Local schools teach proper use of Social Media to combat cyberbullying. COLUMBIA, Md - Millions of people use social media every day. It's a time to catch up with friends to see what everyone else is doing. Unfortunately, social media can also be used to hurt others. Christine and David McComas know that all too well after their daughter 15-year-old Grace took her own life. "Even though we supported her and made efforts to have her helped and public entities knew, we were not able to protect her and I think adults really don't get the new nature of cyberbullying. This is what we want to make clear," said Christine McComas, Grace's mother. Administrators at Long Reach High School in Columbia in Howard County try to educate students on the dangers of cyberbullying. Several students say what happens online would not happen in person.
"When you are at home or on the internet you are invisible to other people. "It's kind of a classmate or a peer pressure kind of thing because if you go and tell someone it's like you are weak or why was it that serious? Your Social Media Marketing Plan in 5 Easy Steps. Jasmine Sandler | December 26, 2012 | 30 Comments inShare151 This solid, measurable plan (along with a commitment to developing consistent and valuable content) will help you drive online brand awareness, customer engagement, and audience growth. Many marketers launch their social media programs because they feel they need to and then scramble to understand both how they will make these work and how they will be managed.
Most of them do this with no goal in mind and worse, no understanding of how social media marketing (SMM) works. Many believe that social is the answer to customer acquisition and are short-sided in defining realistic results. Stop chasing your tail in social. SMM Step 1: Create Your Executive Overview Business Plan Spell out your business in a one-pager to realize why you need social: Your Business Mission and HistoryYour Business or Revenue ModelDescriptions of your Products & ServicesDetails of Your Target AudienceReview of Your Current Marketing Efforts Summary. New LinkedIn Endorsements May Benefit College Students. Krista Canfield was surprised to receive a call from a former boss when she had applied for a job at LinkedIn, the professional social network. After all, the boss hadn't been one of the three customary references she had given to the hiring manager.
It turned out that the former boss had shown up as a mutual connection, so the hiring manager decided to check that reference, too. When she explains LinkedIn's new "endorsement" feature, Canfield, now the network's senior manager of corporate communications, points to the old advertising adage: It's much more credible to get customers to endorse a product or service than for the company to praise itself. Particularly in this social media era, the line between self-reported achievements and externally verified skills can be tough to discern. That's where endorsements come in. "What's the next natural thing to do? How teachers use social media in the classroom to beef up instruction. While plenty of their parents might see using social media sites like Twitter, Facebook and blogs as a leisure time activity, students today know better: These days, those web portals can be some of the best places to find information on the subjects they’re covering in school.
In fact, professors have been integrating these tools into their curriculum with positive results. Elizabeth Hilts, an adjunct professor at Fairfield University, is a fan of using a class blog for her freshman and advanced English classes. “I set up class blogs ... these are designed to help students develop their 'writer’s voice' while providing them with an additional outlet for developing their opinions about complex topics in conversation with others,” Hilts says. Dr. Even Pinterest, the photo-sharing creative site, can be a boon for teachers. “Social networking has all the same risks as the traditional online safety risks. Related 21st-century classroom stories on MNN: Teachers & Social Media | Commitment to Learners. Using Social Media In The Classroom For Real-World Learning. Engaging Students Through Social Media by Rob James first appeared on gettingsmart.com; Using Social Media In The Classroom For Real-World Learning Social media has become an essential part of most people’s everyday lives, from checking Facebook and Twitter to posting blogs, Pinterest listings, and uploading YouTube videos.
However, and with smartphones making it easier than ever to spend time on social media networks, in what ways can these networks be leveraged to engage and build a foundation for future student learning? While the potential of distraction is there, the right social media teaching strategies can lead to creative learning, and a productive approach to making social media part of ongoing professional development. For students, social networks arguably provide a mix of creative expression and group work through tasks like contributing to a blog, designing websites, uploading video presentations, and creating Facebook pages for class projects.
