrivacy is something we can control.Talk with your
administrator!Never release student names.Double check privacy
settings every 6 months incaseprivacy policies have changed.Make
sure you have photo release documents on file foreach student.
24. Next StepsThe best place to start with social media, is
getting comfortable with it. Tryit!This can take some time so take
it a little bit at a time!It took me a year to get comfortable with
twitter!
25. Examples
26. GEs 6SecondScience
27. Twitter Video PostThis was posted after I uploaded areview
video to YouTube.
28. Other CommunicationResourcesGreat
Resources!WeeblyWordpress.comBloggerWixRemind (Formally
Remind101)
