Presentation Materials
Respecting Students and Their Culture
It’s Complicated – dana boyd research
How many connected devices are in your home?
2009 Internet Safety Report – Bullying a bigger concern then sexual predators
From Private to Public
Grades 6-8
(Private/Public)
- Learning about the tech platform
- What work do I want to collect?
- What work shows my thinking?
Grade 9
(Private/Public)
- How do I make a good video?
- How do I write a description for a video I have created?
- How do I write a useful, constructive, public comment?
Grade 10
(Public)
- How do I use social media to spread a message
- How do I use my public and private social media accounts to show who I am and what I’m about
- How do I use social media to connect with meaningful people
Grade 11-12
(Public)
- How do I connect my digital footprint together for others to find easily?
- How and what do I want to be public and searchable?
- How can I make connections with professionals in fields I’m interested in via social networks?
- How can I use connections to prepare for university or the workforce?
Keeping Students Safe and Empowering them in Social Spaces
Reach – Jeff Utecht – FREE Book!
Every Student should have a public blog
Blogs as Web-Based Portfolios PDF
Teacher as connector
Learning with Haley in Bangkok
COETAIL Social Setup
Attorney General’s Report on Cyber Predators
Badges are the future
News and Press about Open Badges (from Open Badges)
- Harvard Business Review: “Four Innovation Trends to Watch in 2013″
- The New York Times: “Show Me Your Badge”
- The Chronicle of Higher Education: “Badges’ Earned Online Pose Challenge to Traditional College Diplomas” and “A Future Full of Badges”
- The Next Web: “Mozilla launches Webmaker Badges…”
- WebProNews: “Mozilla Rewards Digital Literacy With New Webmaker Badges“
The Changing Nature of Communication - Building Your Tribe
Link to Social Media worksheet
Link to Social Media worksheet (docx)
Generational Communication Channels:
65+ = Phone, Facebook
35-65 = Email, Facebook, phone
20-35 = Text, Facebook, Email, phone
10-20 = SnapChat for close friends, Instagram for community, text for parents, Facebook for perfect self
Go Live on YouTube (click on image to enlarge)
Challenge:
Look up your school on YouTube
What type of school are you on YouTube?
If I was a new student to your school what would I think?
If I was a new parent what would I think?
Who’s controlling the information here?
How are you going to use this medium to reach your stakeholders?
- Age 25 to 34, at 29.7% of users, is the most common age demographic.(Source:Emarketer 2012) What this means for you: This is the prime target demographic for many businesses’ marketing efforts, and you have the chance to engage these key consumers on Facebook.
- Highest traffic occurs mid-week between 1 to 3 pm. (Source: Bit.ly blog) On another note, a Facebook post at 7pm will result in more clicks on average than posting at 8pm (Source: Forbes). Go figure. How this can help you: You have the potential to reach more consumers and drive higher traffic to your site during peak usage times, but people may be more likely to be more engaged in the evenings. This statistic may be a factor when you are planning social communication scheduling. (Also consider that Facebook has a global audience, so you may want to plan around the time zone of your key market.)
Challenge:
Look up your school on Facebook
What type of school are you on Facebook?
If I was a new student to your school what would I find?
If I was a new parent what would I find?
Who’s controlling the information here?
Innovation in the Secondary Classroom
INFORMATION LANDSCAPE TODAY
Is Google making us feel smarter?
LET’S SEARCH
Information Landscape Today: Wikipedia
- Use the Talk Page
- Wikipedia’s Good Article criteria
- Wikipedia’s Quality Scale
- Wikipedia pops up in bibliographies, and even college curricula
- Wikipedia better than a history textbook
- Is Wikipedia Really Such a Bad Research Tool for Students?
- Wikipedia is arguably subject to more rigorous review practices than are many scholarly publications.
- Wikipedia Infographic
- WikiWand: Making Wiki more visually appealing
- Wikipedia real time edits
- Wikimedia Foundation
- Getting students started with Wikipedia
- WikiJunior
- Wikibooks
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North Central ESD STEM Conference – Keynote
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The book has something for teachers just ready to dip their toes into the pool of tech-leaning pedagogy as well as those who have been thriving in online spaces for years. The authors consistently push forward an important message: it isn’t the tools, it is all about the intentions.
The extended readings would allow any middle leader to use this text and run a workshop or facilitate a discussion on the go. I’m already tempted to suggest this text for a staff PD book club, and I know the authenticity of the examples would not disappoint.
What I love about the book is that it models ‘voice and choice,’ each chapter, each idea comes with a variety of avenues to pursue–the authors are practicing what they preach. I challenge anyone to finish this book without an abundance of inspiration pushing them to share their copy with a favorite colleague immediately.
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