References and Further Reading. Essential Social Media Tools for the SLP: A letter from a founding member of the #SLPeeps | Speech Adventures. At the recent ASHA convention, I was proud to volunteer at the Social Medial Learning Center booth. At the booth we talked about why it is imperative SLPs understand and embrace the world of social media that is taking our profession by storm. Whether you want to interact daily or prefer to sit back and read, social media has become an invaluable resource for communicating with colleagues and staying on top of recent research and trends. The Pediastaff booth and Learning Lab were both quite popular at ASHA12 and visitors expressed an interest in learning more that they could take home with them to digest at their leisure. We anticipated that this would be the case, so several of the “#SLPeeps,” together with Heidi Kay at PediaStaff, co-authored and produced a simple e-book that we would like to share with you as a blog hop.
Social Networking…Blogging…iPads…Facebook…Twitter…LinkedIn…These are all common words in society today. Until then…Adventure on! The rest of the series: Like this: UT Twitter feeds provide education, amusement | The Daily Beacon. Fun Resource for Therapy Ideas: Pinterest | ASHAsphere. How to Gather Interview Intel With Social Media. A company you've anxiously been waiting to hear back from has just called to schedule an interview for next week. Immediately, you begin thinking about how you can turn in a stellar interview that will leave them forgetting all other candidates. The fundamentals apply: sharp suit or professional skirt, being on time, calm demeanor. But you'll also need to arrive with a sound idea of what the position entails, what the company stands for, what type of employee it's aiming to hire, internal and industry trends, and any other relevant information about the position and organization you can get your hands on.
That's where a company's social media presence enters the equation. Study up via its LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter pages and you may build a level of knowledge that leaves interviewers thinking you already work there. [See: 10 Wardrobe Musts For Your Next Interview.] LinkedIn Tapping into connections. The value of following a company page. Groups are an informational gold mine. Twitter. Teaching with Social Media. Elizabeth Losh Writing Director, Humanities Core Course , U.C. Irvine Teaching with Social Media: Blogs, Wikis, YouTube, and Second Life Some Statistics about the new "Two Cultures": the Culture of Knowledge and the Culture of Information 83% of adult respondents thought that a twelve-year-old knew more about the Internet than their elected representative in Congress (Zogby 2006) 48% of all children six and under have used a computer, and 30% have played video games (Rideout, Vandewater, and Wartella 2003) 55% of youth 12-17 use social networking sites (Pew 2007) 57% of teens who use the Internet could be considered media creators (Pew 2005), a statistic that may be an undercount, because it does not factor in newer digital forms of expression or those that produce artifacts other than written texts (Jenkins/MacArthur 2006) 71% of students at the University of Minnesota use Wikipedia; 28% cite it (Adams 2006) 36% of students in a U.S.
The Importance of extracurricular writing (Lunsford 2007) Dr. James Michael Nolan: Social Media in the Business of Higher Education. If Social Media were a person, I would have to make her the highest paid employee at Southwestern College. Her job description would be five pages long. Maybe ten. As it is, I am the president of a graduate school, I am in my fifties, and Social Media has become my Swiss Army Knife for doing business in higher education. I am a digital immigrant, and am embarrassed to say I have more often than not gone kicking and screaming into each new social media platform that comes along.
So, about Social Media in higher education... Southwestern College is a small, spiritually-sourced (non-denominational, "Consciousness-based") and fully accredited graduate institution. Over the past two to three years, social media has become a primary tool and strategy for recruitment, for marketing, for development, for public relations, for alumni relations and for moving our unique school toward a "thought leadership" position. The several years prior to our social media launch were disheartening. Essential Social Media Tools for the SLP: A letter from a founding member of the #SLPeeps | Speech Adventures. 10 Ways to Use Pinterest in the Classroom. Due to the popularity of my post Pinterest – Turning Procrastination into Classroom Preparation, I’ve decided to follow up with ways to use Pinterest with students.
When using Pinterest, keep in mind that not all pins are safe and secure, and monitoring will be necessary to ensure students don’t stumble upon inappropriate content. Nonetheless, Pinterest provides some creative opportunities in the classroom, and could be a great method for instruction, collaboration, and classroom projects. Here are 10 ways to use Pinterest with your students, including some example boards online: CLASSROOM MUSIC BOARD – if you ever play music while students work or write, create a board where students can pin their favorite songs and artists so you can use their favorite music in class (remember to check to make sure their suggestions are language and theme appropriate first!)
Hope these 10 ways can help you incorporate Pinterest into your classroom! Like this: Like Loading... Related. 25 Ways Teachers Can Integrate Social Media Into Education.