#Edtechchat focuses on Education Technology. Co-founder Tom Murray says #edtechchat "connects us professionally with inspiring educators from all over the world, all of who encourage us to be better every day for the children and families we serve.”
George Sorrells. Tech Director coming to you tonight from the woods in Central Wisconsin where I was putting bear bait out in the middle of a swamp! #edtechchat
A1: Twitter, IG, Voxer, Snapchat - it depends on the purpose/goal - for example I have a personal IG account for family/friends and another one for my lifestyle account. #edtechchat
A1: I use Twitter and Instagram for professional use. I also have Facebook for personal. I think Twitter and Instagram are good platforms for sharing ideas with other teachers and helping myself grow professionally. #edtechchat
A1: I use Facebook and Instagram for personal use. For professional use, I use Twitter because there are so many inspirational teachers to follow on here. I also love hearing other's thoughts and ideas during twitter chats. #edtechchat
A1 Twitter and LinkedIn professionally because I can build a network of people I can learn from. Personally I let my wife Facebook enough for two and inform me. #edtechchat
A1: Professional - Linkedin, Slack, Voxer, Mix Instagram, Twitter, Facebook - need to do a bit more separation on some! Some started as experiments, and some have just blended due to contacts and family #edtechchat
A1: I use quite a few...Twitter being my fave with Instagram coming in a close second...Facebook keeps up w/people 4 me...Snapchat and LinkedIn kind of get the leftover time...my #r12digin team is patiently waiting for me to get better with Voxer! #Edtechchat
A1: I use Twitter and Instagram for my school so I can curate my school’s story. I use Instagram for personal use to keep up with news, pop culture, etc. #edtechchat
A1 Social media is for me separated but blended together
I us @Twitter for my #PLN and #PD opportunities @instagram for personal, school, and professional reasons, @facebookedu for professional collaboration @facebook for personal reasons & to connect with community
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A1: I typically divide my social media platforms into two categories: personal/family, and professional. Facebook is family and select group. Twitter is professional; helps as my PLN. Love the chats like #edtechchat and #caedchat Then I monitor LinkedIn and Google Plus
I have been trying to do some PD with @mrnesi and @HouseofEdTech but I am getting swamped at work - we have an #edtechchat channel - I should do more there!
I use @voxer for book studies, my PLN, with my Spanish students for #pbl and also on field trips, so many uses. Sorry Alex, I answered your question ;) #edtechchat
I have trouble with too much political though on Facebook so I hear you. I also know this is only place I see what’s happening with a few family and friends. #edtechchat
In service started today - new employee starts tomorrow - tech training in the morning - what could go wrong - oh yeah, the HVAC for the servers could break! #truestory#edtechchat
A1 A bit of everything! I love fb, and my friends don’t plaster dirty laundry or too much political info. Just started using Twitter more bc I realized it helps with PD #edtechchat
A2: my personal @instagram is private b/c I have pics of family and friends on it...my other IG account is open...if it's professional, it's open, if it's personal, it's private... #edtechchat
A2: FB is limited to family and friends while I am rather public on Twitter and Instagram. I ensure everything I post is an honest reflection of who I am and what I stand for! #edtechchat
A2: Nope, I am who I am..my followers know that I love to eat, read & have a passion for edu...this is what my posts are abt. There are sometimes that I will share pop culture or something political, but I try to keep it tasteful as if we were in f2f convo. #edtechchat
A2 I like to be in control of who follows me and who I follow. I set my Twitter to public because I enjoy finding information and connecting with #PLN members but I like Instagram and Facebook to remain private so I can filter followers and comments #edtechchat
A2. Twitter is wide open so that I can make connections, and others can find me. Facebook is filtered, and little is made public. As a teacher & with other responsibilities, it's not always possible to be completely open to the public.
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A2 Some of both. My Facebook has a list of all friends I met through work. I can post to everyone, or everyone but work acquaintances. #edtechchat I never post anything questionable or unprofessional, but this way, I can keep my personal life more separate.
