social media for art educators

Social Media for Art EducatorsGet Connected!

Presentation by Katie Morris at 2012 KAEA Fall Professional Development ConferenceCatharine.Morris@yahoo.comwww.ArtTeacherAdventures.blogspot.com

What is Social Media?

“forms of electronic communication (as Web sites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (as videos)” - Merriam Webster Dictionary

It’s all about sharing!

“Rules” for Social Media

Professional Consider your audience If you don’t have anything nice to say… Follow etiquette Sharing, not just self-promotion

What is Blogging?

Comes from “weblog” Started as journaling Blogs on any topic Share text, photos, video, links Interact with comments “Follow” blogs you are interested in.

See updates.

My blog

Habit of reflection Sharing ideas and

resources Connecting “Meeting” people Problem solving

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“Blogosphere” Etiquette

Cite your sources and inspiration- LINK BACK! Permalink

Commenting Let people know you are there. Don’t attack. Ever. “The purpose of comments in general are to continue the

conversation, give encouragement, or thank the person for their hyperlink or thoughts.” –Tip Junkie

Don’t link to your website unless VERY relevant. Respond to comments from your readers.

Getting Started

Choose a host like Blogger or Wordpress What’s your goal? Who’s your target audience? If you wouldn’t say it to your students or your principal… Consider privacy and permissions

Public or private? If you want an audience, PUBLIC! Comments- how much control do you want?

Content

Common ArtEd themes- lesson plans, ideas, resources, links, management, conferences, frustrations.

Everything’s perfect or real life? Format- It’s your blog, you decide. Visuals

Use your own photos when possible Illustrate process and product Don’t use others’ without permission Don’t just show your example

Some Favorites Art of Apex HS Painting with Brains Painted Paper Mrs.Knight’s Smartest

Artists Artful Artsy Amy Art is Basic There’s a Dragon in my

Art Room Art Project Girl

SchoolArts Room Eric Carle Blog Color me Katie Dali’s Moustache Princess Artypants Kansas Bloggers

Amy’s Artsy Adventures BArtZ

Pinterest

“Pin” images with a saved link (visual bookmarking)

Can access from anywhere with internet connection

Not just for recipes and cleaning tips! Collaborate with group pin

boards Reference Images for lessons SHARING ideas and sources

Pinterest and Blogging

Great Tool! Keep track of

inspiration sources Try to find original

source Pin from permalink,

not just website Not just self-

promotionExample: http://artwithmrhall.blogspot.com/2012/10/designer-camouflage.html#

Not just http://artwithmrhall.blogspot.com

Twitter Post and view short messages

called “tweets” 140 character limit

Not just for celebrities… RT = Retweet- passes another

tweet on to your followers “Follow” accounts Spammers… @ = in front of account

names, used for tagging # = “Hashtag”- searchable

term, Or just for fun

#YouMightBeAnArtTeacher

Follow me @MrsMorris_Art

How I use Twitter

Connect with other Art Educators, artists, authors, magazines, organizations, companies

Ask questions, get answers Collaborate Feed my curiosity SHARING!

Pass on links and resources Share blog posts

Positive Interaction on Twitter

Who to Follow @theArtofEd @peterhreynolds (The Dot) @ArtfulArtsyAmy @campbellartsoup @Tiedmania @greeneyegal @GreenwoodGirl (DSS) @nwalkup (School Arts) @CraigR @ArtLadyHBK @MuseumModernArt @theresamcgee @austinkleon @DanielPink

@Blick_Art @Crayola @Artsonia @SchoolArts @PBS @CoolLikePie @DallasClayton @ThesmARTteacher @Dear Photograph @NEAArts @Fuglefun @spbivona @NAEA @KansasAEA @kscitizens4arts @iansands @metmuseum @smithsonian @nelson_atkins

“Cheat Sheet” for Educators

#PLN- Professional Learning Network

#ELEM- Elementary #k12 #ArtEd #ArtsEd #EdChat #EdTech #Edublog #FF- Follow Friday

IMO- In My Opinion DM- Direct Message Tweep- People on Twitter RT- Retweet

Facebook

Besides connecting with family and friends…

“Like” pages KAEA NAEA Art Ed Magazines TAB Art Departments

Share resources- links, images, ideas

Ning

Ed Networking NAEA- Elementary,

Secondary, Western Region

ArtEd2.0

The SmARTteacher

Art Ed Community (Also on Facebook and

Twitter) Discussion and

Resources Create, Share, “Keep”

Resources Monthly contests

Resources Lesson Plans Prizes!

How to Connect with KAEA In addition to www.KAEA.com, Like KansasAEA on Facebook

Interest List Updates, reminders, resources,

links, events Follow @KansasAEA on Twitter Follow KAEA blog-

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