Engaging Your School Community Through Social Media

What better way to communicate and engage students, staff, parents, and prospective families than through social media!  Engaging Your School Community Through Social Media suggests ways that we may wish to use school websites, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube to engage with our community.

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/engaging-school-community-social-media-howard-stribbell

How Educators and Schools can make the most out of Google Hang Out

Mary Beth Herz, in her article How Educators and Schools can make the most out of Google Hang Out, explains what a Google Hangout is, how to start one and some of the uses for Primary, Junior and Secondary Classrooms.

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/educators-schools-google-hangouts-mary-beth-hertz

Tweeting the Read-Aloud: Engaging and Motivating Readers

Read-Alouds are an integral part of English Language Instruction.  Monica Burns indicates how teachers can model connectivity and provides engaging and motivating ideas about what teachers and students can tweet about. Read Tweeting the Read-Aloud: Engaging and Motivating Readers.

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/tweeting-the-read-aloud-monica-burns

Differentiation Through Social Media

Edutopia shares 50+ Tools for Differentiating Instruction through Social Media.  This article demonstrates that by examining students readiness, interests and learning profiles we can differentiate instruction using a variety of social media tools. Check out these tools!

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Twitter As a Curation Tool

In Ten Minutes of Connecting, by OSSEMOOC, a summary of of how you can use Twitter as a curation tool is provided below.

http://ossemooc.wordpress.com/2014/11/14/ten-minutes-of-connecting-day-14-twitter-as-a-curation-tool/

Twitter Hashtags in the Classroom

Use hashtags to share and connect with educators around the world.  Twitter Hashtags in the Classroom provides a list of educator hashtags and how to get the most out of them.

http://georgecouros.ca/blog/archives/2609

Facebook-Digital Citizenship Advice

Facebook-Digital Citizenship at the York School provides teachers and parents with advice about the use of Facebook.  Some questions to you may wish to consider are as follows:  Is the child able to withstand taunting?,  Does your child understand how to be safe online? Are you worried your child is not ready for this?, Are you going to supervise their activities?, When should I worry about my child?

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Twitter-Digital Citizenship Advice

Digital Citizenship @the York School provides helpful information for teachers and parents about using Twitter -what are the risks, what is trolling?, are you supervising?, how to talk to the child about concerns?, and when should you be worried about your child?

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8 Tips to Create a Twitter - Driven School Culture

Edutopia share 8 Tips to Create a Twitter-Driven School Culture -support and collaborate with colleagues.

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/create-twitter-driven-school-culture-elana-leoni?crlt_pid=camp.rnl0E25yhoMt

Why Your Whole Staff Should Be On Twitter

Great ideas as to "Why Your Whole Staff Should Be On Twitter" to see how Twitter can bring your school community closer and open up classroom doors to develop stronger relationships.

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/finding_common_ground/2014/10/why_your_whole_staff_should_be_on_twitter.html

Optimal Times to Post on Twitter and Facebook

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5 Ways to Start Connecting Your Classroom

Kathy Cassidy, in her article "5 Ways to Start Connecting Your Classroom" suggests the following:

1.  Join a Project

2.  Get  A Classroom Twitter Account

3.  Start A Classroom Blog

4.  Skype with another Classroom in another Province or Country

5.  Start a Project of your Own

http://kathycassidy.com/2014/06/23/five-ways-to-start-connecting-your-classroom/

Looking for Resources??

Professionally Speaking (June 2014), recommends that you may wish to try some of the following:

http://oct-oeeo.uberflip.com/i/312579

Social Media -Powtoon Video

What is Social Media?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKaZKKnUwrI&feature=em-upload_owner#action=share

Connect, Collaborate and Create with Twitter in the Classroom

The article Connect,Collaborate and Create with Twitter in the Classroom, describes what Twitter looks like in a Grade 2 Classroom, discusses what students Tweet about, connecting Twitter with the curriculum and how to involve parents in the process.

http://etfovoice.ca/article/connect-collaborate-and-create-with-twitter-in-the-classroom/#.UzDLDuBfMGY.twitter

The Role of Social Media in your Online Classroom

As we are beginning to engage some of our students in using Social Media in our classroom, I stumbled upon The Role of Social Media in your Online Classroom and feel that this may be helpful.

http://www.slideshare.net/klehmann/madison-role-ofsocialmedia

Resources and Ideas for Twitter in the Classroom

Thanks, Jen for sharing Resources and Ideas for Twitter in the Classroom. This provides examples of using Twitter in the Primary Grades.

http://mattbgomez.com/resources-and-ideas-for-tweeting-in-primary-grades/

Using Social Media To Teach Visual Literacy in the 21st Century Classroom

Are you using social media in your teaching and learning practice?
Edutopia provides suggestions for Using Social Media To Teach Visual Literacy in the 21st Century Classroom.

Edutopia http://www.edutopia.org/blog/social-media-visual-literacy-classroom-dave-guymon?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=blog-guymon-social-media-vis-literacy-classroom-list-image

5 Ways to get Better at Twitter

http://www.edudemic.com/get-better-at-twitter/

Edudemic suggests that we ditch the egg, manage twitter feed, 'protect' or 'private', it's okay to unfollow, and find some time. See 5 Ways to get Better at Twitter  for details.

Social Media Trends and Predictions for 2014

See 6 Ways Social Media will Change in 2014!

http://www.edudemic.com/social-media-changes/