1:1 A Culture of Innovation
Porterfield & Carnes 1&2
Chapter 1 The Change
Chapter 2 Hyperconnected
PSD Policy on Social Meida Postings:
8. Social Network Sites and Interactive Media
A. General Conditions
The District’s electronic resources may include District established social media sites or accounts, such as Facebook pages, Twitter, or other similar interactive media that allow members of the public to post material onto sites created and maintained by the District. Policy 2022 and Regulation 2022R apply to members of the public accessing such sites, and any violation of these requirements shall result in removal of prohibited content and/or denial of access privileges for violators. Members of the public may post content on such District-maintained sites, provided that any such content complies with the requirements of Policy 2022 and Regulation 2022R generally regarding the use and placement of content on such sites, with the exception that execution of Form 2022F shall not be required.
B. Removal of Posted Material
The District’s electronic resources that allow members of the public to post comments on District-established web sites are not intended to create a public forum for the exercise of first amendment rights. Instead, they are intended to facilitate and support the District’s educational mission. The District will remove posted materials that fail to comply with Policy 2022 and Regulation 2022R generally and the following guidelines:
- All content must be directly and materially relevant to the District-sponsored content that invites public comment or responses.
- Content may only use language, style and tone that is generally acceptable for publications intended to reach school-aged children and families and that is consistent with the District’s educational mission generally and its goals of teaching civility, respect, and reasoned dialogue. Content that is false, harassing, threatening, abusive, vulgar, indecent, obscene, defamatory, libelous, or harmful to minors in any way; content that involves misrepresentations or personal attacks; and content that demeans or disparages an individual or group of individuals, is prohibited.
- Persons may not make allegations or disclose personal information regarding students for whom they are not a parent.
- Content may not include advertising, promotion of commercial services or products, solicitation of funds for any purpose, or statements in support or opposition of political candidates or ballot propositions. Posting links to web sites or other electronic content, unless inherent in the social network involved, is prohibited.
- The District will not remove otherwise permissible content based on viewpoint.
The District does not express approval or support for the view expressed by third parties. The District may, in its discretion, respond to posted materials when doing so may facilitate or support the District’s educational mission. Any response or lack of response should not be interpreted as an expression of approval or support. Individuals who desire a response to a complaint regarding the District’s personnel or programs should follow the complaint process in Board Policy 4220. In addition, any request for public records may not be submitted on social network or interactive media sites and instead must be submitted in accordance with Board Policy 4220.
C. Removal of Posted Materials, Denial of Access, and Review Procedure
The District may remove posted content for violation of this Regulation, Policy 2022, or other District policies or law at any time. The District may also deny repeat violators posting and/or viewing privileges. A person who desires to appeal a District action removing a posting or denying access privileges may file a complaint with the District pursuant to Board Policy 4220.
Assignment 4 Connectedness
Pautz
(2015) Reflection 1:1
Porterfield & Carnes
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: The Change
Chapter 2: The Hyperconnected Community
Chapter 3: Leading the Change
Chapter 4: Planning Your Debut and Creating an Online Platform
Chapter 5: Facebook 101
Chapter 6: Twitter 101
Chapter 7: Blogging 101
Chapter 8: Crafting Social Media Guidelines
Chapter 9: What We Say and How We Say It Matter
Chapter 10: Listening to Social Media
Chapter 11: Crisis Management and Social Media
Chapter 12: The New World—It's Just the Beginning
Chapter 2: The Hyperconnected Community
Chapter 3: Leading the Change
Chapter 4: Planning Your Debut and Creating an Online Platform
Chapter 5: Facebook 101
Chapter 6: Twitter 101
Chapter 7: Blogging 101
Chapter 8: Crafting Social Media Guidelines
Chapter 9: What We Say and How We Say It Matter
Chapter 10: Listening to Social Media
Chapter 11: Crisis Management and Social Media
Chapter 12: The New World—It's Just the Beginning
Porterfield & Carnes
Chapter 2 Resources
Really liked the comment from our guest speaker today "Try to improve each child's starting place" This is a great way to think about making sure that we are doing the most that we can for each individual child. What an amazing way to expend energy as professionals and as human beings. Trying to assure that each student has the same starting point, that really drives home the point of not only equality, but even more helpful for those kids is equity.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree about eh starting place comment Andy. As a child I believed the starting place was predetermined and unchangeable. This comment resonates with me in so many ways. The reason for becoming an educator was simply to help students believe that they could change their starting place.
