Room: 106B Presenters: Laura Bear & Alex Nagy, Hempfield Audience: K-6 Description: Participants will learn how social media like Facebook and Twitter can be used to connect with families. Facebook and Twitter accounts can be linked to class blogs and offer families a choice in how they receive classroom news and special events. Students compose Tweets each day to share learning which excites them, or events which they think are important. Teaching Toddlers to Tweet: Introducing Social Media to Elementary Students Excerpt from article link above: I have worked with and spoken to dozens of educators who strongly feel that engaging in social media is irrelevant for them because of their students' age. These are wonderful elementary school teachers who value effective technology integration, yet when it comes to social media, concerns include:
Students already have enough screen time.
Students need to be able to communicate in person.
Students don't need to know about social media at this point -- it isn't age appropriate.
If we honestly think about it, we were all taught the "social media" of our time in early elementary school. Remember the friendly letter? How about thank you notes? Telephone etiquette? In early grades, none of us were expected to master these skills independently, but they were integrated into our curriculum so that effective social behavior could be modeled at a young age.
Presenters:
Laura Bear & Alex Nagy, Hempfield
Audience: K-6
Description:
Participants will learn how social media like Facebook and Twitter can be used to connect with families. Facebook and Twitter accounts can be linked to class blogs and offer families a choice in how they receive classroom news and special events. Students compose Tweets each day to share learning which excites them, or events which they think are important.
Teaching Toddlers to Tweet: Introducing Social Media to Elementary Students
Excerpt from article link above:
I have worked with and spoken to dozens of educators who strongly feel that engaging in social media is irrelevant for them because of their students' age. These are wonderful elementary school teachers who value effective technology integration, yet when it comes to social media, concerns include:
If we honestly think about it, we were all taught the "social media" of our time in early elementary school. Remember the friendly letter? How about thank you notes? Telephone etiquette? In early grades, none of us were expected to master these skills independently, but they were integrated into our curriculum so that effective social behavior could be modeled at a young age.
http://einstein.hempfieldsd.org/beargrade2/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/CES-Mrs-Bears-2nd-Grade-Class/160944557445519?ref=hl
https://twitter.com/mrsbear3
https://www.facebook.com/pages/CES-Mrs-Fitzgeralds-2nd-Grade-Class/439972012779106
https://twitter.com/cesfitzgerald
Sites offering information/support for Twitter (**I found these sites when preparing for this presentation!):
http://edtechreview.in/news/news/trends-insights/insights/578-tips-for-teachers-to-use-twitter-in-elementary-classrooms
http://twitter4teachers.pbworks.com/w/page/22554523/Elementary%20Teachers
https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2013/06/20/twitter-in-the-classroom/
http://www.essentialschools.org/resources/451
Support for using Facebook:
http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2010/07/8-real-ways-facebook-enriched-ms.html