Social Media and K-12 Education

A Vision of K-12 Students Today

Because it is part of their daily life...

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Social Media must be integrated

Social media “helps students develop the proficiency to create, critique, manage, analyze, evaluate and synthesize multiple streams of information.”

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Social Media allows students to Connect, Communicate, and Collaborate.

As a Learning Tool...

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For Digital Citizenship...

And Managing one's Digital Footprint

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Social media has to be planned and executed thoughtfully in order to educate students in the appropriate use of social media.

Social Media can be Effective

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Best Practices for Social Media

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Access to technology (computers, mobile devices, Internet) and social media tools is essential for the modern classroom.

Access is Essential

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Social media helps connect students with people, resources and the global community.

To Connect to the Global Community

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Teachers need to create Personal Learning Environments (PLN) using Social Media tools so that they can model their for their students.

Professional Development is Crucial

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To encourage students to communicate (Skype, Twitter, Blog), create (Project Based Learning) and collaborate, using digital and social media tools.

To Enable Teachers as Facilitators

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Innovative design, flexible seating arrangements and varied learning spaces enable student collaboration.

Classroom Design Fosters Collaboration

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But there have been Wrong Turns....

Some teachers view social media tools as a distraction from the classroom learning process.

Barriers to Adoption?

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Some teachers are concerned that student dependence on social media means that they are not developing skills to express themselves in social and professional situations.

Dependence?

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Incidences of bullying and cheating are magnified through social media and need to be monitored to protect the educational community.

Misuse?

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As Well as Clever Uses...

Social Media is an integral part of the learning environment, opening the classroom to the global educational community.

A student led, non-profit organization whose mission is to inspire and educate students and teachers on how to become life-long digital learners in the information age.

iSchool Initiative

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iEARN is the world’s largest non-profit global network

that enables teachers and students to use the Internet to collaborate on projects.

iEarn

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ePals provides global cooperation between schools and individuals through a safe collaborative platform for schools to connect and learn in a protected, project-based learning network.

ePals

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Policies and Legal Issues

Some students use the tools in ways that pit their First Amendment rights against their responsibilities as students in brick-and-mortar schools.

Social media is getting a bad rap..

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Restrictive policies limit student access to Web 2.0 tools because of filter requirements and the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA).

Obstacles and Constraints

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Schools that do not filter are not eligible for eRate funding, and might find themselves open to liability issues.

No Filter = No Funding

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Educators might use new media to enrich the classroom, but there are also accounts of grave student misconduct.

Cyberbullying

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In the Prince George School District, the board is considering a policy that would provide guidelines for the “use and creation” of materials developed by employees and students. Any lessons developed by teachers during the school day using school equipment/software belonged to the school. The board expanded this to include work created for school by teachers on their own time, equipment and software, also belonged to school.

Stifling Creativity?

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Educators need to develop an effective policy of integrating social networking into the classroom.

• Social Media is not going away

• When Kids are engaged they learn better

• Safe Social Media Tools are available and for free

• Replace Online procrastination with social education

• Social Media encourages collaboration

The Case for Social Media

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/05/teachers-comprehensive-guide-to-use-of.html

Overview of Social Media in K-12 Education

2012 Survey of K-12 Educators on Social Networking, Online Communities, and Web 2.0 Tools

The Benefits of Using Social Media in the Classroom

Think Time: Teens and Social Networks

Trillion Dollar Footprint

District Use of Social Networks up 44 Percent over 2 Years

Overview: Resources

ISTE NETS Ten Ways Schools are Using Social Media Effectively Articles and Resources: Social Media in the K-12 Classroom

Social Media for Schools: A Guide to Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest

Edmodo

Edutopia Social Media in Education Resources How Should Social Media be Taught in Schools?

Seven Steps to Bring Social Media To Your Classroom

Best Practices: Resources

27 Ways to Be a 21st Century Teacher Flat Classroom Project How Social Games are Changing the World Speaking up silently, using social media

Social Media for Social Good Infographic

Using Facebook in the Classroom Pew Internet:Social Networking Highlights Innovative Furniture

Best Practices: Resources (cont.)

Pros and Cons of Social Media

Pros and Cons of Social Media in Classrooms

Cyberbullying

Cheating

Social Media and First Amendment Rights

"Wrong Turns": Resources

iSchool Initiative

iEARN (International Education and Resource Network)

ePals

Clever Uses: Resources

Controlling Social Media: Current Policy Trends in K-12 Education

The Teacher’s Guide to Copyright and Fair Use

How to Create Social Media Guidelines for Your School - Edutopia

Social Media Guidelines for Administrators

Social Media Access in K-12 Schools: Intractable Policy

Controversies in an Evolving World

School Board considers copyright policy

Policies and Legal Issues: Resources

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