Stay Connected! Instructional Technology in District 214

Unit 5:

Social Media

Course Page Links: Use the navigation menu located at the top left,

or the following links to navigate this course:

Unit 1: Classroom Instruction | Unit 2: iPads in the Classroom |Unit 3: Digital Balance

Unit 4: Digital Citizenship | Unit 5: Social Media | Unit 6: When All Else Fails...

Social Media Usage in District 214

District 214

District 214 is using social media in a myriad of ways! Some examples include:

D214 Facebook Page (must have Facebook account to access)

D214 Twitter Feed - @District214 (must have Twitter account to access)

At the Building Level

Building administrators use social media to communicate with students and parents. Links to Twitter accounts can be found here for each of the six high schools:

Buffalo Grove High School - @BGHS_Bison
Elk Grove High School - @ElkGrove_HS
Hersey High School - @HerseyHuskies
Prospect High School - @KnightsofPHS
Rolling Meadows High School - @RMHSMUSTANGS
Wheeling High School - @Wheeling_Cats

Professional Development

Teachers in our district also use social media on a professional level. Connecting with other educators and organizations through social media has not only benefited them professionally, but has also provided them great tool to use in their classrooms. Teachers often use Twitter, Pinterest, blog sites, SlideShare and other shared resources to help them plan lessons and engage their students.

If you would to check out how technology is being used in our classrooms, you can check out a few of our technology team twitter feeds or blogs. We have listed a few of them here:

Twitter:

@EGCollabLab

@rmhs_edtech

Blogs:

https://jhhsedtech.wordpress.com/

http://elkgrovecollabblog.blogspot.com/

http://rmhsedtech.blogspot.com/

http://medium.com/prospect-innovators

Resources

17 sites kids are heading to after Facebook

Below is an interesting article about popular sites that kids are using now instead of, or in addition to Facebook.

You may want to review these apps. Ask your student if they have accounts for any of these sites and what they use them for.

17 Apps and Websites Kids are Heading to After Facebook

Ideas from Career Builder (2017). These ideas are worth considering and you may even want to discuss them with your child.

Social Media - Positive Digital Presence

An Educational Guide To Social Media Usage for Students

The following article from EdTechReview™covers six guidelines for social media use for students: goals, tonality, content, permissions, behavior and tools.

Click here to read the article: An Educational Guide To Social Media Usage for Students

Modeling Constructive Online Behavior

This short article from Edutopia, will give you a few suggestions on how to work with your child on creating engaging, high quality content online.

Click here to read the article: Modeling Constructive Online Behavior

Social Media Revolution

This informative video provides some interesting statistics on Social Media and the Social Media Revolution.

Reflection

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