social media for educators-it's what's for breakfast

App State-Leadership Conference | August 2014

Social Media: It’s Not Just What You Had For Breakfast21st Century Communication Tools For Schools and Educators

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Steven W. Anderson

Teaching, Learning and Relationship Evangelist!

!Educational Social Media Consultant!

!@web20classroom!

!http://blog.web20classroom.org

Resources, Resources, Resourceshttp://bit.ly/appstatesocialmedia

When I Hear Social Media I think…

I currently use social media…

Who Is Using Social Media?

✤ According to a 2013 Pew Internet Survey…!

✤ 72% Of All Internet Users!

✤ Age, Education Level, Annual Household Income or Urbanity had no discernible difference in use. !

http://pewinternet.org/Commentary/2012/March/Pew-Internet-Social-Networking-full-detail.aspx

It’s Not Just Teenagers…

✤ The next highest use amongst all subgroups is Latinos.!

✤ 68% use Social Media of some kind. !

✤ Percentages are slightly higher among native born and English dominate speakers. !

✤ Other Interesting Facts!

✤ Spanish Dominate Speakers: 61%!

✤ Ages 50-64: 55%

What Could They Possible Say?

✤ 128 Million Americans (or 40% of the entire US population) log into Facebook everyday. !

✤ 52.7 Million Americans use Twitter everyday sending 500 Million tweets.!

✤ 25.6 Million Pinterest users with 2.5 Billion monthly page views.!

http://expandedramblings.com/index.php/

http://pennystocks.la/internet-in-real-time/

What About In Schools?

Things To Consider…

Personal Accounts

What’s In A Name? How easy are you to find?

Tell The World Who You AreA little information goes a long way.

How Often Will You Participate?Lurking and Learning

Things To Consider…

School/District Accounts

What do you want to do with this account? What do you hope to accomplish? !What do you want to communicate?

Who Will Be In Charge? Will just one person post? Multiple staff? Students? Parents?

What’s In A Name? How easy are you to find?

Tell The World Who You AreA little information goes a long way.

How Will You Register? Using Your Own Account vs. A “Fake” Account

Will you follow or like anyone? How much will you engage?

What Guidelines Are In Place? http://www.edutopia.org/blog/social-media-guidelines-steven-anderson

Sell YourselfPromote, promote, promote

Ideas For Use…

Personal

It’s All About The Hashtaghttp://blog.web20classroom.org/2013/07/summer-learning-series-its-all-about.html

http://bit.ly/officialchatlist

Google+ Communitieshttp://edtechdev.wordpress.com/2013/11/15/80-educational-google-communities/

edWeb Communities http://edweb.net

Ideas For Use…

School/District

High School Facebook Pagehttp://facebook.com/newmilfordhs

Facebook Groups For Schoolshttps://www.facebook.com/about/groups/schools

School Twitter Feedhttp://twitter.com/knappelementary

District YouTube Channelhttp://www.youtube.com/user/WakeCountySchools

School Instagram Accounthttp://instagram.com/teamanastasis

District Pinterest Accounthttp://www.pinterest.com/apsupdate/

The Relevant Educatorhttp://bit.ly/relevanteducator

Questions?

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Keep In Touch

✤ Steven W. Anderson!

✤ steven.anderson@web20classroom.org!

✤ @web20classroom!

✤ about.me/steven.anderson