A2: All of my personal accounts have been private, even before I became a teacher. Nothing to hide but I like how I am able to control who gets to see my personal life. #edtechchat
I think it depends on the purpose...for example, I don't want just anybody to be able to view pics of my niece and nephew...I only add ppl I trust and know on my personal IG account...maybe I'm just being overprotective lol :) #edtechchat
A1: Twitter, Instagram, & Facebook professionally & IG & FB personal. Twitter has been the best for me to connect with educators around the world & really changed me & my teaching. #edtechchat
Well - there are many, many levels of privacy and security. Things like FB aren't going to be reliably private, but things like email may be. #EdTechChat
A2: Yes my instagram and FB are private. One b/c I want a social life and believe I deserve one and the other because I have had a facebook page since Freshman year in college. Memories matter #edtechchat
A2: I try to limit most personal stuff to private, but for the most part am open about my own #edtech#makerdad journey - trying to find the right balance of private and public overall #edtechchat
Hi, joining from Connecticut.
A2) I figure the point of social media is to be social, so they're public. Of course, it's only Twitter where you must opt out of being public; on others, peeps often have to follow you to see what you post (depending on your settings). #EdTechChat
A2: I made a decision some time ago that I wanted a private life separate from my professional life. Use @facebook for family & friends. Use @Twitter & @LinkedIn for professional. Short, sweet and targeted. Avoid politics on social media. @instagram is a mix. #edtechchat
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Mine have kind of merged, where there's a little bit of professional on everything. But Facebook leans more personal and obviously LinkedIn is almost entirely professional. #EdTechChat A1
A2 Yes. Expectations of audience different, while (this) user may remain the same. Pic. and personals expected for Facebook. For Twitter expected to share PD #edtechchat
A3: We used to have our elementary teachers tweet from their classes but don't do that anymore. The general rule is no photos + names used together. Personally, not stopped but not encouraged to use social media, either. #EdTechChat
A1) Twitter No. 1, then Facebook (because "everybody's there," except for actual kids), Instagram to capture moments, LinkedIn for professional... and a couple for pure communication such as Voxer. Snapchat and Pinterest have been idle. #EdTechChat
email private? I've been doing this a long time, and there is no way I consider any email private - maybe with encryption, but sometimes not even then - #seentoomuch#edtechchat
A3: Yes, Ts need to know that nothing is private; they are responsible and liable for any negative comments made - I have stressed that so many times when delivering workshops to Ts (and Ss). #edtechchat
A2: Our district is all for promoting PD and classrooms on Twitter. I haven’t really seen much outside of common sense and ethics training about social media rules. #edtechchat
A3 Our school has some guidelines and expectations of behavior for faculty regarding social media and students. A new addition to the conversation for this year is texting. #edtechchat
A3 yes and yes. Suggested: no following or friending students. We have a list of “do not post” students that we can’t share about on social media due to parents request from form fill out each year #edtechchat
A3: my principals always used lines like “use at your own risk” when it came to social media. But I don’t think that is a viable stance when citizenship is IRL and on the web. #edtechchat
A3: many Ts have a class Twitter account to share the learning that is happening but we encourage them to block out faces and limit information - #edtechchat
A3 We don't have written rules but understood rules of being respectful responsible and staying out of controversy when it comes to discussing what's happening in our school district or in classrooms We have media releases that help with posting student pictures #edtechchat
A3: Our teacher professional organization has a completely policy on teacher social media use, which I guess provides us all with guidance.
