social media for educators-it's what's for breakfast
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How can educators harness the power of social media for their own professional learning and to share the stories of their schools and districts?TRANSCRIPT
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
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/
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/
Ideas For Use…
School/District
Facebook Groups For Schoolshttps://www.facebook.com/about/groups/schools
District YouTube Channelhttp://www.youtube.com/user/WakeCountySchools
Questions?
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Keep In Touch
✤ Steven W. Anderson!
✤ @web20classroom!
✤ about.me/steven.anderson