Kerry Rego, social media consultant, provides information to training teachers and educators on how to incorporate social media and digital skills into the classroom.

1. Social Media
In The Classroom
Kerry Rego Consulting
http://bit.ly/KRCsmclassroom

3. Benefits

4. • Model appropriate behavior
• Professional community of
educators
• Exchange of best practices
• Encourages continuing
education
• Promotion of intercultural
dialogue

5. • Increase communication
opportunities
• Involvement in classroom
• Transparency for schools
and districts

6. • Develop 21st century skills
• Recognize the power of personal
voice
• Extends learning beyond school
day
• Connecting authentically
• Build intellectual skills to
discriminate among info sources
• Learn dangers of revealing
personal information

7. Purpose

8. Establish Your Goals
Engage Parents
Teach Digital Literacy Skills
Connect With Others
Learn More Deeply

9. Choosing a Platform

10. Where Everyone Is On the Social Web
Facebook
1.49b MAU
#2 website
Twitter
316m MAU
500m tweets/day
Instagram
400m MAU
80m photos/day
Youtube
1b users
50% increase YOY
Snapchat
100m MAU
8,796 photos shared/sec
Vine
100m MAU
1B Vine loops a day

11. Ask Yourself These Questions
What are you comfortable with?
Where is the audience you
are trying to reach?
What will work best with
devices and policies?

12. Communication

13. Communication is Key
Tell Your School
Administration
Communicate
With Parents
Know Your
Policies
Clear Learning
Objectives
Hi Mrs. Jones, it’s Mrs. Rego.
Hi.
My daughter really likes
your class. She’s picking
colleges already.
Excellent! She’s doing
well in my class.

14. Culture

15. Establish Culture
Co-Create
Responsibility to Respect
& Protect Others
Determine Messaging
Criteria
Ask Them For
Assistance
Show Consequences
with Data

16. Concerns

17. • Parental pushback
• Separate personal channels
from professional
• Using it as a publishing
platform dilutes the impact
• Legal issues

18. Legal Concerns
The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA - 1998) and the Children’s Internet
Protection Act (CIPA - 2000) set the foundation for understanding the rules and limits for
students utilizing social media in school.
COPPA states that children under age 13 cannot have their personal information collected
without parental consent. Because of this law, Facebook kicks out an estimated 20,000
minors a day. CIPA states that schools must equip their Internet service with appropriate
filtering software to protect students from potentially inappropriate or harmful material.
Along with this, it is encouraged that districts have an “unblocking” procedure to help
students gain access to good content that was inadvertently filtered.

19. Challenges

20. • Hesitation in posting
• Takes lots of time
• Learning curve for teacher
• To follow or not to follow
• Phone distraction & addiction

21. Resources

22. Further Reading
Education Week, Connecting a Classroom: Reflections on Using Social Media With My Students
http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2015/09/09/connecting-a-classroom-reflections-on-using-social.html
Slideshow: Twitter, Instagram, and Blogging in Classroom
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1HW1v0J3mO9nFoSKh14BAiwCpCY-
WZJm1FTFHDFGnG8Q/edit?pli=1#slide=id.p
Slideshow: A Connected Classroom, Social Media in Classroom Reflection
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1D9MePhcGdPXMt6PV5jTGM_mV5gWu1cdRngBqrBNNuM0/edit?pli=1#slide=i
d.g35f391192_00
Parental Permission Slip Example
http://bit.ly/ptpermissions
National Education Association, Social Media Made Simple
http://www.nea.org/tools/53459.htm
Facebook, Teaching Digital Kids
https://www.facebook.com/safety/groups/teachers/
Kerry Rego Educational Pieces
http://bit.ly/KRCdigitalworkforce , http://bit.ly/KRCsolvedigproblem , http://bit.ly/KRCfailingourkids

23. Thank You for Having Me!
707-520-4572
kerry@kerryregoconsulting.com
Social Media Trainer Author & Speaker