Richland 1 professional development Afternoon Session Vyce Moses-Johnson, M.Ed., M.S. August 14, 2014

Social Media in Education “Do it for the Vine!” Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Vine

Popular Social Media

What do the numbers say? http://goo.gl/489nh1

The Student Support Show Open Floor The Student Support Show

How does this help me? Parental interaction Supplemental information Staying abreast of what’s going on the classroom Effective communication on issues affecting school to home relationships Reference for students, teachers and parents Opens your office beyond the 4 walls

Weebly Education: Create your own Website Adapted by Vyce Moses-Johnson E-mail: alonia.a.johnson@gmail.com Weebly Site: http://aloniamjohnson.weebly.com

Use Weebly Educator Weebly Educator is a free website builder for educators and has multiple uses: Post articles for parents Post student support information Import files Import videos Import pictures Create links to other websites

Create a Free Website in Minutes! Step 1: Go to http://education.weebly.com/ and sign up. You will be asked to create a username, password, and provide an e-mail address

Step 1

Step 2 Step 2: Create a website-click on create a site, name it, and assign a url (Example: www.yourwebsite.weebly.com/)

Step 2: Create Site

Step 2 Continued

Let the Creation Begin! Step 3: Start creating- choose a design (you can change this later and alter the pictures) Step 4: Create your page: click and drag on the elements of your choice to add titles, paragraphs, pictures, video, files, etc.

Step 3: Select a Design

Editing Page

Add Pages Step 5: Add pages and even a blog by clicking on pages and naming them (Example: English 9, English 9 Honors, English 12 Honors, Suggested Sites, Blog)

Manage/Add Pages

Publish Your Site Step 6: Publish your website-click on the orange publish button and save the link, this is the site students will see You can make changes at any time and re-publish your site and instantly see the changes applied to the site

Creation and Publication Complete!

Create a Blog Create a Blog by clicking on “Pages” Click on “New Blog” Post information, discussion questions, etc. You can monitor blog responses before they are displayed online To check Blog responses, follow the same procedure for checking submitted forms

Weebly Support & Info Weebly Demo Weebly Demo 2 Weebly Help About Weebly Weebly Article Weebly Education Sites and Blog

Off-campus productivity When you can’t be in front of your computer, here are some tools you can use to stay in the office loop.

Google calendar

My calendar

Gmail Some outside emails can be added to gmail so that you can receive your work email through your gmail inbox. You can also send mail as your work email but from your gmail account. MUST have a google account to use gmail.

Dropbox http://www.dropbox.com Free account gets your 2gb of storage (refer others and get more or upgrade) Accessible anywhere you have an internet connection Share files on the go with the app

Accessing your favorites any and everywhere: On the go productivity Online Bookmarking Accessing your favorites any and everywhere: On the go productivity

Presentation adapted from Slideshare Delicious Presentation adapted from Slideshare

What does the tool do and how does one find it? To find it you go to www.delicious.com You would use this tool to bookmark your favorite sites. You can use it as social bookmarking. This is a way for you to accumulate, categorize, find, and control all the info you find from web pages.

What are the features of this tool? Save links to your favorite web pages Make your bookmark public or private Share your bookmarks with who you want (users and non- users) View your friends bookmarks and save them to your account Tag specific words in your article Access bookmarks from other people that have the same interests as you Access it anywhere where there is internet

Other benefits of using this tool Great way to keep all of your favorite sites together Use it to discover other interesting bookmarks on the web Share your bookmarks with others Get bookmarks that you like

Benefits (cont.) You can share bookmarks with users and non users by using email and twitter. The search button has improved. Bookmark Add On for different web browsers. You don’t have to be on your computer to access your bookmarks. YES, you can access from any device with an internet connection.

Home Page

Good for Academic purposes Delicious gives you an easier and more organized way to keep your important pages and articles in one place Helps you go to one place when you need to cite the pages you used Good to find information on a specific topic. Share bookmarks with your friends or subscribe to interesting users.

Using this tool in and out of the Classroom Save all your websites in one place for a paper, project, etc. Go to other users tags and bookmarks, you don’t always have to use Google.

Delicious is strictly web based. You do not need to install anything to use Delicious. There are no limitations Unfortunately, no app downloads for it, but can still be used.

Is it easy to set up an account and are there different account levels? Delicious is completely free. Signing up is an easy three step process. Enter details Add buttons to your bookmarks bar Import existing bookmarks to Delicious

Symbaloo user guide

Chapter 1 Create a webmix This is where it all starts. Create your own webmix!! Chapter 1 Create a webmix Save time Organize your online life Never lose your bookmarks Create.

Chapter 2 Create a webmix Created a nice webmix that is interesting for others? Share it!! Chapter 2 Create a webmix Share your webmix easily Inform others Get traffic from Google Share.

(make sure you’re signed in with your account)

Chapter 3 Discover useful webmixes Need information or links on a certain topic? Find it in the Symbaloo Gallery! Chapter 3 Discover useful webmixes Get the best links per topic Get inspired Find useful webmixes Discover.

And it’s NOT impossible! Your Mission… And it’s NOT impossible!

Assignment Create a simple Weebly website. Include contact information, about you, general schedule of your day (if applicable), helpful links or resources, etc. Your page should be “live” in that it changes or is updated regularly. It should be a resource for the entire school year. HINT: Your Symbaloo or Delicious links can be added to your Weebly as an outside link.