Social+Networking+Awareness

Facilitators: Josh Allen ([|Papillion La Vista]) Stan Segal ([|Millard]) Description: This session is targeted at anyone interested in Social Networking including policy, appropriate use, and leveraging this resource for teaching and learning. Talking Points: Cell phones, Internet Ethics, Web Filtering, YouTube, MySpace, Facebook, Student Email, Parental Consent
 * Social Networking Awareness** - Kayser Hall 224

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[|Voice Thread]- Online text and audio presentation system. Students share their lives and the pictures, complete class projects, collaborate...

[|Glogster]- Interactive posters upload instead of cut and paste

Cell Phone- [|Poll Everywhere]- used today to do the polling for this session - First time Josh used this application - nice work

Cell phone use in class - What if they don't all have cell phones - Collaborative groups formed where a student in the group has a phone Will schools be responsible for buying phones for students students to use?

Myspace 1 Facebook-3 Ning-0 Other-1 More than one-5
 * Which Social Network Site do you use:**

Council Bluffs - Filter Blocks set to only block Pornography at the teacher level - Next Great Debate

How do we communicate with parents and get the message out? (Parent Invitation or Open House Nights)** Responsibility and Ethics - Enlighten Parents-
 * Internet Safety Night Focus Discussion

Should Video sharing websites (YouTube, Google Video, Teacher Tube) be blocked at school? Yes - 2 No - 8 Maybe - 6

[|Kick YouTube]- Downloads Video from YouTube directly online [|Tooble] - MAC/PC application loaded to the computer. Used to obtain YouTube and the like video.

Do you have a seperate, Internet-specific acceptable use Policy -Yes 10 - No 1 Working or developing - 6


 * Cell phone in the Classroom** - __Liz Kolbs__ - Great speaker with ideas for using cell phones in the classroom.

=[|From Toy to Tool: Cell Phones in Learning]= Summary: Is it safe to say that we have a ways to go in understanding how to use Social Networking tools in learning. There seems to be a stigma attached to sites like MySpace and FaceBook, that cause us not to look at Wikis and blogs.
 * Please put your thoughts about todays session here. **