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Students are curating content and impacting the world. Help them make the right choices with these 7 social media strategies. 
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"It comes as no surprise that the Internet grows exponentially by the minute, and in some cases by the second. It’s too late to turn back the clock, and it’s no wonder that our learners view school regulations of social media archaic and restrictive. We see the weekly chats with frustrated teachers who try to get colleagues to see the benefits of Twitter; yet this is not even the most popular media with our tweens, let alone young people under thirty."
Beth Dichter's insight:
Students use social media. Do they know how much social media is used (and do teachers know this information)? This post shares two great websites that provide data on how social media is being used today. Both are interactive, but in very different ways. The Internet in Real Time provides an up to the second look at 23 social media tools, letting you see how quickly data is generated and you can also see "the real-time accumulation of wealth." The second resource is an infographic Social Media 2014which looks at ten social media websites and provides "facts, figures, numbers and statistics from 2014." A few are below: * 23% of teens consider Instagram their favorite social network. * 100 hours of video is uploaded on YouTube every minute. Given this data many of us may be questioning policies at our schools. Is it time for public schools to look at how social media is being used by their students when they are outside the walls of the school and understand that social media provides a platform that we could use to deliver lessons? This post explores this issue and the final sentence reads "The collective consumption of knowledge has changed because of technology, and learners need to be able to use it, search it, and share it." What are your thoughts on this?
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"Infographics are a visually stunning way to deliver facts and statistics to readers. They have become incredibly popular recently on Pinterest, Twitter, and lots of other social media tools because users are looking for a quick way to get reliable information. Great infographics answer questions that people are interested in answering."
Beth Dichter's insight:
Have you considered having your students create infographics as a way to demonstrate their understanding of a topic? The creation of an infograhic requires that students research a question and analyze the information so the can create a visual presentation. In this post Kerry Gallager shares the process she uses with her students. The shorthand version is below but check out the post for more information as well as some student responses to the project. * Begin with an essential question * Provide access to information and data * Teach the students what makes a great infographic * Choose a number of infographic creation tools and let the students use the one that works best for them * Remember, you are the facilitator * Make sure the students are provided time to finish, polish and publish (which may be done at home if students have access to computers) * Have students reflect on their work
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"This motion graphic speaks volumes about using good digital citizenship in social media. Educators did not design it. Instead, Curated Content created it for the Australian based company Origin. Instead of opting for the traditional “white paper” policy guidelines for social media, Origin chose to inform its employees about its usage with an entertaining approach involving a motion graphic."
Beth Dichter's insight:
What if we had our students design a motion graphic that explained how our school views digital citizenship? Would more students understand why we consider digital citizenship important and how it may impact them in future years? This post provides a motion graphic that discusses the policy of Origin, an Australian based company. In 3 plus minutes you are shown what you should do, and what you should not do. As always you will find links to other articles that also discuss social media at the end of the post.
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"We could not resist using the creativity of Avalaunch Media products with our students. The company has truly designed some fun graphics to help explain social media not just to kids, but also to other educators and parents who are not quite as up to date."
Beth Dichter's insight:
How do we teach students about social media when many believe they know they need to know because they use social media. This post provides 3 resources to help you out. One of them is the interactive infographic on the History of Social Media. This infographic allows you to explore social media over three time periods, beginning with BC - 1800s. Did you know that the first postal service was in 550 BC? The other two resources are Social Meowdia Explained and Social MEDogIA explained. Both provide a humorous look at social media that will engage students. This blog post also provides some great ideas on how to incorporate these resources into future lesson.
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"The idea of Snapchat is simple, delightfully so. Take an image or a video, send it to a friend or paramour. Ten seconds after the receiver opens the file, it self-destructs, and the sender can rest assured that no trace of the message remains. Signed, sealed, delivered, deleted. But that’s not quite true. In December, Buzzfeed reported on a security loophole in the app, which allows one to permanently save a Snapchat file without notifying the sender. The expectation of privacy and impermanence that makes the app irresistible to young users is thus deeply flawed. And yet it remains wildly popular..."
