As school districts explore the use of social computing throughout the school day and as an approach to extend instruction; many educators are making the decision to create a wiki, publish video online, or to participate in blogging, social networking or virtual worlds. Social media guidelines encourage educators to participate in social computing and strive to create an atmosphere of trust and individual accountability. Teachers who must hide their online activity because of nonexistent social media guidelines risk losing their jobs and reputations. A better approach is to collaboratively develop a policy that is acceptable to administrators, school board members, teachers and parents allowing for involvement in the global conversation in which many are contributing.
R U In My Space? Y Have A Social Media Policy Guideline?
NECC 2009
Wednesday, 7/1/2009, 10:30am–11:30am
Teachers blogging and teaching in MySpace. Students collaborating on homework assignments in a chat room or on a wiki. Welcome to social computing.
BECOME MORE INVOLVED!
Provide input - School District X Social Media Guidelines Wiki - Curent Project Page
Join Facebook group Social Media Guidelines for Educators
Leave comments on Social Media Guidelines VoiceThread:
NECC PowerPoint Presentation, July 1, 2009
K-12 Wiki: Social Networking Acceptable Use
The State of Missouri Guidelines for Virtual Communities
Courts Cracking Down on Texting Jurors
Tennessee teen expelled for Facebook posting
Sacked For Calling Job Boring On Facebook
WI Schools Ban Facebook, IM Fraternizing Between Staff, Students
Court Backs Teacher's Firing for Online Chat
Court Rules Against Teacher in MySpace 'Drunken Pirate' Case
Detention for a High School Blog Entry?
Academy of Discovery Online Code
Arapahoe High School Blogging Policy
East Lothian Council Self-publishing and Social Media Guidelines: Pupils
East Lothian CouncilSelf-publishing and Social Media Guidelines: Staff
Goochland Countty Public Schools AUP- Acceptable and Unacceptable Use Policies for Publishing Content
Kennett Consolidated School District AUP - Includes Blogging Policy
Laramie County School District 2 - Safe Blogging Policy
Maine School Admimistration District #22 Weblogs Terms of Use
Social Media Suggestions - St. Vrain Valley School District
Social Media Handbook - Vanderbilt University
techcitizen wiki - includes teacher training outline
Digital Citizenship: A Project-Based Activity - from Greenwich Public Schools
Digital Citizenship Continuum - Living Sky School Division
Digital Citizenship and Creative Content - Teacher's Guide/Free Curriculum
Digizen - website provides information for educators, parents, carers, and young people to strengthen their awareness and understanding of what digital citizenship
What should be done about digital citizenship? - Cool Cat Teacher Blog
Internet Safety & Digital Citizenship - from Wesley Fryer
Digital Citizenship - HSTE Project Digital Citizen Wikispace
Air Force Blog Assessment FlowChart
BBC Editorial Guidelines - Guidance on Personal use of Social Networking and other third party websites
Cisco’s Internet Postings Policy
Dell's Online Communication Policy
DePaul Social Media Guidelines
Harvard Law School Weblogs Terms of Use
IBM Social Computing Guidelines
IBM now has a Virtual World Guidelines
The State of Missouri Guidelines for Virtual Communities
Sun Microsystems Policy on Public Discourse
Yahoo! Employee Blog Guidelines
My delicious bookmarks for social media