PDLM Presentation: Teaching Teachers the Right Way to Use Digital Communication with Parents via Social Media

1. Hey y’all! Thanks for joining me.
• PDLM Presentation by: Takiela Langley

2. Etiquette
•Please raise your hand to
answer/ask questions
and wait to be called on.
•Please respond to directives by using
the
appropriate tool (chat board, the talk
button, etc.)

3. Focus Question
•Have you ever had a parent that
you tried to reach out to, but they
never responded to or
acknowledged your attempt?

4. Objective
•Today we are going to learn how to use
social media to communicate professionally
with parents.
•By the end of the workshop, you will be able
to use 2 out of 2 instructor-introduced social
media platforms without help, to send 1
professional message on each platform to 2
of your students' parents.

5. Digital Communication with Parents via Social
Media

6. Watch: https://youtu.be/4F5nlEW4nW4

7. Every teacher understands the importance of
effective parent-teacher communication.

8. Parent Contact
•What percentage of students'
parents were you able to
communicate with in your
class or in one of your classes
this past semester?
•Use the chat board to give
your answer.

9. Contact Method
•How are you currently contacting your
students' parents?
•Use the chat board to give your answer.

10. •I was using Class DoJo.
•Only 13:19 students’ parents
were connected.
•I also used agendas.
•Much less than that
communicated via agenda.

11. Social Media
•How many of you use social media
to contact parents?
•Respond by raising your hand.

12. Molla, Roni. (February 12, 2016). Social Studies: Twitter vs. Facebook. Retrieved from
https://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/articles/2016-02-12/social-studies-comparing-twitter-with-facebook-in-charts

13. What are the Odds?
•1.28 billion people log onto Facebook daily
worldwide
•Twitter Monthly Active Users in the United
States is 70 million
•Chances are, you’ll be able to connect with
a parent via social media, or at least know
that they’ve seen your attempt .
• https://zephoria.com/top-15-valuable-facebook-statistics/
• https://zephoria.com/twitter-statistics-top-ten/

14. Do the Math
•Nearly 9 of 10 — 87 percent — of teachers
have not incorporated social media into
their classrooms, according to a new survey
conducted by Harris Poll on behalf of
the University of Phoenix.
• Bolkan, Joshua. (September 2, 2015). Research: 9 in 10 Teachers Don't Use Social Media in the
Classroom. Retrieved from https://thejournal.com/articles/2015/09/02/research-9-in-10-
teachers-dont-use-social-media-in-the-classroom.aspx

15. Do the Math
•"A lack of tools and training top the list of
educator concerns," according to a news
release.
•"Almost all (95 percent) of K-12 teachers say
they have had some level of training related
to integrating technology in the classroom…
• Bolkan, Joshua. (September 2, 2015). Research: 9 in 10 Teachers Don't Use
Social Media in the Classroom. Retrieved from
https://thejournal.com/articles/2015/09/02/research-9-in-10-teachers-
dont-use-social-media-in-the-classroom.aspx

16. Do the Math
•…however, more than half (62 percent) have
had minimal or no training in the area of
interacting with students and parents
through social media.”
•“Nearly half (48 percent) of K-12 teachers
express the desire to learn more about
integrating technology into the classroom.”
• Bolkan, Joshua. (September 2, 2015). Research: 9 in 10 Teachers Don't Use Social Media in the
Classroom. Retrieved from https://thejournal.com/articles/2015/09/02/research-9-in-10-teachers-
dont-use-social-media-in-the-classroom.aspx

17. •My guess is that
you’re in that
number (the 48%).

18. Amateur or Pro?
•Raise your hand if you don’t
have an active Facebook
account.

19. How to Create a Facebook Profile
Watch: https://youtu.be/vH87SKk_26E

20. How to Send a Private Facebook Message
Watch: https://youtu.be/Wpv0YirvGPE

21. Amateur or Pro?
•Raise your hand if you don’t
have an active Twitter
account.

22. How to Create a Twitter Account
Watch(stop at 3:55): https://youtu.be/0IxbU3rAqkU

23. How to Send a Private Twitter Message
Watch: https://youtu.be/nX9DQ1NaFPo

24. Teacher Concerns
•“A majority [of teachers], 82 percent, also
reported that they worry about conflicts
that may arise from using social media with
students or their parents.”
• Bolkan, Joshua. (September 2, 2015). Research: 9 in 10 Teachers Don't Use Social Media
in the Classroom. Retrieved from https://thejournal.com/articles/2015/09/02/research-
9-in-10-teachers-dont-use-social-media-in-the-classroom.aspx

25. The Right Way
•Part of the concern is the way
that both parties conduct
themselves.
•What are some examples of
professional ways to interact or
speak to parents?
•Raise your hand to contribute

26. Got Questions?

27. Your Turn
•Now set up your professional Twitter
and Facebook, privately message one
parent on each platform, hit send, &
hope for the best.
•Once you’re done, take the
assessment at
https://goo.gl/forms/7dzoO7fYgqbHc
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28. Thanks
•Please take my workshop survey,
https://georgiasouthern.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/for
m/SV_9tnGPajjKyAKYgR.
•Thank you again for participating in my workshop
and I hope you have a wonderful night.