social networking for schools

Social Networking For Teachers

Cyber Oblivious or Cyber Savvy?

Twitter hashtag #esheep2

Set up Twitter…

• Log in to your twitter account at www.twitter.com

• When you are entering a tweet, use the hash tag #eservite

• Follow me @pchmb

I have a twitter

feed going!

What holds teachers back from being Tech Savvy?

Is it a lack of time to keep up with new technology, or a lack of interest?

Does the rate at which the internet is increasingly becoming a part of our lives excite or frighten you?

Question

Technology is not going to slow down in order for teachers to catch up. No one knows all there is to know about the new apps, software and hardware that currently exists as it continually evolves around us.

We must as teachers be willing to embrace what we can do with technology, which begins with

STAYING SAFE ONLINE

Slow down or Speed up?

• Do NOT open any emails from a source that you do not recognise. You should be able to determine the sender’s name or subject and whether it is relevant for you.

• If you do open an email and realise that it could be potentially dangerous, add the sender to your ‘blocked senders’ list. Do not reply to this email at all

• Do not respond to ANY email that claims to be from your bank. If a bank needs to contact you about your account, they will call you or send you a postal letter

Email Safety

• Ensure you have an anti-virus program that is up to date on the school network and at home.

• If using a public computer, ensure you log out of your email website completely and close the internet browser.

• And finally – that email from Nigeria claiming to give you $1 billion just for the privilege of using your account really is too good to be true! Delete, block and move on

Email Safety

Try keeping up with all of this!!!

In Australia alone, approximately 9.8 million users log in to Facebook every month

61% of these users are deemed to be under the age of 21 years

Relationship Status, Age, Interests, Photos....

These can be fantastic to share...

But ensure you are

sharing responsibly!

The simplicity of Facebook

We are living in a time of Instant Gratification; we want our information provided in a FAST, interactive method that continually gives us a sense of belonging and importance.

Why is Social Networking so popular?

• Include:You will not bully, intimidate, or harass any user.You will not post content that: is hateful, threatening, or pornographic; incites violence; or contains nudity or graphic or gratuitous violence.You will not provide any false personal information on Facebook, or create an account for anyone other than yourself without permission.You will not use Facebook if you are under 13.You will not use Facebook if you are a convicted sex offender.You will not solicit login information or access an account belonging to someone else.

Facebook Terms

• For content that is covered by intellectual property rights, like photos and videos (IP content), you specifically give us the following permission, subject to your privacy and application settings: you grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use any IP content that you post on or in connection with Facebook (IP License).

• When you delete IP content, it is deleted in a manner similar to emptying the recycle bin on a computer. However, you understand that removed content may persist in backup copies for a reasonable period of time (but will not be available to others).

Facebook has the right to....

• How many of our us… our students, actually READ and UNDERSTOOD these terms and conditions before clicking ‘Yes I Accept’????

The question is....

By the way.

YOU ARE NOT FACEBOOK’S CUSTOMER. YOU ARE THE PRODUCT THAT THEY SELL TO THEIR REAL CUSTOMERS – ADVERTISERS.

» Steve Greenberg

Facebook is the digital playground

Facebook is the method in which our students interact 24 hours a day, no matter where they are or what they do. As with an actual playground, the interactions are not always polite.

A few pieces of information for someone to

determine your locality, such as a:

• School

• Workplace

• Distinguishing picture

It only takes....

Social Networking users need to be aware that ANYTHING they write, post, upload or file leaves a DIGITAL IMPRINT in cyberspace. Even deletion of files on Social Networking sites does not mean that it is removed from that site, or that anyone else in the world has already downloaded it.

Permanent Landscape

• 44% of businesses search about someone whose services or advice they require.

• Employers screen job candidates online. 34% are screened due to this information.

If you wouldn’t want it printed in a newspaper...

Don’t put it online!

The Newspaper Rule

A 10 Year Old Explains how to use Facebook

Check your Privacy Settings

• http://mattmckeon.com/facebook-privacy

Having a few staff as friends

• I feel can provide advice if your uploaded photos are inappropriate.

• Instant communication

Groups for student learning

• Won’t allow you to see personal information

• I advise to invite another staff member to be apart of your group.

• Not all students have facebook nor are allowed.

Pages

• Students can like, allowing you to access their personal profiles.

• Not appropriate for educational purposes.

Emails between staff and students

• Is this a form of grooming?

• What is the difference?

Follow people who are experts in their field, learn from others and stay up-to-date with the latest in your field.

There are many social networking sites that now cater for the Education System, that allow for secure networks where school communities can interact on many levels.

Satisfy the Social Network ‘Urge’

So… the best one?

Edmodo• A ‘Facebook’ like social networking tool that

allows classes to act as groups, discussing assignments and issues.

• Completely secure, teacher controls content

• Ability to upload and submit assignments online.

• Provides absent students and teachers the ability to stay in contact.

• Parents can be apart but only see interactions between teacher and their child.

The Sign Up

If you haven’t already, grab an Edmodo account at: http://www.edmodo.com

You can log in on any computer, iPad or iPhone with a free app!

Begin as my student and become a teacher later

Join the ‘electric lambs’ group

with the code:xxxxxx

Lets continue....

More help

Some notes onGetting Started With Edmodo Guide to Explain Edmodo

So… final comments

Strategies

• It makes no sense to teach kids to be safe online by preventing them from being

online. This would be like trying to teach someone to swim on dry land!

Stranger Danger

• This is no different to

stranger danger

How Cybersmart are you?

Technology will not slow down...

If teachers fail to embrace technology, not only are they failing to prepare their students for the future, but they themselves will be left behind in a society that will demand proficiency in technology.

Technology is NOT an option

It is increasingly becoming a NECESSITY.

Educators must be willing to adapt to new and

emerging technologies as much as possible to

ensure that learners are not stifled by a lack of

vision and knowledge.

Technology is NOT an option

• http://www.edudemic.com

• http://www.cybersmart.gov.au

• http://www.staysmartonline.gov.au

Thankyou for coming :)

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