5. Why Social Networking in Ed? Creating Beneficial Digital Footprints Showing students “how to set up or clean up profiles” Communicate with ALL students Communicate with SOME parents Engage using a student technology toy and turning it into a learning tool!
6. More Benefits Online Universities are now offering classes and all materials through facebook, which makes them available to students in all countries, even those without the funding to otherwise receive an education. Teachers are offering extra help and are more available to their students via Facebook and MySpace. Student-teacher relationships can grow even after students have left the classroom. For many students, this means the ability to keep in touch with an important mentor. For at-risk students, online communication can keep them connected via classroom pages and groups led by a teacher during vacations when they would otherwise risk being completely disconnected from the positive influences of school.
8. Concerns with Social Networking in Learning Cyberbullying. Teachers using social networks for their own personal unrelated-to-education uses, and being discovered by their students, inadvertently setting bad examples. The (unfortunately more than) one-in-a-million person giving teachers and social networks a bad name by misusing social networks to connect with their students in inappropriate ways.
25. TWITTER http://twitter.com Informal PD: Network of educators Lkolb Sign up for your own Account Twitter Handbook for Teachers: http://www.scribd.com/doc/14062777 Educators on Twitter:http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pM_ZE5BS0SgqDabnhl8Z2aA
26. TWITTER in Education Twitter Stories by Elementary Students http://twitter.com/manyvoices High School English Teacher’s Office Hours http://twitter.com/MrWilsonBDHS Social Studies: Follow members of Congress https://valtsvirtual.wikispaces.com/American+Government English Twitter Assignment: http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=22572 Gater Radio on Twitter: http://gatorradio.blogspot.com/ 2nd Graders Using Twitter: http://www.clickorlando.com/video/18912902/index.html
27. Twitter Glossery Tweet Reply to (@) Reply to a specific person publicly, put the @before their twitter name Retweet (RT) When you are re-tweeting a message that someone already posted…give them credit. Credit to Original Sender (Via) When you are Retweeting Information from many people, give the originator credit with (via) Direct Message (DM) Send a private message Hashtags (#) For referencing a specific group, organization, class, conference or topic. Makes posts easily searchable.
28. Myths on Social Networking Myth# 1: The sexual abuse of children has jumped, largely because of the surge in Internet predators. Myth #2: Internet predators are a new threat to children. Myth #3: Children should not interact with strangers online because of the potential for abuse. Myth #4: Most Internet predators are pedophiles. Myth #5: Internet predators often use deception to abduct and forcibly rape their victims.
