NAEYC: Community Partnerships Barr/ Mascott presentation

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community
partnerships:
Using Technology to
Educate, Inform, and Connect in
the Online Community

Leticia Barr, techsavvymama.com
Amy Mascott, teachmama.com
NAEYC Conference 2011 * Barr/ Mascott * community partnerships

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Leticia Barr
techsavvymama.com
 a DC Metro area mom of 2 elementary aged children
with a background in classroom technology integration
and school administration who uses everything she
learned from teaching children, teachers, and principals
in her current role as social media strategist. She provides
advice about technology for families and internet safety
issues.

 Leticia is an avid user of social networks and can be
found:

 TechSavvyMama.com

 @TechSavvyMama

 Facebook.com/TechSavvyMama


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Amy Mascott
teachmama.com
weteachgroup.com

 a Reading Specialist, freelance writer, former high school English
teacher, and mom of three who resides in the suburbs of DC.
Amy is paving the way for a more modern ‘lifestyle of
learning’, using her powerful online and offline influence to
empower all parents to take a stronger role in supporting their
children’s education by making learning fun and capitalizing on
the learning opportunities in the every day.

 Find Amy at:

 teachmama.com

 weteachgroup.com

 @teachmama

 Facebook.com/teachmama


+ Participants will:

 learn about some available
online resources that teachers
can access and learn to use with
ease

 learn how to use these tools to
build a strong online community
& how to grow and sustain that
Focus: community
This session will provide  learn how to use these tools for
participants with
information about the effective home-school
latest social media tools communication
and how they can be used
in Early Childhood  learn the safest and most ethical
Professional Development ways using these tools
to Educate, Inform, and
Connect in the Online
Community

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quick survey:
Do you. . .
 Use Twitter?

 Use Facebook?

 Use Skype?

 Use Pinterest?

 Particpate in a Ning?

 Write a blog?

 Use a photo-sharing site?

 Use a wiki?


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 Twitter

 Facebook

 Skype

 Pinterest

 Ning

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 Blog
Focus:  Wiki
learn about some  YouTube
available online
 Flickr/ Photobucket/ Picassa
resources that
teachers can use  Linkedin

with ease  Discuss: WHY use them? What is the
benefit?


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quick look: Twitter
 What is it? Tips:

Twitter is a microblogging tool  Follow back the people who are
that allows you to share links and following you
content
 Retweet (RT) the things you find
interesting to engage in dialogue
 Where is it? and build relationships.

http://www.twitter.com  Add a hashtag (#) so your tweets will
come up in searches such as #ece
for early childhood education
 How to use it:
 Create Twitter lists to follow a group
Engage with colleagues by sharing of people
brief snippets of content in 140
characters or less with your  Block and unfollow spam Tweeters
followers. Besides personal
tweets, Twitter users often share  Use the same etiquette you would
use in real life
written content— blog
posts, journal articles, etc.— links to  Use direct message (DM) when
photos, videos, and interesting having a private conversation or
sharing email addresses
content around the web.


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quick look: Facebook
Tips:
 What is it?
Facebook is a social  Check your employer’s social
networking policy.
networking site and service.
 Customize your privacy settings
according to how much information
 Where is it? you want to share and with whom. Err
on the side of caution.
http://www.facebook.com
 Be respectful of student privacy when
posting any class photos visible to
your friends and networks.

 How to use it:  Be mindful of what you post on your
wall.
Besides your personal
 Use private groups to communicate
profile, Facebook can be used with colleagues about school-related
to curate lists of personal issues.
interests, chat with  Create friend lists to organize your
contacts, and join interest relationships .
groups.


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quick look: Skype
Skype is a free internet tool  Be mindful of privacy, safety, and
that facilitates communication security concerns when setting up
through typed chat, audio Skype profiles for students.
voice calls, and video calling.
 Only accept requests from known
individuals as contacts.
 Where is it?
http://www.skype.com  Invest in a dedicated microphone
and webcam if using Skype
frequently.
 How to use it:
Skype can be used as a  Try to eliminate as much
professional development tool background noise as possible.
and a teaching tool. It can be
used to access conference  Conduct a test call to ensure your
computer has a strong connection
presentations or to bring the
classroom to life through live
conversations with experts or
classrooms around the word.

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quick look: Pinterest
Pinterest is a visual pinboard-  Examine other users’ boards
like a bulletin board- that before you start creating your
allows you to bookmark your own, making notes about what
favorite content using images. ideas you think are valuable and
which are not.
 Where is it?  Follow any and all boards that
http://pinterest.com/ interest you.