Beth Dichter's insight:
The app Snapchat provides a great way to launch a discussion about digital literacy. The app states that your image will disappear but the reality is somewhat different. This post provides great background material and raises questions that apply to many apps and other tools online. For example, how many of us read the fine print to determine what an app is recording? How many read the Privacy Policy and/or the FAQ? Our learners often believe "if it is online it must be true" and the advertising for Snapchat does not mention this issue. As our learners look towards the future are they truly aware that an image from 3 years ago may make a critical difference in their lives?
flea palmer's curator insight,
September 25, 2013 9:09 AM
You think it's gone forever ...but not necessarily!
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Posting too much information could lead to undesirable consequences such as identity theft. Trend Micro found that 1 in 3 people know someone who became victims of identity theft.
Beth Dichter's insight:
How many social networks are you a member of? How often do you answer questions that request your date of birth, your school, your hometown...questions that may seem innocuous but may also be answers to security questions on other sites. This infographic looks at the following social networks: Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Mixi, Sina Weibo, Tumblr. Linkedin, and Pinterest. It will allow you to see how each of these sites falls in the areas of: privacy settings, contact details, connections, birth date, employment, location and name. It also provides information about the potential backlash of providing personal information including identity theft, social engineering, and damaged reputation as well as some statistical information. To learn more about the risks of sharing information online check out this post, or go directly to the infographic at: http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/the-risks-of-posting-in-social-networks/
Roberto Ivan Ramirez's curator insight,
July 16, 2013 7:38 PM
La importancia de reflexionar de manera cuidadosa y crítica sobre los pros y contras del uso de las redes sociales actualmente, es parte de una cibercultura que como sociedad tendremos que afrontar las consecuencias de no poder prevenir a tiempo ni a los usuarios ni a las instancias y organizaciones promotoras de estas herrmientas digitales sociales. Es necesario hacer campañas de difusión masiva para no caer bajo los controles mediáticos de las corporaciones y grupos criminales que pueden hacer mal uso para detectar personas y controlarlas mentalmente hablando. 
Sarah Salavert's curator insight,
March 5, 2016 8:18 AM
This article exhibits the danger of posting his life with everyone, on a social networks #socialnetworks #private #public #influence
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"Continuing to teach in the stretching shadow of technology while only dealing with it through glimpses and gimmick is an awkward arrogance we may be dealing with for some time to come. But while education bickers on about how to best educate children, those children are making powerful moves–sometimes intentionally, sometimes as thoughtless, drifting trends–to fully reinvent the way human beings connect."
Beth Dichter's insight:
When you think of technology do you think of connected learning? Do you consider how you can use the Internet? Have you considered what the word Internet means: "inter, meaning connected, and net, as in network, visualizing multiple connectors and connectees." Many of our students have access to the Internet, and they use that access outside of school. How? They communicate, text messaging, twitter, video and more. This post explores what may happen as more and more students connect using social media. After exploring acces the post moves on to discuss how technology impacts "peer performance" (and assessment). Technology provides tools that allows students to curate and critique performance. The final section explores how this common experience has the potential to impact learners, in "visible and invisible ways."
Nikolaus Wood's curator insight,
May 24, 2013 12:50 PM
Business in terms of infomation technology is interesting. When education comes into the picture it becomes important to make sure that the product is actually useable for the students and that it can be used in a way that will benifite not only the students but also the teachers.
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Beth Dichter's insight:
How old is social media? According to this infographic "the history of social media goes back hundreds or even thousands of years." The first entry they show is from 550 BC. The infographic is interactive. You select a time period and dates appear. As you roll over the dates additional information is provided. Unfortunately they do not provide links to the data but it would be an opportunity to have students determine if the information is accurate.
