6. THE PURPOSE OF EDUCATION?
• To prepare children for citizenship
• To cultivate a skilled workforce
• To teach cultural literacy
• To prepare students for college
• To help students become critical thinkers
• To help students compete in a global
marketplace
14. THE POWER OF MINDSETS
To develop problem-solving and decision-
making skills, which are associated with
“personal control” and a sense of
ownership
15. THE POWER OF MINDSETS
To help children and teens view mistakes as
experiences from which to learn rather than
feel defeated
16. THE POWER OF MINDSETS
To provide children and teens with
opportunities to help others
18. FACEBOOK IN THE CLASSROOM
• Showcase for student projects
• Provide a “window” on the classroom for
parents
• Share events and announcements
19. TWITTER IN THE CLASSROOM
• Tweet in character
• Allow students to participate via Twitter in
class discussions
• Follow news and reaction via Twitter
• BONUS: Twitter will make you a better
writer
20. INSTAGRAM IN THE CLASSROOM
• Record steps in a
science experiment
• Celebrate student work
• Share reading recommendations
• Imagine what a character would post
21. PINTEREST IN THE CLASSROOM
• Follow interesting boards
• Find loads of “printables”
• Look for grade-specific material
• Have students find boards relevant to
class projects
22. BLOGS IN THE CLASSROOM
• Instead of “essays”
• Encourage discussion and debate
• Student portfolios
24. YOUTUBE IN THE CLASSROOM
• Have students create
videos for assignments
• Share educational videos for deeper
exploration
• Create slideshows
25. PODCASTS IN THE CLASSROOM
• Record lectures or presentations
• Interview authors, artists or scientists
• Create radio shows about subject
matter
26. WIKIS IN THE CLASSROOM
• Encourage collaboration
• Create a glossary
• Test preparation
27. SKYPE IN THE CLASSROOM
• Talk to other classrooms
• “Go” on field trips
• Talk to authors
28. CELLPHONES IN THE CLASSROOM
• Reduce absenteeism
• Take photos and record video
• The “flipped” classroom
29. DOES SOCIAL MEDIA HELP?
• To prepare children for citizenship
• To cultivate a skilled workforce
• To teach cultural literacy
• To prepare students for college
• To help students become critical thinkers
• To help students compete in a global
marketplace
30. TAKEAWAYS
Social media can tap into students passionSocial media can tap into students passion
for learningfor learning
Proven track recordProven track record
How can you use social media?How can you use social media?
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George Middle School sits in an urban, mostly poor section of northern Portland, Oregon. 92% of the students there are on free or reduced lunches. The school receives title 1 funding. The school suffers from chronic absenteeism. Students would rather stay in bed than go to a "boring", "loser" school as they described it.
Under the No Child Left Behind act, the school had been labeled a failing school for longer than was permitted by law.
If you were teaching in a low-income school like this, how would you approach it? How would you engage--or re-engage--the natural passion for learning that is in every human being?
I'll share with you what Liz Delmatoff, the school's counselor and 7th grade teacher did. She leveraged social media platforms and the cellphones 75% of the students already owned to engage them.
Under Title 1, the school wasn't allowed to access Facebook or Twitter, because they are considered possible predator hangouts, according to the Children's Internet Protection Act. So instead, Liz went with Edmodo, to use with four classes.
Students began building websites. Writing blog posts. Creating videos. All about their assignments. And not just their regular assignments.
Delmatoff started a program called ExtraSpecial, where students could do extra assignments for no credit. Many of the projects utilized the students' smart phones for taking pictures and capturing video.
With parent's permission, the school would also text chronically tardy students.
What was the outcome?
20% of the students joined ExtraSpecial. Grades went up 50% Absenteeism was reduced by a 3rd, and for the first time in its HISTORY, the school met its adequate yearly progress goal for absenteeism.
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Personal control, sense of ownership, self-discipline, ability to handle and learn from mistakes