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  • Facebook Educator Spotlight: Jennifer Ralston

    Teacher  Spotlight:  Jennifer  Ralston     I  know  that  Facebook  can  be  somewhat  controversial,  so  before  I  introduced  it  in  my   classroom,  I  wanted  to  make  sure  that  I  had  the  support  of  my  school  technology  specialist   and  principal.     I  set  up  a  time  to  meet  with  both  my  principal  and  our  technology  specialist  about  setting  up  

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  • Social Media Policy: Ravenscroft School, Raleigh, North Carolina USA

    RAVENSCROFT  SCHOOL    POLICIES  AND  PROCEDURES   DIGITAL  PRIVILIGES  &  RESPONSIBILITIES  MANUAL   INDEX  BY  SECTION     SECTION                   3.01   3.02   3.03   3.04   3.05   3.06   3.07   3.08   3.09   3.10                                                                       POLICY/PROCEDURE   DIGITAL  PRIVILIGES  &  RESPONSIBILITIES  MANUAL    ISSUANCE/UPDATES   DIGITAL  PRIVILIGIES  &  RESPONSIBILITIES    OVERVIEW   EMPLOYEE  RESPONSIB

    Category:Internet & TechnologyReads:117Uploaded:12 / 15 / 2011Add to collection
  • Social Media Policy: Sonoma Country Day School

    Sonoma Country Day School TECHNOLOGY, NETWORK, AND INTERNET USAGE AGREEMENTS For the purpose of this document, “technology” includes the use of any of the following at SCDS: • the school network • the Internet • any sites or software that support learning • any technological devices that belong to the school • any personal technological devices used while on campus (cell phones, iPods, computers, etc.) • • • I will have teacher or staff permission before I use technology. I will follow the scho

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  • Social Media Policy: NSW Department of Education and Training, Sydney, Australia

    Social media guidelines 2011 These social media guidelines promote our employees’ responsible use of social media, in line with the standards set out in the Social Media Policy. They are provided to support staff as they engage in digital media conversations and interactions for official, professional and personal use. Staff within the department have a great deal of experience across a range of education and public policy areas. These voices should be encouraged to engage in the conversations

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  • NBC News Social Media Policy

    NBC News has just released their social media policy for employees. This is a very well written document that may be a good template to help you develop a social media policy for teachers and students at your school.

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  • Facebook 101: How to Report Suicidal Expressions

            Facebook  101:  How  to  Report  Suicidal  Expressions   Earlier  this  week,  Facebook  launched  a  new  initiative  to  augment  its  response  to  potentially   suicidal  members  by  offering  them  the  opportunity  for  a  private  chat  with  a  trained  crisis   representative  from  the  National  Suicide  Prevention  Lifeline.     This  service  will  be  available  

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  • NJEA Social Media Tips

    Here are the New Jersey teacher union’s social media guidelines, which conclude with this advice: “As educators, we are held to higher standards than the rest of the working world. [...] Be safe online and never post anything you wouldn’t want read out loud at a school board meeting.”

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  • Facebook Teacher Spotlight: Sarah Brown Wessling

    Teacher Spotlight: Sarah Brown Wessling “As  educators  and  parents  work  to  learn  more   about  the  ways  in  which  social  networking  sites,   like  Facebook,  can  be  a  catalyst  for  learning  in  the   classroom,  teachers  can  still  use  its  power  of   relevance  to  create  meaningful  experiences  in  the   classroom.     Upon  recently  piloting  a  course  called  Heroic  Me

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  • How Facebook Protects Minors

                  Facebook  101:  How  Facebook  Protects  Minors   In  order  to  be  eligible  to  sign  up  for  Facebook,  people  must  be  13  years  of  age  or  older.  As   you  might  expect,  since  Facebook  is  a  U.S.-­‐based  company,  it  complies  with  United  States   privacy  laws,  including  the  Children’s  Online  Privacy  Protection  Act  (COPPA)   (http:/

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  • Using Facebook in the Classroom

                Using  Social  Media  in  Education   The  proliferation  of  digital,  social  and  mobile  technologies  has  created  a  culture  in  which   youth  participate  more  in  creating  and  sharing  content,  profoundly  changing  the  way   students  communicate,  interact,  and  learn.     In  many  cases  students  spend  as  much  (or  more)  time  online  in  an

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