Ante Lauc's curator insight,
April 17, 2013 4:28 AM
We need the complete history of the world. For me History of philosophy by G. W. F. Hegel with insight that freedom is achieved by infinite MEDIation of will and knowledge is the solution of all our problems. 
choukri's curator insight,
April 18, 2013 6:11 AM
Données quantitatives sur les médias sociaux et historique à voir 
Zander Williment's curator insight,
August 22, 2014 11:32 PM
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This article is a simple yet great interactive infographic briefly outlining the major innovations which shaped todays social media landscape. The 3rd time period (2000's to present) is particulary relevant to my topic.
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"The news media is filled with horror stories about young people and the Internet, but what is often overlooked and not reported are the benefits that technology, the Internet, and Social media have in building and enhancing social-emotional skills."
Beth Dichter's insight:
Once again Jackie Gerstein has written a post about a topical issue that has great depth in both vision and resources. Some of the quotes from research include: "Engaging in various forms of social media is a routine activity that research has shown to benefit children and adolescents by enhancing communication, social connection, and even technical skills." "Social media sites allow teens to accomplish online many of the tasks that are important to them offline: staying connected with friends and family, making new friends, sharing pictures, and exchanging ideas. Social media participation also can offer adolescents deeper benefits that extend into their view of self, community, and the world," Along with the bibliography she also provides links to other posts she has written on this issue (and links to some posts by others) as well as links to a new website she has created that has activities that use technology to enhance social-emotional skills.
Randy D. Nichols's curator insight,
February 26, 2013 1:51 PM
As a complement to reading Nicholas Carr? 
Joe T.'s curator insight,
February 26, 2013 2:00 PM
This is an advancement as previous websites of the 1.0 have not helped benefit young people.
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Beth Dichter's insight:
Check out this "survey of young people’s attitudes toward online rights and responsibilities. Over 24,000 young people age 7-19 from across the UK responded to the survey, and a further 90 young people explored these findings in focus groups." This post provides a look at two infographics that look at how students look at the top ten online rights and responsibilties. One infographic is for primary schools and the other for secondary schools. In addition there is a link to the actual report put out by the UK Safer Internet Centre - "Have your Say: Young people’s perspectives about their online rights and responsibilities."
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This 11-year-old could not find a good enough Facebook alternative so he decided to build his own social network, Grom Social.
Beth Dichter's insight:
This is a pretty amazing site, created by an 11 year old as a safe social site for children. This post from provides a great overview, but perhaps the word of the founder says it the best... "I have been building my site since Nov. 2011. I spend lots of time drawing new graphics, researching new games, fun facts, cool kids books, cool videos, nutrition tips and highlighting the best young up and coming athletes. It is coming along well. Kids seem to like my site, especially the Grom Helpers and the games. I am excited to watch it grow. I am proud of my efforts in making my idea a reality." For more information click through to the post or go directly to the site: http://gromsocial.com/.
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Check out this periodic table that looks at Communities of Practice, Connectivism and Personal Learning Networks. The author, Gretal Patch, also provides links to references she used to create this table. An interesting view at how social media and social networks interact with our professional lives.
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PBS LearningMedia wants to give you the tools you need to navigate and succeed in the digital age of learning. We’ve compiled a short list of favorite tec
Beth Dichter's insight:
PBS is a great resource and this post from Mind/Shift highlights a number of their best resources. The grade range spans Grades 2 - 12, with a focus on Grades 6 - 12. Several also include professional development opportunities available online to help with a specific resource. * How to Make an Interactive Timeline * Technology and You * How to Make a Prezi * The Art of Creative Coding * Engaging Students in Lecture and Labs * Teaching Civic Engagement Using Social Media * Educaching * Changing Students Lives Through Tech To access these materials you will need to join PBS (which is free). Remember, there are many additional resources available on the PBS website.
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Beth Dichter's insight:
Check out this infographic that looks at how teens and tweens are using social media. It probably comes as no surprise that they are very active in the use of social media. One statistic they show is * Surveys have found that majority or 81 percent of kids aged 12 to 17 use social media. This figure is higher than the 72 percent of internet users overall. For more information click through to the post.
LibrarianLand's curator insight,
May 29, 2014 10:24 AM
According to this article there appears to be a difference between what teens and kids younger than teens prefer as far as social media platforms are concerned.
