1. Have you joined a social network?

2. Are you on Facebook?

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5. A Free Professional Social Network 5

6. Create Communities for Collaboration 6

7. 7 Saturday, 3:00 – 4:30 General Assembly Theater A Join the community www.edweb.net/transformationalleadership

8. Research Collaboration edWeb.net * MMS Education * IESD * MCH, Inc. To benchmark attitudes, perceptions and utilization of social networking websites and content-sharing tools by principals, teachers, and school librarians. 8

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10. Demographic Trends – Who’s joining social networks? 10

11. 11 Research Initiatives Online survey 82,900 educators: principals, teachers, and school librarians. Fall 2009 - 1,284 responses. In-depth online interviews with 12 principals who participate in social networking. February 2010

12. 12 61% of educators surveyed already belong to one or more SN websites Question: Social networks are growing rapidly in popularity. Are you currently a member of or have you ever joined a social networking website like Facebook, MySpace, Ning, LinkedIn or one of the social networking websites created for educators (e.g., We Are Teachers, edWeb.net, etc.)?

13. 13 Facebook has highest membership; education sites still in early growth stage Question: Please indicate if you are a member of any of these sites.

14. 14 Social networking sites have different appeal for principals, teachers and librarians Analysis of membership by job function: teacher, librarian, principal.

15. 15 While Facebook has very high enrollment from educators, 76% report they seldom or never use it. Question: Please indicate how frequently you visit the sites you belong to. Note: usage for education sites were comparable to Ning and Linkedin but sampling size was too small to be statistically meaningful. Weekly or More Monthly Periodically Seldom/Never

16. 16 Educators use different types of social networking sites for different purposes Question: Please tell us how you are using general social networking sites vs. professional/education sites (e.g. LinkedIn, Ning in Education, We Are Teachers, edWeb.net, etc.). General Professional/ Educational

17. 17 Concerns include privacy, lack of time, email overload and restricted access. Question: Please indicate the concerns you may have about joining a general social networking site (e.g. Facebook, MySpace, Ning) vs. a professional/education social networking site (e.g. LinkedIn, Ning in Education, We Are Teachers, edWeb.net).

18. 18 Educators see value for using social networking in many areas of education Question: Social networking sites provide tools for people to connect and collaborate online. Whether you are or are not a member of a social network, please indicate if you see value in using this type of technology in education for the following purposes:

19. 19 Looking ahead, educators are more likely to join a social networking site dedicated to education Question: How likely are you to join a new or additional social networking site in the next 12 months?

20. 20 Educators who have joined a social network are more positive than those who have not Perceived value of social networking: those who are a member of an SNS vs. those who are not.

21. 21 Librarians see the highest value overall Perceived value of social networking by job function: teacher, librarian, principal

22. 22 Members of social networks are more engaged in all online activities Members Non-Members

23. 23 Adoption varies for personal, professional, and classroom use Question: Are you currently using any of the following content-sharing tools/websites for personal use, professional use or in the classroom?

24. 24 Use of tools for professional purposes varies by job position Use of content-sharing websites/tools FOR PROFESSIONAL USE by job function

25. 25 In the classroom, Wikipedia and video predominate Use of content-sharing websites/tools FOR CLASSROOM USE by job function

26. Principal Interviews Teachers are looking to school leaders for guidance, training and professional development. Wanted to interview principals who are using social networking: How are you using it (personally and professionally)? What is your experience? Are you using it with students? What are the barriers? What are your school/district policies? What do you see as the long-range potential? 26

27. Personal/Professional Use All of the principals found that social networking was fun for personal use, and very helpful for professional collaboration with colleagues. All of the principals saw value in connecting with colleagues to share ideas and find solutions quickly. Many saw a high value for using social networking for professional development for teachers 27

28. Personal/Professional Use There was very little consistency in how principals were participating in social networking and the sites being used. There were wide variations in district policies regarding the use of social networking sites 28

29. Student Use All of the principals indicated students have a high level involvement with social networking All of the principals said students do not have access to social networks at school. Most of the principals thought social networking would improve students’ educational experience: more social/collaborative, improved motivation and engagement, connection to real-life learning. 29

30. Student Use All of the principals said their school/district policies on social networking are inadequate, non-existent, or a work in progress. Many of the principals noted the use of other collaborative technologies—Moodle, Blackboard, blogs, wikis, Google Docs—but social networking is virtually “persona non grata” in schools. 30

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32. 32 Ideas to introduce social networking—and collaborative technologies—to your school.

33.  Ask your school librarian to be your Web 2.0 Guru.  Consider using edWeb.net as a professional social network to create professional learning communities.  Extend the value of your professional development programs.  Encourage teachers to create communities to share best practices and lesson plans—a valuable archive of their work. 33

34.  Start a principal’s blog. Do you already have a newsletter?  Create an online leadership community for your school to share information on issues and initiatives.  Push your education vendors to include online networking with their professional development and training services. Get them to implement a network and train your staff for you. 34

35.  Ask your school librarian to create a team to address the challenges of using Web 2.0 technology in the classroom.  Include students on the team—the younger the better.  Identify Web 2.0 tools you can start using in the classroom now.  Find and challenge big brother.  Create a program on the safe and appropriate use of the Internet. 35

36. A digital native at work…

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38. 38 Stop by our booth – 1936 For more information or a copy of our research: info@edweb.net Contact me directly: Lisa Schmucki lisa@edweb.net Send me a message on edWeb!