True 21st Century College & Career Readiness has to include new literacies such Social Media. Not only can students harm their future higher ed and career opportunities, they could also easily enhance those same opportunities. Part of our new digital profile and resume includes our social media activity. Educators need to train, model, challenge and focus on this literacy.
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Michael W. Niehoff
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Past Region IX ACSA Secondary Principal of the Year
17. Social Media
Literacy
“Social Media Literacy is having the
proficiency to communicate appropriately,
responsibly and to evaluate conversations
critically within the realm
of socially-based technologies.”
- Researcher Karen Tillman
27. –Electronic Communications: Adapting
presentation materials for web-based,
videoconference, and teleconference formats;
tailoring the agenda and content for a
geographically diverse audience; using
social media effectively.
32. • California Education Code §234(b) which ensures
“local educational agencies continue to work to
reduce discrimination, harassment, violence,
intimidation, and bullying”.
• The code now states “bullying, including bullying
committed personally or by means of an electronic
act, which includes the posting of messages on a
social network Internet Website…”.
Bullying and California Ed Code
67. Lessons...
• For example... Create a
hashtag ...
• #FrenchRevolution
• Takes users straight to
“your own space” on
Twitter..this is like having
an on-line class
• Instantly becomes an on-
line threaded discussion
that outlasts the shelf life
of that class that day
68. Surveys and Opinions
without talking to you
• Instant results by favorites and retweets to
your lessons, events and projects
69. Relationships w/students
• 140 characters
does not seem
like a great deal
until you see
them in their
own twitter
world.
• Reciprocity
• Accountability
• What is really
important