1. Engaging Students with Social Networking/Media Ben Nicely Deep Run High School bjnicely@henrico.k12.va.us http://deeprunwildcats.org/nicely/

2. Kids use technology with content while engaging each other Builds: 1) Team Work 2) Problem Solving Skills 3) Tech Skills Student Engagement- They are already collaborating – Make it about content! Fact: Young adult women ages 18-29 are the power users of social networking; fully 89% of those who are online use the sites overall and 69% do so on an average day Build Social- It’s About Growing Competency

3. Rapid Movement away from cell calls to texts and access to social networking sites with mobile “School is Boring” Make the classroom like their life outside school Know the Kid of Today

4. Social Media – Adapt with it Article- USA today- Social Media finds place in classroom Eric Sheninger -"The Internet as we know it is the 21st century," he says. "It is what these students have known their whole lives. They're connected, they're creating, they're discussing, they're collaborating.“ Videos - http://youtu.be/cLkLQOnQrac http://youtu.be/Zl90Sd9JkMI

5. Community & Collaboration 1) Translate their world of collaboration and community to one you want for your classroom 2) Don't grade discussion board assignments.- “they are places for students to grapple with content and concepts” 3) Allow for space and time in discussion boards and other collaborative spaces- due dates stretched 4) Do many team-building activities online 5)Pick the right tool for the purpose Andrew Miller – Buck Institute for Education- http://ascd.typepad.com/blog/2011/07/building-student-community-and-collaboration-online.html

6. Just 8% of online teens use Twitter Blogging is a 30+ thing While I use my blog site A lot - http://deeprunwildcats.org/nicely/ Students want more ability to interact like they do at home- uploading videos, pics, text like writing Use http://www.twiducate.com/ to get a tweet experience going in a low-key, small group setting – has had server capacity issues Blogging & Tweeting?

7. Sign up as Student Join Group- Henrico Social Studies Teachers Group Id – anrkf6 Practical - Let’s Sign Up- Edmodo.com

8. Students Debate a Prompt Question Students Respond to a Controversial Video Students Upload their audiovisual H21 projects Students Vote on Polls, Follow-up from Blog Comments Students Send Homework Students Practice Good Writing Students have a Library of Resources for Study Students communicate to me How I use it:

9. How to make this practically possible in your classroom? Use Edmodo.com- Video Helps 1) Intro Video 2) 20 Ideas of use 3) HCPS Intro Video

10. Feel free to contact me- Let’s collaborate bjnicely@henrico.k12.va.us http://twitter.com/nicely Thanks for Coming