1. Cara Whitehead, NBCT AETC June 14, 2012 SOCIAL MEDIA FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS http://bit.ly/LivebinderAETC http:// bit.ly/socialmediaPP

2. CARA WHITEHEAD 4 th Grade Teacher at Carlisle Elementary School in Boaz, AL School Technology Coordinator National Board Certified Teacher in Literacy: Reading/Language Arts Social Media Promotions for http://www.jognog.comhttp://www.jognog.com Member of Promethean’s Social Media Council Certified Promethean ActivInstructor Author of Teaching…My Calling Author for TeachingBlogAddict

3. TWITTER Hashtag #socialmediaAETC

4. WHAT IS SOCIAL MEDIA? Merriam-Webster defines social media as forms of electronic communication (as Web sites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (as videos) http://www.commoncraft.com/video/social-media

5. SOCIAL MEDIA VS. SOCIAL NETWORKING Social media shares information with a broad audience. Everyone can create and distribute. Social networking is two-way communication. http://www.commoncraft.com/video/social-networking I'm glad you made the distinction that the social media is a technology and the social networking can be generated from the technology through human activity and relationship building.~Matteo Pantalone http://socialmediatoday.com/node/102062

6. LOVE IT OR HATE IT! Does social media/networking have a place in the classroom? What are some examples of using social media/networking in the classroom? How do you use social media/networking to communicate with your students and parents? Do you use social media/networking to grow professionally? http://todaysmeet.com/socialmediaAETC

7. HOW MANY SOCIAL NETWORKING WEBSITES ARE THERE? http://howmanyarethere.net/how-many-social-networking-websites-are-there/

8. WHAT IS A PLN? Personal (or Professional) Learning Network Places to network: 1.Twitter 2.Edmodo 3.Pinterest 4.Facebook 5.Teacher Blogs 6.Diigo 7.Google Docs Benefits of PLN: 1.Learn new teaching tools 2.Connect with professionals in your area of interest 3.Filter new information 4.Share your ideas 5.Ask and answer questions You’re only as good as the company you keep.~Old English Proverb

9. HTTP://BIT.LY/SOCIALMEDIAAETC

10. HOW TO READ A TWEET The maximum limit for a Tweet is only 140 characters Followers are those who follow you and read your Tweets. # means hashtag. The hashtag is the subject of your Tweet. @ means a specific person. If you are talking to that person, the @ is at the beginning. If you are talking about that person, the @ is located in the Tweet. RT means retweet. You are simply repeating what someone says. MT means modified Tweet. If you want to use only part of a person’s Tweets, you included MT.