Presentation focusing on how to

1. Social Media
Employing Tools That Will Change You and
Your Schools
Maine ACTEM
October 13, 2011
Google Doc for today’s session

2. Setting The Stage
Response to a Principal who bans
social media - You Tube Video

3. Burlington High School Mission
Statement

4. If we truly believed these
mission statements we
• show students how to edit their privacy settings and use groups
in Facebook instead of banning online social networks because
they’re ‘dangerous’ and/or ‘frivolous’
• teach students to understand and contribute to the online
information commons rather than ‘just saying no’ to Wikipedia
• put a robust digital learning device into every student’s hands
(or let them bring and use their own) instead of pretending that
we live in a pencil notebook paper and ring binder world
Click here for the complete list from Scott McLeod’s Big Think Blog

5. Some questions for you:
Why is it important for administrators to use
social media?
What impact will it have on their school?
What impact will it have on the teachers?
What impact will it have on students?

6. Why do we need to embrace Social Media?
“To promote student learning through the use of mobile learning
devices and social media in instruction that further prepares
students to be active, constructive participants in the highly
connected world in which they already live and will soon work.."
(From NASSP Position Statement on Using Mobile and Social Technologies
in school) 2011

7. Why do we need to embrace Social Media?
"Students in the 21st century should have experience with and
develop skills around technological tools used in the classroom
and the world around them. Through this they will learn about
technology and learn through technology. In addition, they must be
able to select the most appropriate tools to address particular
needs."
From NCTE's Framework for 21st Century Curriculum and Assessment 2007

8. Why do we need to embrace Social Media?
“Just as media and technology are integrated in school and life in
the twenty-first century, skills related to media use (both critical
analysis and production of media) are integrated throughout the
standards.."
(From Common Core State Standards) 2011

9. How my
Social Media connections impacted BHS
The School That Launched
1,000 iPads - Google Doc

10. Questions????

11. Contact Information:
Patrick Larkin - Principal, Burlington High School
e-mail - larkin@bpsk12.org
blog - Burlinton High School Principal’s Blog
twitter - @bhsprincipal
google voice number - (559) 245-2757