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Beth Dichter's insight:
Check out this visual summary of a talk by Harold Rheingold on the Future of Digital Media that looks at "You" and "Us" as well as how to use social media mindfully and effectively.
malek's curator insight,
April 28, 2014 10:15 AM
Big consultants are big for a reason. The IBMs and McKinseys of the world are used to looking at deep client data, including sales and CRM data. They can get their hands on both media data and client data directly. 
Rocio Watkins's curator insight,
April 30, 2014 10:28 PM
Where will Infotention lead? Thoughtful and futuristic read.
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If you’ve ever slowed down long enough to wonder about the effect of our increasing immersion in the world of social media and digital technology, Michael Wesch is the person to ask.
Beth Dichter's insight:
The comment I like best in this interview is the final part of this interview. He states: The question we may want to ask ourselves is how do move our students to have the "sense of wonder and curiuosity"?
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"If you’re like us, the term “social engineering” may not have entered your tool kit for teaching digital citizenship. According to Wikipedia, it is the psychological manipulation to get people to divulge confidential information by building a sense of trust. In the current digital environment, it is used for the purpose of gathering information or access to data via the Internet."
Beth Dichter's insight:
When you think about teaching digital citizenship does the concept of teaching 'social engineering' come up as a topic to discuss? This post suggests that you look at this as a portion of your curriculum. Along with the infographic Hacking the Mind (shown above) there is also an embedded motion graphic, Social Engineering. With students being very active in social media it is important that they also understand social engineering, and these two resources are great tools to bring into your classroom to help them gain that understanding.
Maryalice Leister's curator insight,
September 26, 2013 8:33 AM
This ties in with cyberbullying when you consider the power of social media and how social engineering gives both those with good intentions and those whose purposes are not as golden a platform for control. Read and share!
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Teachers and schools are attempting to leverage the engaging qualities of social media for use in the classroom and beyond.
Beth Dichter's insight:
This infographic explores the use of social media in schools. We know that teenagers (and tweens) are actively engaged with social media. As educators how can we leverage this use and bring it into our classrooms. We know our students are actively using this technology outside of school...so why do so many schools ban it? This post explores reasons why we should look at this issue. The infographic is divided into a number of sections. * If You can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em - Social Networking Stats * Benefits of Social Media in the Classroom - a look at Student Benefits, Educator Benefits and Parental Benefits * Examples of Social Media in the Classroom: Looking at Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Blogging * Social Media Pilot Program: Learn about a program in Portland, Oregon and the difference it made Resources are also provided at the bottom of the infographic.
Jessica Trcka's curator insight,
November 8, 2013 3:58 PM
Social Media is a very major topic that needs to be addressed in the health classroom. Students need to become aware of safety issues that may arise when using Social Media. This document reflects how Social Media is being utilized in the perspective of the teacher and student. Students should read this document and highlight and underline the main points and be prepared for a discussion about the topic of Social Media in the classroom.
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"Social Media, Social Life: How Teens View Their Digital Lives is the latest research report from Common Sense Media's Program for the Study of Children and Media. We surveyed over 1,000 13- to 17-year-olds nationally to understand how they perceive social media (like Facebook and Twitter) affects their relationships and feelings about themselves."
Beth Dichter's insight:
Common Sense Media published this resear.ch in June 2012. Some of the information may suprise you. The link is to the research paper. To view the infographic click on this link: http://www.commonsensemedia.org/teen-social-media-infographic.
Steph Alexandra's curator insight,
August 25, 2014 7:28 PM
"For the vast majority of teens, social and other digital communications media are a daily part of life."
Again, this statistic report shows the popularity of public profiling among teens from 13-17 years. 91% of teens have experience using social media, and 51% of teens use a social networking site daily. With such statistics we can consider the social pressures and influence that virtual communication and public profiling has on the younger generation. Though this article doesn't look at the positives and negatives of social media interaction for this particular age group, it is clear to see that having an active public profile on the web is common, if not expected of the younger generation, for the purpose of communication and web literacy.
