Powerpoint presentation used at Making an Impact event on 22 February 2012. #impactbham

1. A Birmingham schools pilot project
to support teachers using social media
to share online safely
SOS Project: Led by Birmingham teachers. Coordinated by Link2ICT. www.bgfl.org/sos

2. Today’s workshop: 2 two simple aims
1. To share with you ...
An outline of the SOS pilot project: using social
media in Birmingham schools.
2. To seek from you ...
Your viewpoint on using social media in your school.
SOS Project: Led by Birmingham teachers. Coordinated by Link2ICT. www.bgfl.org/sos

3. The SOS Project: An outline
Aim
To support B’ham teachers to use social media safely: (corporate,
professional, pedagogical, personal use)
Outcomes
- Plain English Getting Started resources
- Social Media Policy/Framework for pedagogical use
To be hosted at: www.bgfl.org/sos
To be built by: Link2ICT
To be populated by: Project Leaders/facilitators
To be published by: Summer 2012
SOS Project: Led by Birmingham teachers. Coordinated by Link2ICT. www.bgfl.org/sos

4. The SOS Project: An outline 2
Starting point
Twitter, Blogs, Facebook: how to make a simple start and stay safe.
Methodology
Participatory action research including:
- 1. Building a professional learning community
-- share resources, expertise, dialogue, peer support re social media for learning
- 2. Change management
-- Birmingham teachers owning changes in their practice
- 3. Dual focus on social media and esafety
Target audience
Birmingham teachers social media beginners
SOS Project: Led by Birmingham teachers. Coordinated by Link2ICT. www.bgfl.org/sos

5. Project Leaders:
Harriet Breeze ICT Coordinator, Whitehouse Common Primary
Sarah Lucas Teacher :Learning Technologies, The Pines Special School
Steve Philp Deputy Head Teacher, Paganel Primary School
Chris Talbot Numeracy & ICT manager, Broadmeadow Junior School
Project facilitators
Paul Busst Online content manager , Link2ICT
Andy Pyper E-Safety & Info Security Manager, Link2ICT
Chris Seymour-Smith Online curriculum adviser, Link2ICT
SOS Project: Led by Birmingham teachers. Coordinated by Link2ICT. www.bgfl.org/sos

6. What is social media?
A social media online tool is one which allows Web 2.0
behaviour: interacting, sharing and collaborating, –
quickly, easily, cheaply – through a social media
dialogue; creating user-generated content in a virtual
community .
Contrast with Web 1.0 websites offering one-way,
passive viewing of content created by owners of
expertise, knowledge and therefore power.
–ACTIVE – EASY – VOICE – SOCIAL – DIALOGUE
SOS Project: Led by Birmingham teachers. Coordinated by Link2ICT. www.bgfl.org/sos

7. Web 2.0 versus ... ... Web 1.0
How is online Participatory Top-down
info / content Many-many One-many
distributed? Information-sharing Information-broadcasting
How easily High due to: Lower due to:
can I access Interoperable, cheap/free, standalone, expensive,
it? simple technology more technical websites
Can I choose User-centred design Author-led design
how I see it? (personalisable content ) (non-customisable
content)
Who creates User-generated content; ‘Expert’-generated
it? Can be co-created through content; users have no
Do I have a online collaboration and then say
say? shared through interoperable
SM tools
Can I share it? Yes through interoperable SM Not directly.
tools
The numbers Many-many One-many
SOS Project: Led by Birmingham teachers. Coordinated by Link2ICT. www.bgfl.org/sos
Content can go viral quickly Slower, narrower process.

8. What is social media to Kam??
Publisher
Publish
Abi Ellie
Share
Ben Danni
Kam
Converse
SOS Project: Led by Birmingham teachers. Coordinated by Link2ICT. www.bgfl.org/sos

9. SOS Project: Led by Birmingham teachers. Coordinated by Link2ICT. www.bgfl.org/sos

10. SOS Project: Led by Birmingham teachers. Coordinated by Link2ICT. www.bgfl.org/sos

11. Evaluate:
Present /defend opinions:
Make judgments.
Synthesise:
Compile info in a new way
Analyse:
Examine. Infer. Present. Explain.
Can do / apply:
Solve problems: apply knowledge to
new situations.
Understand:
Organise. Compare. Interpret.Describe.
Know:
Recall facts, terms, concepts, answers.

12. “What did ‘”I enjoy learning
I learn?” with my mates
Today I learned technology ..
using how to …”
“Today I learned that…” – Eloise
– Harry
“How do I “I learned with
enjoy
“I enjoyed doing …” (Bobby and Gareth!)
learning?”
…”
“I am a little disappointed
Paganel
with my picture of the
“It doesn’t Primary view because I didn't put
Evaluating
the camera at an angle so
matter if you
Reflecting
blog
I wish I my learning
should of done it
win or lose…” SEAL
Scalextric Day at now so I could of done
– Hannah Paganel Primary better.”
SOS Project: Led by Birmingham teachers. Coordinated by Link2ICT. www.bgfl.org/sos

13. “At school we are learning how to improve are
photographic skills so we can take better
pictures of our scalextric project.
We have been learning that the backgrounds and
foregrounds focus can dramatically improve the
quality of a pictures.
I hope you like the picture below. We did this
with David grange (a professional photographer).”
SOS Project: Led by Birmingham teachers. Coordinated by Link2ICT. www.bgfl.org/sos

14. SOS Project: Led by Birmingham teachers. Coordinated by Link2ICT. www.bgfl.org/sos

15. SOS Project: Led by Birmingham teachers. Coordinated by Link2ICT. www.bgfl.org/sos

16. Thank you for participating
Thank-you for listening!
www.bgfl.org/sos
SOS Project: Led by Birmingham teachers. Coordinated by Link2ICT.
www.bgfl.org/sos