1. 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

2. 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

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

4. 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

5. For workshop resources
Bcpsddlpd.pbworks.com
For workshop resources

6. 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.”

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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

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

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

13. 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

14. 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

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

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

17. More Resources
My Social Media for Educators Pinboard: educators/
Social Media for Teachers: educators-matt-davis
Party analogy: really-know-what-social-media-is/
The Barriers to Using Social Media in the Classroom:

18. 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?