Day+4+Support+-+Teacher's+Facebook

=Day Four Workshop Supportmedia type="custom" key="26431490" width="160" height="160" align="right"= **Subject(s) of the day's workshop:**

Facebook for teachers and professional development
Location: Computer Lab Glad you made it!

Description:
Using Facebook for professional development growth and increased technology proficiency with social media as an instructional tool does require that users join educator and teacher-specific groups. These groups are communities in which educators share links, materials, and discuss educational issues. Privacy issues with Facebook are the most highly touted concerns that scare parents and teachers, but with appropriate staff training and knowledge about how to use Facebook safely and professionally, we can reduce the risk perceived in most of these issues.

Objectives for this lesson:
Learners will design a professional educator Facebook page for professional development purposes of establishing their own Professional Learning Network [PLN].

Learners will synthesize skills for evaluating other professional organization and educator Facebook pages for appropriate educational content.

Learners will recognize and apply good digital citizenship skills to working with online content in their professional teacher Facebook pages. (ISTE-T, 2008).

Morning Session
Design your own Educator Facebook page which includes three examples of teacher professional development resources, materials, images. (*This is separate and unconnected to your Classroom Facebook Page or your Personal Facebook page).
 * Facilitator led opening of review from previous lesson
 * Peer feedback and collaboration on any lingering concerns and difficulties of creating a classroom Facebook page in Workshop Lesson 3. Suggestions and remedies by peers.
 * Program presentation on the benefits to teachers of Facebook educator communities and benefits for professional development.
 * Individually investigate educator websites for quality of content, posts and responses, general classroom interest, and related activities to your curriculum and ask to join (or "friend") for your professional educator Facebook page. Be certain you have appropriate privacy settings in place. Share your findings with your cohorts in the workshop by joining and posting to their Educator Facebook page. Collaborate where needed with each other.
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<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Afternoon Session

 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;">Activity: Presentations and recommended resources on what it means to be good digital citizens, cyber safety guides, resources for copyright and fair use best practices for classrooms and education, AUPs in your school.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Wrap up of any lingering concerns or questions from any workshop lessons, and Facebook workshop evaluation.