In understanding how a younger generation operates and interprets public profiling, is to gain a better understanding of web systems, their function and purpose, and of the direction of today's society. 
Amethyst Mayer's curator insight,
December 27, 2014 3:50 AM
This article provides insight obtained by research, on how teenagers in America perceive and use the internet regarding social media. 
Erica Laing's curator insight,
December 29, 2014 1:21 AM
Very interesting study on how teens view their social media accounts and online identity.
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Recently, I've been spending quite a bit of my time researching how to use Pinterest in the classroom in a way that is meaningful and relevant. I've posted a couple of articles about Pinterest befo...
Beth Dichter's insight:
If you have considered using Pinterest in your classroom and also design lesson plans with Bloom's taxonomy then this post will provide you with 2 ideas on how to combine the two!
Ricard Garcia's curator insight,
June 11, 2013 4:23 AM
Pinterest is a vast source of possibilities for the classroom... here's a good article with different ways to make the best of it. 
AlGonzalezinfo's curator insight,
June 21, 2013 6:56 AM
This is a great example of how to use the Infographic format to educate and share knowledge with others. It make sense that a teacher would do it. Fantastic! 
Audrey's curator insight,
March 8, 2014 5:38 PM
Once you start using these two learning strategies teaching becomes a real pleasure as students will be teaching the topics. In addition they will be able to give evaluative and analytical commentary. Audrey for www.homeschoolsource.co.uk .
This certainly works for psychology at www.hotmoodle.com
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How important is it for kids to learn digital media literacy? What makes something on the web trustworthy? Participate in our poll.
Beth Dichter's insight:
This post begins with an amazing number..."The public Internet now houses over 630 million sites" (and that number comes from December 2012 survey). To me that number raises a question - do our learners know how to evaluate websites? Do they have the tools that allow them to determine if a site is 'fact or fiction'? This post explores the issue of media literacy with a twist, which is you may choose to participate in a poll, or simply review the data based on responses (and I do not know how long the poll will remain active). The poll has a yes or no statement: It is important to teach children how to assess online media credibility. It is followed by four questions: * Which media source do you trush to provide credible information? * What makes you trust an online publication the most? * How important is the credibility in the content you share? * What kind of content are you most likely to share. A unique feature of this poll is that you may explore the data through a number of filters: gender, age, income, ethnicity and race.
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There's a lot more to online research than Google. This handy flowchart we've lovingly dubbed 'The Students Online Research Cheat Sheet' should help.
Beth Dichter's insight:
Check out this infograhic that may help students learn some new ways to search online. It provides a series of paths based on what information you might be looking for and in all likelihood there may be some sites on this that are new to you.
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Social media is trending globally. Check out this infographic to learn about how quickly social media has become prominent around the world.
Beth Dichter's insight:
How much has Internet use grown in the last 10 years? Check out some "jaw-dropping numbers behind social networking's ascent to global dominance" in this infographic. Be prepared to be surprised by some of these numbers!
Roger Grant's comment,
January 18, 2013 12:03 AM
Yes..Actulally the numbers are growing so fast and we are becoming so much dependent on internet
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Grant Wiggins discusses how he has "become a big believer in the power of crowd-sourcing ideas via social medium..." He starts this post by sharing an twitter experience, where he asked "Who has a great essential question that works really well with kids?" and proceeds to share approximately 15 questions that were shared. Wiggins continues to share some additional experiences in this post as well as a link to a video.
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Today our students are online and often are not thinking about what they post, and the long-term impacts of their digital tattoo. In fact, teachers must also think about these same issues. This post looks at seven choices to consider:
* Think before you share (a message that Common Sense Media shares a 'think before you post' in a video for tweens and up that was put out by Flocabulary).
* Never respond in anger
* Understand the long term impact of your social shares
* Ask, "Why am I liking or retweeting this?"
* Avoid confrontation
* Try for the "Warm and Fuzzy" reward
* Change the world
Additional information is available in the post, and consider sharing this information with your students next year.