socialmedia4school - home

<h1>Welcome to Social Media 4 Schools</h1>
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<h2>What is social media?</h2>
 My favorite definition is from the <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2008/09/25/the-definition-of-social-media/" rel="nofollow">Duct Tape Marketing Blog</a>:<br />
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<span style="color: #0f0fb8; font-size: 150%;"><em>the use of technology combined with social interaction to create or co-create value</em></span><br />
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<h2>Why use social media in school?</h2>
 <ol><li>It is fast becoming the primary way people communicate and participate in a global society and economy</li><li>To communicate more effectively with parents and students</li><li>To help create a positive, collaborative community within school and with the community</li></ol><br />
<h2>How to use social media in school?</h2>
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The &quot;Walled Garden&quot; for teachers<br />
<ul><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://middletrojan.ning.com/" rel="nofollow">Middle Trojan Ning</a> -- The virtual HMS faculty lounge designed to foster the school's Professional Learning Community</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://grou.ps/middletrojan/home" rel="nofollow">Middle Trojan Grou.ps</a> -- This is the new Middle Trojan site</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://dtsdapache.hershey.k12.pa.us/c3e3/classroomstrategies/" rel="nofollow">Professional Dialogue Blog</a> -- This is a blog for my Professional Dialogue group to post reflections from books we are reading</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.classroom20.com/" rel="nofollow">Classroom 2.0</a> -- A huge social network with thousands of educators worldwide</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://paeducators.ning.com/" rel="nofollow">PA Educators</a> -- Similar to Classroom 2.0, but for Pennsylvania teachers</li></ul><br />
The &quot;Walled Garden&quot; for students<br />
<ul><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://hmsicitizen.ning.com/" rel="nofollow">iCitizen</a> -- a learning network for students in my class to explore their civic voice</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.coveritlive.com/index.php" rel="nofollow">Coveritlive</a> -- create synchronous live events for students: ex--evening study sessions, backchannel chat during class event</li></ul><br />
Communicate with parents<br />
<ul><li><a class="wiki_link" href="https://hmsteamandromeda.wikispaces.com/home">Team Andromeda wiki</a></li><li>Twitter -- See the following Twitter feeds: <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://twitter.com/mrtitzel" rel="nofollow">mrtitzel</a> &amp; <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://twitter.com/classupdate" rel="nofollow">ClassUpdate</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://dtsdapache.hershey.k12.pa.us/c3e3/amcultclassblog/" rel="nofollow">Viva la Historia</a> -- my class blog</li></ul><br />
Student communication and collaboration<br />
<ul><li><a class="wiki_link" href="https://andromedastudyhall.wikispaces.com/home">Study Hall wiki &gt; </a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://ed.voicethread.com/#u931996" rel="nofollow">Voicethread Projects &gt; </a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.vimeo.com/mistertitzel/videos" rel="nofollow">Vimeo</a> video sharing -- I primarily use this site to create embeddable videos that I can place in my blogs and wikis</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://drop.io/" rel="nofollow">Drop.io</a> -- Great for students to share photos, documents, etc... Students took pictures on a field trip and posted to <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://drop.io/3hmsgburg" rel="nofollow">THIS</a> drop.io drop site</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.edmodo.com/home/" rel="nofollow">Edmodo</a></li></ul><br />
Professional development--develop a Personal Learning Network<br />
<ul><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://amcult20.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">American Cultures 2.0</a></li><li>Twitter -- See my PLN Twitter feed:<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://twitter.com/titzel" rel="nofollow"> titzel</a></li><li>Check out the &quot;Walled Garden&quot; for teachers sites from above</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://delicious.com/atitzel" rel="nofollow">Delicious</a> and/or <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.diigo.com/index" rel="nofollow">Diigo</a> social bookmarking sites</li></ul>