Welcome!

• Collaborative online assignment
  • Present the rough drafts of your assignments to colleagues
    • Constrcutive criticism, positive feedback

• Social Networking as an Educative Tool
  • Copyright and the "New Media"
  • Privacy and legal issues
    • Legal teacher protections...
• Potential:
  • Constitutional Convention Project
  • Philosopher King Project
  • "The Added Value of Networking”  
  • Facebook as Tipping Point?    
  • Face it, kids: Parents, teachers do Facebook
  • Whys and Hows of Using Facebook for Educators
• The Education Social Network: The "Ning"
  • Melissa Wantz
    • FTHS Journalism
    • Melissa Wantz's Ning 2011
    • Melissa Wantz's Ning 2012
    • Project Hello
  • Joel Malley
    • Central Films
    • The Lower Frequencies 
    • English at the Tens
  • Teacher Nings
    • Laptops and Learning
    • English Companion Ning

• Social Media, Web 2.0, and Possibilities:
  • Facebook
    • Macro
      • Official: Teaching Digital Kids
      • Official: Safety for Educators
    • Micro
      • Professor Geib:
        • My Page; Wife's page; Daughter #1's page; Daughter #2's page.
          • AmEx Class Facebook page; AmEx multimedia page; AmEx final speech page.
        • Check out possible contacts, educational possibilities, and old friends/acquaintances.
          • Educational implications...?
      • Various:
        • Administrators Deal with Facebook Bullying
        • "Teachers Must Be Cautious..."
        • Social Leaning (Benito Mussolini Facebook page)
        • Social Media and Employers
        • "Y U Need 2 'Friend' ur Students!"
        • "Trash your boss online?"
        • "Why Students Have a Right to Mock Teachers Online"
        • Legal Advice for Teachers and Social Media
        • Facebook and NLRB
        • Facebook and adultery?
        • Facebook fosters isolation?
        • Rich's considered opinion herein...
  • Twitter
    • Examples:
      • Richard Geib (personal); Mr. Geib (work)
      • Foothill Technology High School
      • Will Richardson
      • Gary Stager
      • Jeff McKendricks
    • Fad? Educational implications?

• Teams for EdTech Debate
  • Two teams...!
• Formal introduction of case study
  • "The big picture" - where to go in one year or five?
  • Case Study Guidelines
• Case Study Rubric

• Explain HW

Homework

• WIKI PAGE:
  • Is the Internet making us "stupid"? Or Not?
• Two quotes from each article
• Text, graphics, audio, video

• COLLABORATIVE WIKI PROJECT
  • Have final draft of group project on wiki page ready for next Monday

• SOCIAL MEDIA
  • Check out Facebook and Ning; think about classroom implications
  • Be ready to report next week online!

Student Work

STUDENT BLOGS STUDENT WIKIS: Betsy Betsy Javier Javier Jessica Jessica Sarah Sarah   Jennifer Jennifer Michelle Michelle Kimberly Kimberly   Brenda Brenda Daniel Daniel Joe Joe Jose Jose Nick Nick Mary Mary Meaghann Meghann Morgan Morgan Mario Mario Tara Tara Teresa Teresa     Aimee Aimee Amber Amber Carmen Carmen Danielle Danielle Michelle Michelle Mojdeh Mojdeh Lindsey Lindsey Jessica Jessica Jesus Jesus Meg Meg Ryan Ryan   Angie Angie Guadalupe Guadalupe Jeff Jeff Robert Robert Rosa Rosa Steve Steve   Lisa D Lisa D. Lisa H. Lisa H. Kristen Kristen Christina Christina Rich Rich Rosie Rosie Tracie Tracie