CPS Social Media & Effective Practices

CPS Social Media & Effective Practices

presented by:Alex Soble, Social Media Manager

Lisa Perez, Network Library Coordinator

Support webpage: http://goo.gl/T6Hnu

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Social media policy FAQs

What are the rules for student-teacher social media interaction?

Social media policy FAQs

What are the rules for student-teacher social media interaction?

For now, use common sense and lots of caution.

Social media policy FAQs

Can my school have a Facebook page? Twitter account?

Social media policy FAQs

Can my school have a Facebook page? Twitter account?

Please wait. Soon there will be a policy & guidelines; it will be super-kosher.

Social media policy FAQs

Is the District going to unblock Facebook and YouTube?

Stay tuned.

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TWITTER

• No student accounts• OK to make classroom account

(don’t share password w/others)

Monitor current events, politics, municipal government, popular culture

Communicate with teachers in other schools; create joint projects

Tweet from field trips or school events (no student pics or identifying info)

Share homework assignments or parent announcements

Write a poem collaboratively or with partner classes Track hashtags; statistically analyze trending topics Partner with classes in other countries; tweet in

foreign languages Monitor various professionals for career information Create short book reviews Art students can create various backgrounds for use

in the class Twitter account page

SOCIAL MEDIA WALLED GARDEN

• Doesn’t require student email• Doesn’t collect student info• Doesn’t interface with other social media• Doesn’t allow outside commenting or

communication with unknown people.

Get atranscript

Students need access to computers during classBack channels give every student a voice

• Get immediate feedback on what students think• Capture research data from multiple sources• Access immediate, informal assessment data• Practice writing in other languages• Communicate with collaborating classes

Launch new room in less than one minute

Set up in less than a minuteSet privacy options

Save revisionsExport in Word, PDF, HTML, or other options

synchronous or

asynchronous

live chat

Students need access to computers at some pointUse first names only, no personal contact info, monitor

• Brainstorm ideas, share learning• Collaborate with other classes• Access informal, formative assessment• Show learning over time• Simulate historical conversations, debate issues• Plan collectively, write collaboratively

http://www.chatzy.com/19468733819782

Chatzy Chat Rooms

No student accounts neededHave students use first name only

Non-active rooms disappear after 14 days

• Monitor student comprehension, questions, & thoughts in a back channel

• Plan research, collaborations, events• Work synchronously or asynchronously• Work across multiple classes or with

collaborating classes• Communicate in other languages

WALLED GARDEN DIGITAL CREATION SITES – GET TRAINING HERE

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Use discussion tabs in Wikispaces to promote student discussion and assessment around research &

educational digital artifacts

See https://sites.google.com/site/cpsedtechportal/wikis for training on setting up your class wiki

Seehttp://cpsproflib.wikispaces.com/training for two

more wiki screencast videos

iPad AppsINTERNATIONAL

NETWORKING

PROFESSIONAL NETWORKING FOR TEACHERS

Use Tweetdeck, Hootsuite, or Seesmic to aggregate tweets on your computer or phone

Follow your subject-matter and educational leaders

Follow your hashtags including #edtech, #edchat, #cpstt, #iste

Aggregate the blogs of your subject-matter and educational leaders on your computer or phone

Contact Info

Alex [email protected]@alexsoble773-553-1675

Lisa [email protected]@leperez1773-553-6212