This presentation overviews social media outlets used by Chicago Public Schools and how to use social media effectively in the classroom. This presentation occurred at the 2012 CPS Tech Talk Conference.

1. CPS Social Media &
Effective Practices
presented by:
Alex Soble, Social Media Manager
Lisa Perez, Network Library Coordinator
Support webpage: http://goo.gl/T6Hnu

2. Facebook.com/ChicagoPublicSchools

3. @ChiPubSchools

4. #1 Useful resources.

5. #1 Useful resources.
#2 Explaining changes.

6. #1 Useful resources.
#2 Explaining changes.
#3 Untold stories.

24. CEO Brizard

25. CEO Brizard
#CPSchat

26. CEO Brizard
#CPSchat
Mon. 1/30
5:00PM

27. Social media policy FAQs
What are the rules for student-
teacher social media interaction?

28. Social media policy FAQs
What are the rules for student-
teacher social media interaction?
For now, use common sense and
lots of caution.

29. Social media policy FAQs
Can my school have a Facebook
page? Twitter account?

30. Social media policy FAQs
Can my school have a Facebook
page? Twitter account?
Please wait. Soon there will be a
policy & guidelines; it will be
super-kosher.

31. Social media policy FAQs
Is the District going to unblock
Facebook and YouTube?
Stay tuned.

32. SELECT
ANCHOR
COMMON
CORE
STATE
STANDARDS
AND
SOCIAL
MEDIA

33. TWITTER
• No student accounts
• OK to make classroom account
(don’t share password w/others)
140
character  Monitor current events, politics, municipal
MICRO- government, popular culture
BLOGGING!  Communicate with teachers in other schools; create
joint projects
 Tweet from field trips or school events
(no student pics or identifying info)
 Share homework assignments or parent
announcements
 Write a poem collaboratively or with partner classes
 Track hashtags; statistically analyze trending topics
 Partner with classes in other countries; tweet in
foreign languages
 Monitor various professionals for career information
 Create short book reviews
 Art students can create various backgrounds for use
in the class Twitter account page

34. SOCIAL MEDIA
WALLED GARDEN
• Doesn’t require student email
• Doesn’t collect student info
• Doesn’t interface with other social media
• Doesn’t allow outside commenting or
communication with unknown people.

35. Launch new room in
less than one minute
Students need access to computers during class
Back channels give every student a voice
• Get immediate feedback on what students think
• Capture research data from multiple sources
• Access immediate, informal assessment data
• Practice writing in other languages
• Communicate with collaborating classes

36. Set up in less than a minute
Set privacy options
Save revisions
Export in Word, PDF, HTML, or other options
Students need access to computers at some point
Use first names only, no personal contact info, monitor
• Brainstorm ideas, share learning
• Collaborate with other classes
• Access informal, formative assessment
• Show learning over time
• Simulate historical conversations, debate issues
• Plan collectively, write collaboratively

37. Chatzy Chat Rooms
No student accounts needed
Have students use first name only
Non-active rooms disappear after 14 days
• Monitor student comprehension, questions,
& thoughts in a back channel
• Plan research, collaborations, events
• Work synchronously or asynchronously
• Work across multiple classes or with
collaborating classes
• Communicate in other languages
http://www.chatzy.com/19468733819782

38. WALLED GARDEN DIGITAL CREATION SITES – GET
TRAINING HERE

39. Use discussion tabs in Wikispaces to
promote student discussion and
assessment around research &
educational digital artifacts
See
https://sites.google.com/site/cpsedtechportal/wikis
for training on setting up your class wiki
See
http://cpsproflib.wikispaces.com/training for two
more wiki screencast videos

40. iPad Apps

41. PROFESSIONAL
NETWORKING FOR
TEACHERS
Aggregate the blogs of your
subject-matter and
educational leaders on your
computer or phone
Use Tweetdeck, Hootsuite, or
Seesmic to aggregate tweets
on your computer or phone
Follow your subject-matter
and educational leaders
Follow your hashtags including
#edtech, #edchat, #cpstt,
#iste

43. Contact Info
Alex Soble
arsoble@cps.k12.il.us
@alexsoble
773-553-1675
Lisa Perez
leperez1@cps.k12.il.us
@leperez1
773-553-6212