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Using Social Media to Celebrate and Communicate
Chris CartereDevelopments Adviser
Popular with users
Popular with usersModern way of communicatingImprove home/school commsQuick and easy – take control
Access from anywhereEncourages interaction
Push vs pull
Allan LoweHeadteacher, Dundale Primary School and Nursery
1. You should set up a ‘Fan Page,’ not a ‘profile’.2. A personal Facebook account (profile) is required
to set up a Facebook Fan Page.3. The page is publicly viewable to anyone on the
internet, with or without a Facebook account.4. Any Facebook user can choose to ‘Like’ your page
and follow/interact with it.5. People can ‘see’ other page users if those users
interact with the page.6. You cannot disable comments on a Fan Page.7. You can have several page administrators.8. You can easily delete a page if needed.9. Children under 13 should not be using Facebook.
1. Tweets allow you 140 characters only.2. Unless you set your tweets to private, they can be
seen by anyone on the internet.3. You should create an impersonal, official account
name.4. It is best not follow any known individuals.5. Other Twitter users can send @ tweets directed at
your account. They cannot send you private messages unless you ‘follow’ them.
6. Other Twitter users can retweet what you post if your tweets are public.
7. Children under 13 should not be using Twitter.
1.Post things that people want to see!2.Link from your website.3.Embed in your website (* Cookies!)4.Newsletters.5.School/Home email / SMS.6.Cards in reception.7.Posters in reception.8.QR codes.
Allow / moderate comments?Allow voting on comments?
Allow rating?Allow video responses?
Searchable?Allow embedding?
Enable for mobile devices?
They will be using social media in their lives.
There are right ways and wrong ways of using it.
Used appropriately, it can help engage children in their learning.
There are tools available aimed at schools and children.
Post and return homework / classwork
Post messages to the class or individual pupils
Pupils can post messages to the class or teacher (but not to each other.)
Create quizzes and polls
Upload resources into an online library
Class calendar Parent accounts
Access from any online computer or most mobile devices
Parent / Carerpermissionrequired forunder 13s
Parent / Carerpermissionrequired forunder 13s
Teacher can easily create a ‘class’ with individual pupil blogs
Blog content is kept in ‘walled garden’ and private - only the class can see them
Plenty of control options for teachers
Teachers can create passworded parentaccounts
No personal info or pupil email addresses needed
Read the guidance andcase studies on the HGfL.
Have a look at some other schools’ use of social media.
Contact the Hertfordshire ICT Team for further help if you need to.
Chris CartereDevelopments Adviser
Hertfordshire ICT [email protected]
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Free Web App(see ICT section on HGfL)
