1. Social Media: Schools in the Digital Age AMLE 2012 Download this presentation: http://leaderssocialmediaguide.blogspot.com http://leaderssocialmediaguide.blogspot.com

2. Presenters Ron Williamson Eastern Michigan University Howard Johnston University of South Florida

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4. Today’s Agenda 1.21 st Century Info Environment 2.21 st Century Learning Skills 3.Social Media Tools and Strategies 4.Personal Professional Development 5.Resources 6.Questions and Discussion

5. As Soon As They Leave School, They Reconnect with the 21 st Century

6. How Well Does a Cell Phone Ban Work? 65% of kids in schools that ban cell phones bring phones every day. 58% have sent at least one text from class. 45% send at least one text a day from class. 65% of all teens have texted from class 25% have made or received a call in class 67% have received a text from their parents during class…and are expected to reply

7. What Digital Native Learners Want No lectures – or very few short ones To be respected, trusted, valued To follow own interests and passions To create – using 21 st Century tools To work with peers – and prevent deadbeats from getting a free ride

8. What Digital Native Learners Want “Just enough, just in time” learning To make decisions and share control Connect with peers in class, in school, around the world To cooperate and compete with each other An education that’s not just relevant, but real Mark Prensky Teaching Digital Natives

9. What Digital Immigrants Prefer To be information source or editor. To be respected. To stimulate student interests. Products meet their standards. Individual effort and attainment. Retaining information for later use; knowing for sake of knowing.

10. What Digital Immigrants Prefer To make decisions and maintain control To control connections with peers in class, in school. To differentiate achievement (e.g., normal curve). Education that’s relevant, if possible; otherwise, relevant to the test.

11. Safety and Security Banning it doesn’t work Recognize that most teens use it responsibly Help students, families and staff know about long-term affects Focus on responsible student use Visit Social Media Guidelines for SchoolsSocial Media Guidelines for Schools

12. Instructional Leadership The belief that social media technology responds to the needs of 21 st century learners The understanding that social media encourages different approaches to teaching and learning, not a standardized approach The courage to give up total control The ego strength needed to look foolish while learning something new The willingness to empower others The commitment to become a co-learner with the faculty

13. The Innovation Adoption Curve Where are you? What are you waiting for?

14. 5 Key Concepts BYOT is the New Normal Banning it doesn’t work; teaching responsible use does. Social Media Technology can be integrated into normal instruction (Old dogs can learn new tricks.) Innovation accelerates with use SMT allows for truly individualized instruction

15. 5 Steps for Getting Started 1.Find a digital native coach/mentor.

16. 5 Steps for Getting Started 1.Find a digital native coach/mentor. 2.Start a Class Blog www.edublogs.org: free, easy to manage, very secure www.edublogs.org www.blogspot.com: largest blog site on Internet, security settings controlled, great for teacher-to-teacher communication. www.blogspot.com http://education.weebly.com: create both a blog and website for your classroom. http://education.weebly.com

17. Start a Blog

19. 5 Steps for Getting Started 1.Find a digital native coach/mentor. 2.Start a Class Blog 3.Try Micro-blogging www.twitter.com: worlds largest microblogging site www.twitter.com “Continuous Conversation” keeps parents and kids informed about class activities Send links to great resources Promote kids’ achievements (anonymous) Ask questions

20. Tweet http://www.emergingedtech.com/2010/02/100-ways-to-teach-with-twitter

21. 5 Steps for Getting Started 1.Find a digital native coach/mentor. 2.Start a Class Blog 3.Try Micro-blogging (Tweeting) 4.Create your own resource bank with RSS RSS: Your own customized professional learning library www.google/reader: one of many, but very easy to use www.google/reader

22. RSS Feed: Google Reader

23. 5 Steps for Getting Started 1.Find a digital native coach/mentor. 2.Start a Class Blog 3.Try Micro-blogging (Tweeting) 4.Create your own resource bank with RSS 5.Integrate AV Material and Resources www.skype.com: bring experts to class www.skype.com www.Teachertube.com: video library www.Teachertube.com www.ted.org: ideas worth sharing www.ted.org http://www.apple.com/education/itunes-u: vast collection of podcasts http://www.apple.com/education/itunes-u http://www.khanacademy.org “learn almost anything for free” http://www.khanacademy.org

24. Podcasts http://www.apple.com/education/itunes-u/

25. Podcasts http://www.apple.com/education/itunes-u/

26. What’s Coming Convergence: iPhone, iPad, etc. Portability: handheld dominates (iPad mini) App-Based: disappearance of urls (Windows 8) Mashups: blended apps (http://www.googlelittrips.org/)http://www.googlelittrips.org/ Creative Commons: evolving copyright laws The Cloud: It’s everywhere “It’s no longer about software & storage, it’s about bandwidth and processor speed.”

27. Keeping Current 1.www.eschoolnews.com – daily digital newswww.eschoolnews.com 2.www.edutopia.org – instructional innovationswww.edutopia.org 3.www.techlearning.com – best practices, blogs, etc.www.techlearning.com 4.www.classroom20.com – a community of teachers using technology effectivelywww.classroom20.com 5.http://:leaderssocialmediaguide.blogspot.com: Ron and Howard’s technology blog.http://:leaderssocialmediaguide.blogspot.com