using facebook to communicate with students

8/6/2019 Using Facebook to Communicate With Students

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Facebook for Teachers

Wendy Turner, Paul Laurence

Dunbar High School,Bluegrass Writing Project


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Quick Write

Do you have a Facebook account forpersonal use? If so, think about why youcreated it.

If not, why? (dont have time, etc.)


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Rationale

One of the guiding missions of my schoolis to create student-teacher relationshipsthat foster morale, create a positive

learning community, and engage students. Did you know that students spend 3-4

hours PER DAY on Facebook?

The bottom line is that we must begin tomeet students where they are!


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Common Core Standards

www.corestandards.org

Anchor Standard 6:Use technology, including the Internet,

to produce and publish writingand

to interact and collaborate with others.
http://www.corestandards.org/http://www.corestandards.org/


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Common Core Standards

Using Facebook as a platform meetsthe new state standards:

With some guidance and support fromadults, use technology, including theInternet, to produce and publish writing aswell as to interact and collaborate withothers.


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Common Core StandardsComprehension and Collaboration1. Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations andcollaborations with diverse partners building on others ideas and

expressing their own clearly and persuasively.2. Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats,

including visually, quantitatively, and orally.3. Evaluate a speakers point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and

rhetoric.

Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas4. Present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners

can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, andstyle are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

5. Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data toexpress information and enhance understanding of presentations.

6. Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and communicative tasks,demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.


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The Project

Show it: www.facebook.com

I created a teacher account with the username MrsTurnerPLD. Lets take a look.

*I do have a personal account, but I have

a strict policy of NOT allowing anystudents to friend me on that account.
http://www.facebook.com/http://www.facebook.com/


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Its YOUR turn

Try it (as adults who will be helpingstudents learn to use the technology ANDcomplete the work)

First, create an account if you havent

done so already. Once we create theaccount, we can begin to schoolify it(yes, I made up that word).


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Lesson Plan


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Tips / Avoiding Glitches

1) Always hide students! They wont trustyou otherwise. I even pull up my facebookpage on my projector when were

discussing a topic, so that they can see Ihave nothing in my news feed. I tell

them, I dont want to know your personal

business! (and I really dont!)


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2) Dont post anything that identifiesparticular students UNLESS you get theirpermission. For example, you might ask

Susie if you can use her paper as anexemplary for an assignment.

Wow! That was well done! May I post it in

our group for others to see?


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3) Send home a letter to parents explainingwhat you are doing and why. In myexperience, most parents have Facebook

accounts, so they are familiar. Parentsknow that their kids are on Facebook allthe time, so they have been supportive ofme using that platform.

Note: I have not created a group forparents in the past, but Im toying with the

idea. What are your thoughts?


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4) Have a very clear talk with students aboutthe PURPOSE of your group, and makesure to address any student (in person,

not online) who begins to cross the line.If your expectations are clear, you willminimize these problems. Remember,students are used to dealing with oneanother onlinea situation that is far moreinformal (to say the least!)


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Adaptations

-- How would we move this up/down to other gradelevels? Ideas?

--How can you use Facebook as a platform toshare WebCam, iPod, FlipCam projects. Ideas?

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