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Update Your Status: Social Media for Civic Mindedness
Jason Harshman Brad Maguth The Ohio State University University of Akron
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Overview
• The ways in which social networking platforms have emerged as an important civics space.
• The opportunities and challenges of social studies teachers and students using social networking tools for civic education.
• Instructional resources and tools, based upon teachers’/students’ levels of comfort and access, to use social networks to foster civic mindedness.
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What are social networks?
The practice by which individuals, organizations,
and institutions use the Internet to access and post
information, build relationships, and connect
with other users.
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Social Networking & Civic Information
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Social Networking and Civic Participation
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The Convergence of Social Networking and Civic Education
Civic NetworkingThe use of social media to:• Access civic information
and resources.• Create a civic commons
whereby citizens can share, deliberate, and advocate on important civic issues.
Civic Networking Education
Providing citizens with the opportunity and training to
meaningfully, constructively, and safely use social networking for
civic purposes
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Encountering and Crossing the Digital Divide
Digital Immigrant Digital Native
• Just-in-Time Learning(Collins & Halverson, 2010).
• Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants (Prensky, 2002).
Young people today have grown accustomed to living portions of their life online by shopping, socializing, and learning through technology (Lenhart & Madden, 2005).
Digital Explorer
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Updating our/their “status”• “Youthscapes”
(Maira & Soep, 2005)• NCSS statement on
media literacy• CORE Curriculum• Judging a website by
it’s 21st century cover• Whose voices are
represented in your classroom?
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Social Networking, the Social Studies, and the Story of Missed Opportunity
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E2Ks:
--Students text a code that you create to a neutral number.
--Students never have your number.
--The teacher never has the student’s number.
Why use it:--Pre-program HW reminders.--Remind students about an upcoming test.--Let parents know there is a project due in two days.
remind 101
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John F. Kennedy is preparing to sign the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Wall Photos Flair Boxes John F. Kennedy Logout
View photos of JFK (5)
Send JFK a message
Poke message
Wall Info Photos Boxes
Write something…
Share
Information
Networks:Washington D.C.Birthday:May 29, 1917Political:DemocratReligion:CatholicHometown:Brookline, Mass.
Friends
LBJ Frank Marilyn
Bobby Jackie
John F. Kennedy is preparing to sign the Nuclear Test Ban TreatyOctober 7, 1963
Robert
Bobby Kennedy to John F. Kennedy Have you finalized your plans for the Texas trip?October 1, 1963
John F. Kennedy I can’t believe I had to actually send the National Guard to Alabama just so some kids could go to college!June 11, 1963
John F. Kennedy is so glad we avoided war with the Russians! That Crisis in Cuba had my blood boiling!October 28, 1962
John F. Kennedy hopes everyone realizes how serious I am about putting a man on the moon!!!September 9, 1962
John F. Kennedy wishes the Bay of Pigs invasion had gone better! I think Castro is going to be a major thorn in the side of the U.S.April 17, 1961
Fakebook
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Facebook: Building Civic Connections• Ohio Arts Council• Ohio Council for the Social Studies• Council on World Affairs (Akron, Cleveland,
Columbus)• Cleveland City Club• American Historical Association• World History Association• Ohio Historical Society• New York Times• Washington Post• Huffington Post• Cleveland Plain Dealer• Columbus Dispatch• Toledo Blade• Sandusky Register • Ohio General Assembly Reps:
– Ohio House Standing Committee on Education
– Ohio Senate Standing Committee on Education
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SocrativeThe sky is the limit when it
comes to technology and social studies! “Socrative is a smart student
response system that empowers teachers to engage their classrooms through a series of educational exercises and games via smartphones, laptops, and tablets.”
Teachers have used it for: Exit tickets, checks for understanding, opening class, closure, HW.
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Edmodo
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Online Petitioning
• Change.org• iPetition.com• Signon.com
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iCivics
Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor
Games based platform and civics curriculum to meet students where the are- in the gaming, media, and social networking world.
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Social Media: LinkedIn
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ePals
iEARNTaking it Global
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Digital Immigrant Digital NativeDigital Explorer
Updating (Y)our Status
Fakebook
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Polleverywhere.com(1) Please take out your cell phones.(2) This is a free service that will not result in spam or invasion of privacy.
You will text your responses to: 37607
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Questions & Comments?
• Mr. Jason Harshman The Ohio State University-
• Dr. Brad Maguth University of Akron – [email protected]