https://t.co/K0NyZJhImw#edtechchat
Recently heard the statement, imagine that whatever you are sending in a message, or tweet is going to your whole community, makes you stop and think #edtechchat
A3 Your accounts are yours providing you are not a headliner, but any brand related reference is proprietary. Never post a branded post that is not vetted. #Edtechchat
A3. We have a fairly liberal social media policy. However, I gotta be honest, my love affair with social media is ending due to privacy & access issues. #edtechchat
An interesting read somewhat related to this evening's #edtechchat What do we model? What are the unwritten rules for social media? Rules for Social Media, Created by Kids https://t.co/bDXVZ678gf
Thanks for sharing this...we are doing a digital citizenship focus for the month of September, but we want to come at it from the possible, not the don'ts #r12digin#edtechchat
A3 There are rules in our district for use both at and away from school. Most of the rules involve ethics and privacy issues. I personally think if folks would just use some common sense, they’d stay clear of most trouble. #novelidea#edtechchat
A3. We follow as educators a code of ethics, includes guidelines on ACTIONs, online or F2F, on how we treat our students and each other. #edtechchat District and state policies do address this. It's not about the #edtech but instead how we use tech. Online footprint matters.
Yes, most Ts in my district have their own classroom account and some come up with their own hashtag - many Ts either block out faces or ensure they are not in the pic in the 1st place #edtechchat
Our district runs a very tight ship when it comes to social media. Now, if a school has an official account, they can tweet photos (depending on permissions, backs of heads, etc.) but never from personal accounts. #edtechchat
A4: I can't say I've really failed, but I have definitely seen my use of certain platforms change over time, specifically Twitter. I am much quieter on social media than I ever was in my past. #EdTechChat
A4: I too am much quieter on social media than I was in the past. If that's a fail, than so be it. I don't see @twitter as the Great Equalizer as others claim. #echochamber@heyheyman#EdTechChat
A4 Many SM fails including: location tracking, spamming and phishing, failed filters, trolls, and bots. The more you know the better you are able to discern the questionable. Ask @s_bearden and @julnilsmith#edtechchat
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@ajpodchaski, @s_bearden, @julnilsmith
It is only during school hours. (7:30-3:00) but yes, nobody in the district should be on social media while at school. Many of our teachers share on social media after school hours! #edtechchat
Exactly. Makes zero sense to restrict it in school and then leave kids totally on their own. It's kind of an abdication of the teaching that schools exist to do. I feel so strongly about this. #DigCit#EdTechChat
I am sure they are not constantly tracking but it would be an issue if they found something. It is probably very unlikely but I like to stay on the safe side. #edtechchat
A4 My biggest failure is not spelling things correctly on Twitter, posting something, then feeling extreme shame after someone clicks like before you have a chance to delete and repost correctly! #edtechchat
I get that there might not be a lot of time in the school day, but that's where you can actually model it. Kids could access after hours too ... but the key there is "access." #EdTechChat
A4. Our district releases cover district accounts. Ts can do personalized classroom forms for parents to sign if they want to use class social media. I don’t think personal social media use is good practice. #edtechchat
A4: I find that says more of the evaluator. People should be judged like we do with our students. Most recent & most consistent. We are not one episode, but a growing picture not defined by one single action.
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A4. Biggest fail, failing to communicate effectively,concisely,spell check, use of imagery, considering audience's needs & experience. Not only sharing, but also listening. A 2 way process & audiences have lots of information and communication coming at them #edtechchat
They should be...most can be found on the district's website...and some districts don't have any formal policies, which is a problem too....I'd be asking your child's school about these policies and if there aren't any, I'd be going directly to the district #edtechchat
A4: Probably just being able to manage it all & knowing what to focus on to make the most of my time on it. Otherwise it's been an amazing past year of learning & connecting to the world! #edtechchat
A3: my principals always used lines like “use at your own risk” when it came to social media. But I don’t think that is a viable stance when citizenship is IRL and on the web. #edtechchat
A4 Not a fail, but I hate that I cannot comment on anything public on fb that the community in which I teach might be opposed to. I wish I could comment without those posts ending up on friends’ timelines. #edtechchat
A5: My biggest fear is oversharing. Is what I am sharing high quality and does it add value or a unique perspective? If not, why share? My goal is to speak less but speak deeper. #EdTechChat
If one is worried about one's digital foot print, what's the likelihood that that will balance out for future generations who grow up with it. As long as the media presence shows growth or is explainable, or something like that #edtechchat
A4: using #socialmedia in the classroom has its pros but Ts MUST be aware of the policies of each of the platforms; for example, on Twitter you have to be 14 to create an account (grade 8 and up)...read policies before you integrate! #edtechchat
Depends on what you are speaking of in terms of a higher standard - should we resort to name calling - no - but can we have a real debate about a hot topic - not sure - #contextmatters#tweetsstandalone#edtechchat
A5 Fear? No, if filters hold true. Concern? Communicating what is intended. Not allowing misunderstanding to skew communication. And making the right choice about when to speak. #edtechchat
A5: Biggest fear is that someone will hack my account and post things on my behalf. I saw students who were victims of cyber bullying/attacks and it was frightening #EdTechChat
Thanks. I could peruse the websites more.