DeleteI'm with you, that quote stuck with me too. It is surely going to be a challenge to ensure that our community outreach is accomplishing what we want it to.
DeleteThat was a great comment, way to tie in the concept of equality vs. equity.
DeleteGoing into Prezi today was helpful to me. Until today, my only exposure to Prezi was watching my teaching partner create one. I knew it was a cool tool, but never got around to messing with it myself. I didn't realize that you could search a database of Prezi presentations created by other people! Like Slideshare, it can be so helpful to draw upon the collective knowledge of others out there doing the same work as you! I have learned so much in the last 6 days and I feel so much more competent. Thank you! I can't wait to put some of this stuff into practice.
ReplyDeleteDr. Fox is awesome. I really appreciate the amount of work the Puyallup School District has put in to create a positive and engaging brand that is receptive to all communities. As a new Puyallup resident I am excited about the opportunities for our kids. I love how Ali is making sine and cosine engaging to students with biorhythms....at least that's what I think you were talking about. I plan to continue to create Pokemon GO! infographics throughout the year, but if there is something you want me to collaborate with you on, let me know...
ReplyDeleteI liked that Dr. Fox showed us his policy for principals and technology. I think that it is really smart to have a district policy so that everyone has something to refer back to. It does seem like it would be a lot of work to monitor all of the posts on websites, but it definitely is important to keep everything within certain guidelines. These guidelines should be available to everyone, so that when something is violated there is reasoning to back up the actions.
ReplyDeleteI've used prezi before but never looked at all of the other prezi's that I have access to. What a great resource for teaching! I am really excited to explore this more and hopefully use some in my classroom.
Increasing parental and community engagement through the use of digital communications and social media begins with transparency. Dr. Fox referred to this as being like having an open house every day because it provides a more accurate picture of what is actually going on. I am learning that using social media strategically helps to build your school’s brand. Specifically, posting information on student achievement can create a positive reputation for your school; it creates conversations in the community that weren’t happening prior. A big social media “aha” for me was the idea that disagreements or frustrated comments on social media are a form of community engagement, which is the ultimate goal. Social media, like Facebook, requires administrators to curate the content focused on the question “what do we want our community to look forward to?” Additionally, I liked Dr. Fox’s reminder that face to face communication is how we build relationships. Social media is just one powerful tool in the toolbox of increasing parental and community engagement.
ReplyDeleteThe everyday open house is what I have been striving for. I use class dojo as a way to connect parents, students and the school. I always wished I could be in my kids classroom like a fly on the wall and with the use of this tech tool I can be. However, I need the teachers of my kids to be using the tools as well. This past year i invited as many Sumner School District educators to my class dojo and google classroom to let them see into my classroom and how I use the tools. It was a successful campaign that I will take with me to my new school district. What tools can you use to make your classroom more open to everyone? Is this something you're comfortable with?
DeleteI love that idea of an everyday open house. I think it would really help parents feel more connected in that middle part of the year when communication kind of lags.
DeleteI loved what Dr. Fox had to say today about utilizing social media in schools. I thought it was really interesting that Puyallup had a district level employee create all of the school Facebook pages, and the expectation was then put on the principals to add content and help monitor. I think his ideas on how to utilize a school’s page to draw interest within your community were stellar. I wonder if you could embed your school’s club pages to the school’s page to make navigation easier for stakeholders. I was in agreement with Ali that the process for getting club new up to the school’s page is a little to extensive to really be accessible. Especially working in multiple buildings, it has been extremely difficult to promote the successes of our program.
ReplyDeleteI wish we had someone who was overseeing Facebook pages for each school. That would be so helpful as a principal to have all of them set up centrally because it could help keep the message consistent as well. Still giving the administrators the responsibility for the content is smart too. I'd like to talk to our tech department and see what the parameters are for getting this set up in my district! I wonder if a blog is a better idea in your situation (multiple schools) because then you can update and parents/students can access any time they want as well?
