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.
Teaching the 21st Century Student Conference
Amarillo, Texas, January 17, 2011
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.
Digizen - website provides information for educators, parents, carers, and young people to strengthen their awareness and understanding of what digital citizenship
Comments (1)
Wesley Fryer said
at 11:29 pm on Jun 30, 2009
Good link to add: http://iste-members.ning.com/group/landl/forum/topics/readers-respond-should-you
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