How can/Should social media be used to help you develop/collaborate/communicate as a professional? What are the critical issues to consider?
After reading the Edweek article titled "My Favorite Teachers Use Social Media" I reflected on the professional benefits of social media. The student in the article explained that the power points that most classroom teachers use are outdated and are one of the main reasons that a student's mind wanders during lecture. I believe that many educators think that social media can help their teaching practices simply by gaining knowledge and sharing ideas with other educators. Based on recent readings, it seems the best use of educator social media is actually to connect and relate to their students. After learning about FlipGrid in 702, I have begun using the website to rave review from my students. I have seen some of my students blossom when expressing ideas that they usually have difficulty sharing in words. As far as critical issues with the school use of social media, I do my very best to make sure school technology such as Google Classroom and Flip Grid are not used beyond their intended use. I try to always turn off the comment sections or freeze a FlipGrid topic to not encourage student use beyond the school day. What would you do if you were to come across an inappropriate post made by one of your students outside of the school. Do you address the post and, if so, how? Whom do you involve in the conversations? What considerations must you make in determining your course of action? When dealing with inappropriate posts outside of school, I believe I would contact my administrator in a similar fashion as Patrick Larkin from the reading on Edtechteacher.org. Communication is key, so I would email the information to my administrator and most likely the school counselor. It is important that any key players are aware of the situation. If the situation was small-scale, I would tell my administrator that I would like to personally speak with my student in hopes that it would be a teachable moment. This could be an opportunity to express and explain about the dangers of social media from a trusted (hopefully) adult. From there I would also contact the parents and share about the experience and next steps. I would then send the administrator and counselor a follow up email explaining how/if the situation was resolved and encourage them to continue the communication if they felt it would be beneficial.
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Evrim
3/8/2020 05:49:08 pm
I agree the powerpoints are usually awful, i usually try to spice them up a lot!
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Jeremy Smith
3/8/2020 08:12:33 pm
Hey Joel,
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Joel
3/9/2020 08:19:42 am
Thanks for the chatter Jeremy. I can show you Flip Grid, there is a teacher account that is very easy to set up. I have found it most valuable for giving students another venue to share their knowledge, especially those who prefer to express themselves orally.
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Tracy Moskowite
3/25/2020 02:22:05 am
Hi Joel,
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