DeleteIt was great to hear from Dr. Fox today to sort of tie up everything we had been talking about last week. I agree that the expectation is that building principals are responsible for the social media updates and monitoring. Wouldn't it be great to be able to post/tweet things that are happening while you're doing an observation? A great student response or a great picture of students working together that you can quickly tweet/post to Facebook and then keep observing. I think parents and the community would really rally behind an administration that tried to update them as much as possible.
ReplyDeleteI liked the time that we had to play around with more sites today. I love pinterest and use it constantly for both school and home! I have to limit myself though, because I could spend an entire day finding pins and using them for my classroom.
My wife has been trying to get me to pin for a long time, but still not feeling it. Haha
DeleteI agree that sharing info with parents on social media would be a great way for parents to feel connected.
DeleteI'm a big fan of pinterest too. I have boards for everything school and home related. Love it!
Dr. Fox gave some great insight and ideas for administrators. The Social Media Revolution video was great. I am going to show that to my principal. Social media is not a fad. I can't wait to go back to my district and share my new knowledge. This class is full of practical and useful tools that we can all take back and implement within our own building immediately. Yay!
ReplyDeleteI really loved Dr. Fox's talk about social media. I think that he brought up a lot of good examples about how to connect with the community through social media. I do think that social media is the revolution of this generation and I agree that this generation of students do communicate differently. How we bridge the gap, as future administrators is really a challenge. I know that communication is a vital part of being a leader and good communicators use multiple formats to reach their intended audience.
ReplyDeleteI also am really starting to see that there are so many different tools out there, it is important to me to pick one to really try to integrate into my daily work life before branching out with more. I am afraid of trying too many new things all at once and not being able to continue with all of them into the future.
I agree Ali, that there are way too many wonderful things out there! It's great, but overwhelming. I definitely want to slowly start to integrate these things into my practice both as a teacher and later as an administrator. But like with anything, it will be better to tackle one or two of them at a time to make sure they are implemented with fidelity. Great insight...
DeleteMy principal is hesitant about adding social media for a few reasons and one is about keeping it up. I think if we picked one to focus on this year, it will allow us to connect with our community and feel more comfortable. I also don't like the idea of too many new things and not being able to follow through!
DeleteToday was a very useful day in the branding of the school. Dr. Fox gave me a great starting point on how to launch a school facebook account and the steps that would be needed. We have been introduced to many platforms but know that I want to create the guidelines before the launch. Thinking about the problems before it is launched will give me a headstart of working out the bugs.
ReplyDeletePrezi is a tool that I need to work with more. I know in the past I have given up on it because of some frustration and like Dr. Malone said “a deadline.” I have heard many good things about it and need to explore it more.
The thing I took away most from this class today is presenting material to the community on multiple platforms will spread your message. I know I have put announcements out through fliers, emails, and text messages and then had a parent say they knew nothing about it. This is just one more avenue to get the word out.
I'm sorry to have missed Dr. Fox's presentation in person. I did watch the blackboard and have had the pleasure of hearing him speak about social media and schools in a previous class.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the principal is the communicator and has to communicate in a way that works for the community. Embracing technology and social media will be the way to connect families and increase the involvement of our families. We cannot assume that age is a reason people won't be involved in digital communication. If it is intentional and a source that families understand they feel more involved which is our goal.
I also liked the idea of being transparent by showing the work that is happening at the school. By creating an image of what is going on well at your school, it allows families to know what is happening and have rich conversations about what is happening on at school. The kids and the school are the focus!
I was sorry to have missed today's (Monday's) presentation. After watching the video on Blackboard, I thought that Dr. Fox's comments about the principal using methods of communication that meet the needs of their community. I felt like I had a good handle on how to begin a school facebok page. I would love to see if I could be put in charge of the Rogers High School Facebook page and look for ways to extend our community outreach and bring parents into our school and culture with this page acting as a catalyst. A few people have mentioned using this to post live information about the education occurring in classrooms in your building, but I would want to see what the CBA says about that as that could lead to some legal issues.
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