I care more about the overall philosophy than the rules. Are they open-minded when it comes to digital sharing? Is it encouraged? Though I usually can tell based on how much the school and teachers are actually on! #EdTechChat
A5. When teaching students to use social media, it is sometime scary to trust that they will use it appropriately. That is why its important to model, remind daily of expectations, and teach tolerance. #edtechchat
A5: I like quirky things nothing illegal just odd but some people can be narrow-minded. Recent teacher in nc with the pole dancing class is a good example. #edtechchat
A5 Great question! I think my biggest fear is judgment.
I think I worry about what other people might think about a particular post I've written or whether or not the posts are significant or valuable to others #edtechchat
I think you can too. The question isn't around what you can do, it's around the 'fear'. It takes a certain bravery to use social media authentically (I think I do!) #edtechchat
Nope, just pointing out that because of name calling, we have to be much more careful about how we have debates on public platforms so that nothing can be abused out of context. #edtechchat
Yes, Ts held high. However, one -- I must always ask: How will I be understood? How will I be remembered. In #digitalcitizenship is a citizen. #edtechchat
A5 Great question! I think my biggest fear is judgment.
I think I worry about what other people might think about a particular post I've written or whether or not the posts are significant or valuable to others #edtechchat
A5: Connections can be tenuous on social media, I worry about being part of some big "attention merchant's" database. I also worry about being misunderstood when trying to explain complex systems of thought. As a rule I avoid politics on social media. #edtechchat
I wrote about this recently on @Medium how often we're afraid of offending people when we shouldn't be afraid of offending those that are offensive... does that make sense? #edtechchat
teachers should be https://t.co/nma64iJUzR have a life as long as the effects of that life don't spill into the classroom. Had a teacher in middle school who was a drunk and was sometimes less than sober when coming to school that's inappropriate #edtechchat
No that I can't argue with sir. How often do we refrain from showing ourselves through fear of what others will think? #edtechchat Maybe social media just runs a big highlighter over it, like it does with most things...
This speaks to me. We so often approach social media from a standpoint of fear. Courage is never an absence of fear but how we deal with it. Dive in and be a model! #DigCit#EdTechChat
I think you can too. The question isn't around what you can do, it's around the 'fear'. It takes a certain bravery to use social media authentically (I think I do!) #edtechchat
Wish I could be more involved in this #edtechchat, but it’s morning on a school day! On the topic of social media, I’m starting to build the social network for learning, @learninate. I need all the help I can get, so please register!
Yes, and I don't want to imply schools must do this (or anything) alone. But it's too important to be just someone else's responsibility. Schools, families, and communities should be partners in #DigitalCitizenship just as we all have a role in raising good citizens. #EdTechChat
Twitter tip: Don't decide to follow someone solely based on the number of followers they have! Lots of amazing educators don't have huge follower numbers. #edtechchat
s_bearden
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@The_NthDegree
But if you are for example a teacher of color in a pwi in a high ses neighborhood your authentic voice is often going to be frowned upon. #edtechchat
I would check again it is so much more now! Plus if you are a secondary teacher you should keep an eye on what it means to be career ready https://t.co/pVsQHcyh5m#edtechchat
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@nathan_stevens, @s_bearden, @LinkedIn
