As you Enter: Post-It! Find each of the three charts on the wall: Instructor Option 1 Find each of the three charts on the wall: Social Media Tools you actively use (personally or professionally) Social Media Tools you believe that students use Social Media Tools you would like to learn more about Use post-its to add your response(s) to each chart One tool per post-it, but you may add more than one post-it per chart

As you Enter: Post-It! URL for PADLET here Instructor Option 2 URL for PADLET here Double-click to create a “post-it” Type your response as the Post title (no names needed for this activity) Add responses to each of the three columns One tool per post-it, but you may add more than one post-it per column

Introduction to Social Media for Educators INSTRUCTOR NAME TITLE & SCHOOL/DEPT

Objectives Participants will: learn about social media as a teaching and professional learning tool define and describe the purpose of social media learn how to leverage social media as a professional learning community understand the importance of digital citizenship explore the basic characteristics of several social media tools

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What is Social Media? Miriam-Webster- “forms of electronic communication through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content.”

BCPS Rules of Thumb for School Administrators Which parts are relevant to you as a teacher?

How can Teachers Use These Tools? Connect: using a tool to communicate information and build relationships with others Collaborate: using a tool to work jointly with others for producing or creating content or knowledge Curate: using a tool to collect, organize, and display digital resources Publish: using a tool to display thoughts, feelings, products, or experiences with others

Explore and Share Connect Collaborate Curate Publish Instructor Option 1 Connect Collaborate Curate Publish Five Categories of Tools: Networking Media Sharing Bookmarking MicroBlogging Publication Table Talk: Use the Quick Start Guide* to examine your table’s assigned category. Use the information provided, your own experiences, and optional hands- on exploration to come up with ideas for educational uses of these tools. Share your ideas on Padlet: padlet.com/INSTRUCTORNAME/_____. * Examples provided are not all inclusive and the categories are not exclusive

Explore and Share Connect Collaborate Curate Publish Instructor Option 2 Connect Collaborate Curate Publish Five Categories of Tools: Networking Media Sharing Bookmarking MicroBlogging Publication Table Talk: Use the Quick Start Guide* to examine your table’s assigned category. Use the information provided, your own experiences, and optional hands-on exploration to come up with ideas for educational uses of these tools. Be prepared to share your ideas with the group. * Examples provided are not all inclusive and the categories are not exclusive

Networking Connect Collaborate Curate Publish First Grade Facebook Facebook for Educators: Facebook 101 collection DDL Edmodo Workshop Wiki & Resources

Media Sharing Connect Collaborate Curate Publish 10 Ways to Use Instagram in the Classroom http://instagram.com/windsormillms Five-Minute Film Festival: Vine and Instagram Video in the Classroom DDL VoiceThread Self-Paced Tutorial

Bookmarking Connect Collaborate Curate Publish Save, Share, and Teach with Diigo Diigo Tutorial Trilogy EduClipper Overview and Reviews Symbaloo Manual DDL Edmodo Workshop Wiki & Resources

Microblogging Connect Collaborate Curate Publish Guide to Using Twitter in your Teaching Practice Twitter for Teachers Twitter for Little Folks 25 Ways to use Twitter in the Classroom

Publishing Connect Collaborate Curate Publish How to Use Blogs in the Classroom DDL Kidblog Workshop Wiki & Resources

Independent Exploration Which one tool would you most like to begin using in your teaching and learning?

More Resources My Social Media for Educators Pinboard: http://www.pinterest.com/thejennzer/social-media-for- educators/ Social Media for Teachers: http://www.edutopia.org/blog/social-media-resources- educators-matt-davis Party analogy: http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottlevy/2013/11/22/do-you- really-know-what-social-media-is/ The Barriers to Using Social Media in the Classroom: http://www.edudemic.com/social-media-in-education-2/

Exit Ticket Email to INSTRUCTOR EMAIL Which one tool would you most like to begin using in your teaching and learning? What educational purpose does that tool fulfill? What next steps do you need to take in order to begin using that tool?