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Social Media Literacy: Purposeful Practice in Every Classroom

October 5, 2021 ♦ 7:00pm - 8:30pm ET

Moderators: Ruth Okoye, Gretchen Sting and Stephanie Bass

Session Description: As educators, we can prepare every child to be influential by helping them understand how to leverage the power of social media. While students intuitively understand the mechanics of social media platforms, using them in a responsible, purposeful way to build influence is not instinctual and must be taught and practiced. Learn to develop your students’ social media savvy by using practice spaces focused on digital citizenship, critical thinking, persuasion and communication skills. Explore online and offline strategies and tools to create safe, authentic learning experiences for students in grades 2-12 in any content area. This session is appropriate for teachers at all technology levels.

As a result of this session teachers will:

  1. Learn the importance of responsible social media use by students;

  2. Understand the purpose of using social media practice spaces as part of regular instruction; and

  3. Explore both paper-based and digital practice spaces that can be used with students.

Applicable ISTE Standards for Educators (2017)*: 1A; 1B; 3A; 5B; 6B

* The text of these standards is copyrighted. Please read the full text at the ISTE Standards page.

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Certificates: The certificates for this session were emailed on 10/26/21 at 5:08 PM to registrants that actively participated in all required tasks throughout the session and completed the session evaluation survey within 1 week.