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Social media in K-12 School Boards
Oct 19, 2014
Nov. 30th 2012 presentation to the Learning Partnership. The focus of the presentation was a review of the process for the development and implementation of the Ottawa Catholic School Board Social Media Policy.
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Ottawa Catholic School Board We Believe!
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November 30th presentation to Learning Partnership – Social Media Policy in K-12 schools
Looking Back
2009
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In order to understand how our Social Media policy came into effect, it is important to look at the policy within the context of the Boards vision of learning in the 21st Century
Research and Environmental Scan
Social Media Policy
was one component of the overall vision of
Learning and teaching in the 21st
Century
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In 2009 a series of consultations took place, and we eliminated our Tech Plan and replaced it with a discussion paper entitled, Towards 2020 Connecting with Our Students – one component of this plan addressed the need for a social media policy, along with other significant changes in the system
Focus on Governance in Original Plan
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Within the BluePrint for Change document – we addressed Governance and highlighted that our current policies and procedures were restrictive and prevented student and staff access to digital resources that had the potential to impact their learning. We agreed to create a policy that would allow staff use of social media for instructional purposes We also highlighted the need to teach students the appropriate use of social media and safe online activity
Activities involved in the 21st Century visioning process
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In order to have a better perspective of the environment within which we launched our social media policy, I’ll highlight some of the activities that took place around that time Early in 2009 we launched pilots on the use of laptops and a wireless learning environment - Running pilots allowed us to gain momentum in the system on the impact of technology on learning - Ran focus groups for feedback visited other Boards to learn from their strategies - what began as a laptop project was changed in scope to a 21st Century Learning Plan to change the focus from technology to a focus on learning - we then began building communities and capacity by introducing SmartBoard and LCD projectors to school teams of English and French teachers working together
Activities involved in the 21st Century visioning process
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Our Draft plan of 21st Century Learning- or our BluePrint for Change was then shared for refinement in an interdepartmental approach, including feedback from our various unions We reviewed what was happening in other provinces, with New Brunswick being a key influencer on our work - We continued to model the use of technology by our senior exec and our principals - We worked with industry vendors like IBM to leverage research and best practices across North America
Activities involved in the 21st Century visioning process
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As we invested more funds on the infrastructure we focused on the skill sets like collaboration that we wanted to develop and how some tools like Google Docs could assist in this process Continued with pilots, smartboards, LCD projectors, Wireless - Continued to gather feedback and build capacity -Created a Board committee for 21st Century Design for our new school - Focus Groups and feedback - Created a demand in the system for more tools and more access
Activities involved in the 21st Century visioning process
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Alignment of projects with Board priorities and cancellation of projects that were not aligned, including a Lead-IT cart project that focused on laptops as opposed to focusing in skills or numeracy or literacy Development of Policy of Social Media was an easy adaptation because it was one of many initiatives all aligned to our BluePrint for Change - Presentations extended to various groups including managers, coordinators, support staff, - 2009/2010 the popularity of iPods was taking off and we were in a great position to take advantage of these tools and promote their use for learning - continued presentations to Parent Councils and Trustees One year after beginning our various initiatives we passed the social media policy
Activities involved in the 21st Century visioning process
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I’m not going to take you through all of the initiatives up to today, but I will share the initial implementation after the social media policy was passed Changed the IT department to Learning Technologies and moved the SO and Coordinator into the Student Success Department so that the focus was on learning and not technology became part of the framework of our Board Priorities, and now it has been changed to Learning in the 21st Century on our board priorities 21st Century Learning Cancelled additional projects that were not aligned - Continued focus on PD - Focus on collaboration skills - Development of new leadership courses focused on 21st Century Learning - Continued training and capacity building cross-curricular
Activities involved in the 21st Century visioning process
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Full system wide PD day focused on 21st Century Learner – and need to have changes in pedagogy Sessions for parents - Strategic planning and alignment of budgets - Trustee retreat with discussions on 21st Century learning and financial pressures - Creation of on-going committee to review and monitor our progress - Moved on to other areas of the BluePrint such as the need to revision school libraries
Policy Approved – April 2010
The Board recognizes the use of electronic social media by staff as a
viable means to involve colleagues,
parents, and students in
academic dialogue.
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Key areas of the polciy
Policy Approved – April 2010
The Board is committed to
supporting staff use of electronic social media to interact
knowledgeably and responsibly via the
Internet.
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Review key areas
Policy Approved – April 2010
The social media policy applies to blogs, personal websites, RSS feeds, postings on wikis and other interactive sites, such as, but not limited to: Facebook, MySpace, Blogger, Twitter, Instant Messaging, and postings on video or picture-sharing sites and elsewhere on the Internet
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Policy applies to multiple areas
Policy Approved – April 2010
The Board recognizes that teachers and other Board employees are role models. Parents entrust educators with the duty to educate their children. The Board recognizes that the use of the Internet and social media has the potential to affect this trust.
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Focus of role models and the potential to be positive or negative impact
Administrative Procedures
Key Area 1: Interactions Representing the Ottawa Catholic School Board
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3 key areas of the policy
Administrative Procedures
Key Area 2: Respect, Privacy, and Confidential Information
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2nd key area is respect, privacy, and confidential information
Administrative Procedures
Key Area 3: Staff-Student Online Correspondence
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3rd area addressed staff and student online correspondence
Support to Schools – Staff Handbook
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Sample handouts for staff handbooks – key points
Student Agenda Book Insert
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3 key areas of the student agenda insert (and school website where agendas no longer exist) Conduct should be similar to face to face Discipline may come from inappropriate postings Not permitted to record video or audio without permission
Parent Newsletter Insert
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Newsletter for parents – advance notice that students could be disciplined
Resources
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I don’t want to inundate you with resources for Social Media but I will submit two recommended resources: 1. EdWeb.net as key online collaboration area with free webinars and collaboration groups that focus on social media
Excellent Resource
Social Media 1. Its Potential for Schools 2. School Safety 3. School Management 4. Enhancing Learning 5. Future Trends
Practical examples and advice, along with links to support materials and resources
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I wish I had this book 2 years ago – it covers all of the questions that we had, and includes excellent resources and samples
Social Media
June 2012 – hired a social media specialist Who uses Social Media: - teachers - students - administrators - trustees - superintendents - support staff - parents … Who doesn’t?
Social Media Active Use in the OCSB
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Examples of our use of social media Our student trustees – facebook, youtube, twitter, - We hired a social media specialist last year -
Sampling of Tweets
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Some examples – Twitter in the system – just a few of the hundreds of examples that could be used
Sampling of Tweets
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Examples of sample Tweets and Facebook
Sampling of Tweets
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Examples of sample tweets
Sampling of Tweets
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Sample of tweets
Thank You
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Happy to answer any questions you may have
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