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Creating a Professional Online Presence -- for the K-12 Educator
1. Creating a
Professional
Online Presence
Amanda Clay Powers
Associate Professor
Coordinator of Research Services
Social Media Research Librarian
Mississippi State University Libraries
Sheeji Kathuria
Assistant Professor
Social Sciences Librarian
Mississippi State University Libraries
6. How Do People Use Social Media?
• 74% are using social networking
sites
• 71% Facebook
• 28% Pinterest
• 28% LinkedIn
• 26% Instagram
• 23% Twitter
Pew Internet Social Networking Fact Sheet – September 2014
9. Social Media Policies in Schools
Creating Social Media Guidelines for Educators
Don’t share secrets.
Protect your own privacy.
Be honest.
Respect copyright laws.
Be the first person to admit your mistakes.
Think about the consequences.
Don’t neglect your day job.
Remember that quality matters.
14. Twitter Best Practices
Tweet short and smart for maximum retweetage
Be interesting and build relationships – don’t be a
robot
Retweet and respond to others
Use the right hashtag / Never hijack a trending
tag
Follow people to get noticed and get followers
Cite Your Sources
Keep Your Bio Updated
Create Lists
15. Reasons for Educators to use
Twitter
Communicate and collaborate with stakeholders (students,
staff, families, communities)
Anytime, anywhere professional development!
Create a Personal Learning Network
Setup school and class Twitterfeeds
Free alternative to attending conferences
Need others to inspire and push our thinking!
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/12-reasons-school-district-tweeting-joe-mazza
20. Facebook Tips
Create a public view that works
“Follow” pages to get industry
news
Create Lists
Target your updates
Keep it clean
21. Educators on Facebook
National Educators Association
Association of American Educators
Parent Teacher Association
US Department of Education
26. Customize
Brand Yourself
Create a Custom URL
Add Keywords
Use the Profile Badge
Link to Your Personal Pages
Add to Your Business Card
27. LinkedIn Tips
Completely fill out your profile
Start finding connections
Keep it up-to-date
Make introductions
Join groups
Congratulate and endorse people!
28.
29. Clean it up
Facebook
• Clean up Timeline
• Make Friend Lists
• Adjust Privacy
Settings
• Highlight Experience
• Post Publicly
Twitter
• Make Twitter Private
• Obscure Your
Name/Handle
• Go Through By Tweet
• Create a Professional
Twitter Account
30. You Can Take Advantage
• Be Consistent and Unique in Branding
• Bend Google to Your Will: Try Google+
• Create a Public View on Facebook
• Create a Professional Twitter Account
• Get Your Résumé on LinkedIn
• Get SEO to Work for You
• Be Who YOU Want to Be
31. So What is the Next Step?
Create an online presence that works for
you.
32. Look for Guidance From Your
Profession
Professional Associations
Peers
Education Consultants
Popular Bloggers
33. Then Dig Deeper
• Investigate Your Industry
• Engage on Twitter
• Find Associations on Facebook
• Pick Your Move
• Demonstrate Expertise (blog, website)
• Add Social Media That Works for You
• Network with Classmates and Professionals
(LinkedIn)
http://www.adweek.com/socialtimes/journalists-twitter/486900
36. Today’s Brave New World: You Need
to…
• Learn how to manage your online
information and relationships
• Develop an online identity that works
• Network professionally online
• Find social tools that do good work
for you
37. Amanda Clay Powers
Associate Professor
Head of Research Services
Social Media Research Librarian
Mississippi State University Libraries
apowers@library.msstate.edu
@amandaclay
Sheeji Kathuria
Assistant Professor
Social Sciences Librarian
Mississippi State University Libraries
skathuria@library.msstate.edu
@sheejik
Notes de l'éditeur
LinkedIn sends nearly four times more people to your homepage than Twitter and Facebook
Twitter and Facebook may reign when it comes to social sharing of stories, blog posts, and visual media, but when it comes to direct traffic to your main site, LinkedIn is far and away the No. 1 social referral source.
Econsultancy reported this gap based on a two-year research study involving 2 million monthly visits to 60 corporate websites. LinkedIn’s referrals, which accounted for nearly two-thirds of all social referrals to corporate homepages, nearly quadrupled the second-place Facebook. (https://blog.bufferapp.com/7-vital-statistics-to-help-with-your-linkedin-marketing-strategy)
So remember your boss, work colleagues, and hiring managers can see your most polarizing tweets, even if they aren’t following you. And even if your public Facebook profile looks like Fort Knox, anyone can see images you’re tagged in by using graph search. Typing “photos of person’s name” into the search window reveals hidden pictures. Test it out to see how creepy it is.
twiducate is the perfect solution for elementary and secondary students. Rather than having your students sign up and enter an email address, you sign up and create a class code.; Using this code, your students log in to your class network. Here, they can answer questions, collaborate on problems, and even embed pictures and videos. As a teacher you have full control over the network. You can even add other teachers!
TweenTribune (Smithsonian) It gets students in the news habit and offers a chance for them to comment on the days events. [Stories are selected by professional journalists working closely with teens, tweens and teachers. Teens and tweens can post comments, with all comments moderated by their teachers before they are published. We allow teens and tweens to produce 99 percent of our content as a means of engaging them. More than 100,000 teachers have registered so far.]
Blackboard: course management system; but decision to use is made at the district or school level
NEO LMS: Free CMS (alternative to Blackboard);
Wikispaces Classroom: social writing platform for education; workspace where you and your students can communicate and work on writing projects alone or in teams. Rich assessment tools give you the power to measure student contribution and engagement in real-time.
EdModo: free classroom management system. It includes news feeds, assessment tools, communication capabilities and security features.
Skype: You can host authors, visit science labs or talk to pen pals from across the globe.
MinecraftEDU: This game allows students to collaborative, explore and problem solve all while learning about history, economics, science and math. Teachers can customize it to fit their curriculum.
Sumdog: Gaming site, like flashcards with fun levels and clever characters.
Twitter: GroupTweet allows you to moderate who joins and what gets posted.