 Think ‘outside the board’. You can
 How to use it:
pin anything—so create boards of
Pinboards serve as virtual file folders ideas, people, quotes, dreams, less
which can be created to sort photos ons, you name it.
of activities and resources for various
curriculum areas and units. Pinned  Collaborate on boards as a team
items can be pushed to Facebook by inviting friends and colleagues.
and Twitter, allowing your content to
be shared with other educational
communities.

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quick look: Ning
Ning is a platform that can be  Try it out! Apply for a Pearson Ning
used to create social Mini scholarship (<150 members)
networking websites.  http://go.ning.com/pearsonspo
nsorship/
 Where is it?
 Create a focus or vision.
http://ning.com/
 Make it a
personal, welcoming, and
 How to use it: supportive environment.

Ning allows users to create a  Make everyone a stakeholder.
community site with a Delegate.
customized look and feel. Sites
can be developed to engage  Join other Ning groups for ideas
members in rich discussions while and inspiration.
also integrating social
networking tools, photos, and  Use an analytics service from
beginning.
video features.

+  reason for building community- goal

 how to grow the community

 how to sustain community over time

Focus:  Discuss: possible reasons for building
learn how to use online community, how to grow, how
to sustain
these tools to build a
strong online
community & how
to grow and sustain
that community


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Focus: Build Community

1. Choose platform 2. Create
 Forum: Ning, BigTent  Great content is KING!

 Relevant, focused
 Groups:
Yahoo!, Facebook, Skype  Solo or group

 Microblog:
Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr
3. Sustain
 Blog:
Wordpress, Blogger, Type  Editorial calendar
pad,
 Idea of end goal


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Focus: Grow & Sustain

Invite Value
 Friends  Members, Stakeholders

 Colleagues  Content

 Community

 Experts Sustain

 Parents  Keep it fresh, fun

 Online and offline connections


+  keeping it simple (for everyone)

 tutorials, how-to’s

 frequency

 availability

Focus:
 Discuss: barriers to using technology
learn how to use for home-school communication and
these tools for how to overcome
effective home-
school
communication


+  safety first

 privacy settings

 copyrights

 permission

Focus:
 Discuss: policies at participants’
learn the safest and schools, fears, experiences
most ethical ways
using these tools


+ Skype:
resources:  The Complete Educator's Guide to Using
Skype Effectively in the Classroom:
http://theedublogger.com/2011/04/03/the-
Facebook:
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complete-educators-guide-to-using-skype-
effectively-in-the-classroom/
 50 Useful Facebook Tips for Teachers
 Using Skype in the Classroom- An
 http://www.onlinedegree.net/50-useful-facebook- educator's guide to teaching students to
tips-for-teachers/ Skype
 http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2006/10/using-
skype-in-classroom-or-just.html

 The EduSkyper's Phonebook- allows you to
register yourself and your class to connect
Twitter:
with others
 The Beginner's Guide to Twitter- a 20  http://skypeintheclassroom.wordpress.com/2008/10/
minute guide for non-techies 31/lets-build-a-community/

 http://michaelhyatt.com/the-beginners-guide-to-
twitter.html Pinterest:
 A Teacher's Guide to Twitter:  Pinterest for Teachers
 http://onceateacher.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/a-
teachers-guide-to-twitter/
 http://prekinders.com/2011/07/pinterest-
for-teachers/
 4 Ways to use Pinterest in Education:
 http://www.pearsonschoolsystems.com/blo
g/?p=424


+ Ning:

resources:  we teach
 http://weteachgroup.com
 Classroom 2.0
http://www.classroom20.com/
Blogs: 

 Using Ning as a School Social Network
 Edublogs  http://prezi.com/nbuzsh10kv6r/using-ning-as-a-
 http://edublogs.org/ school-social-network/

 9 Killer Ways To Mobilize Action Without
Burning A Hole In Your Wallet
Wikis:  http://about.ning.com/resource-center/best-
practices/social-media-nonprofit-best-practices-
 Wikispaces Content for Teachers grassroots-strategy/
 http://www.wikispaces.com/content/for/teachers

Worthwhile Sites for Educators:
 PBS/ PBS Kids Lab
Online Safety:  http://pbskids.org/lab

 Common Sense Media  PBS Learning Media
 http://www.commonsensemedia.org/  http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/

 Yahoo! Safely  Scholastic Teachers
 http://teacher.scholastic.com/resources-for-
 http://safely.yahoo.com/
teachers/

 UDLinks: android and apple app store


+ Leticia Barr

Next steps: @techsavvymama

• Talk with group here TechSavvyMama.co
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• Connect!
• Action plan – 3 in 1
3 things to do in 1 Amy Mascott
hour upon returning @teachmama
home
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• Continue
conversation
Let us hear from you!
We are happy to help!


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