Beyond the Bake SaleBuilding Social Capital in our Schools

Dean ShareskiEIPS TechnoganzaEdmonton, ABOct 25,26, 2012 http://www.flickr.com/photos/elgincountyarchives/7128840781/

Exploring Social Capital

•What do we mean by social capital?•What is the one thing?•Is it worth my time?•What are the ways we can build it?

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Exploring Social Capital

•What do we mean by social capital?•What is the one thing?•Is it worth my time?•What are the ways we can build it?

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The Most Important Web Page:

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JOY

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Feel-Bad EducationThe Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joyby: Alfie Kohn

http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/edweek/feelbad.htm

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"Why are our schools not places

of joy?"

Feel-Bad EducationThe Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joyby: Alfie Kohn

http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/edweek/feelbad.htm

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"Why are our schools not places

of joy?"

Feel-Bad EducationThe Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joyby: Alfie Kohn

http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/edweek/feelbad.htm

http://www.flickr.com/photos/judybaxter/2333068171/

"Why are our schools not places

of joy?"

Feel-Bad EducationThe Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joyby: Alfie Kohn

http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/edweek/feelbad.htm

http://www.flickr.com/photos/judybaxter/2333068171/

Feel-Bad EducationThe Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joyby: Alfie Kohn

http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/edweek/feelbad.htm

I’m appearing to accept an odious premise—namely, that joy must be justified as a means to the end of better academic performance. Not so:

It’s an end in itself.

How do you live and share what you believe?

How do you live and share what you believe?

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Joyhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/larryontheprairie/7994502087

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...social cohesion and personal investment in the community

...social cohesion and personal investment in the community

...they tend to share the core idea "that social networks have value"

...social cohesion and personal investment in the community

...they tend to share the core idea "that social networks have value"

...anything that facilitates individual or collective action, generated by networks of relationships, reciprocity, trust, and social norms

Social Capital was a Given

...the bonds of our communities have withered, and we are right to fear that this transformation has very real costs.

“Distrust is an expensive vice”

Dave Weinberger “Too Big To Know”

Things you never see

“...there is no word for

"accountability" in Finnish.”

“Accountability is what's left when you

take out responsibility.”

“I wish we could stop using the word

"accountable" and instead talk about "responsible". It

would make all the difference.”

“If we create cultures of trust and sharing,

accountability is built in, not contrived or imposed,

it just is.”

Your Story is being told

Your Story is being told

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with or without you

Google Alerts

Idea #1 Know What People are Saying

Transparency Trumps Gloss

When it comes to trust, this does almost nothing

Idea #2 Tweet Your Story

Idea #2 Tweet Your Story

Idea #3 Tweet a Photo

Idea #3 Tweet a Photo

http://sites.cdnis.edu.hk/school/ls/2012/09/10/to-learn-basic-mandarin-vocabulary-and-conversational-skills/Idea #4 Be a Learner....in Public

Rather than write my goal in a book, I decided to create my own t-shirt. I have worn my t-shirt at CDNIS during staff meetings and grade level assemblies. The response from staff and students has been somewhat overwhelming as many are keen to get a ‘daily’ update

http://sites.cdnis.edu.hk/school/ls/2012/09/10/to-learn-basic-mandarin-vocabulary-and-conversational-skills/Idea #4 Be a Learner....in Public

Rather than write my goal in a book, I decided to create my own t-shirt. I have worn my t-shirt at CDNIS during staff meetings and grade level assemblies. The response from staff and students has been somewhat overwhelming as many are keen to get a ‘daily’ update

http://sites.cdnis.edu.hk/school/ls/2012/09/10/to-learn-basic-mandarin-vocabulary-and-conversational-skills/Idea #4 Be a Learner....in Public

Idea #5 Answer Hard Questions...in Public

Idea #5 Answer Hard Questions...in Public

We have an obligation to share

“The real value of social media for scientists (aside from

teaching us to communicate concisely) may be that we are forced to think about how to share ideas with a broader audience, one that ultimately pays for most of our research: taxpayers. Public conversations about our research make scientists accountable for delivering something of value to those taxpayers. In an era of budget cutting, early-career scientists will have to be effective ambassadors for the profession. This might manifest in conversations with family members or with strangers sitting next to us on a plane, or it might mean posting videos on YouTube or blogging about our on going research.

The days of scientists communicating only with each other, in the languages of our individual disciplines,

and relying on science journalists to translate for the public, are rapidly coming to an end.”

G. Small in Nature, vol. 479, page 141

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Idea #6 Let Classrooms Tell Their Stories

http://cultureofyes.ca

Idea #7 Be a Narrative Champion

Idea #8 Use Your School Website to Share Better Stories

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Idea #9 Focus on Learning

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Idea #10 Target Parents

Social is Significant

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Idea #11 Engage in Conversation

Idea #12 Share Who Are

Showing is Better Than Telling

“

When you hand someone a photo album or a yearbook, the first thing they will do is seek out their own picture.

Knowing that, the question is: how often are you featuring the photo, name, needs or wants of your customers where everyone can see them?

“

” Seth Godin

Idea #13 Be Intentional with Photos

Idea #13 Be Intentional with Photos

Idea #13 Be Intentional with Photos

Idea #13 Be Intentional with Photos

Idea #13 Be Intentional with Photos

Idea #13 Be Intentional with Photos

Idea #13 Be Intentional with Photos

Idea #13 Be Intentional with Photos

Idea #13 Be Intentional with Photos

Idea #13 Be Intentional with Photos

Idea #14 Record Your Newsletters

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Idea #14 Record Your Newsletters

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“Lisa Brady, one of my favorite school superintendents, decided not to wait for the conversation to start on its own. She went into her community in Dobbs Ferry, New York, and invited parents into a book study of Tony Wagner’s The Global Achievement Gap. Over a six-month period, she went to parent meetings, coffees, and other informal gatherings to listen to what the parents reading the book had to say about it. They told her: We have to change. The Dobbs Ferry parents were among the first in New York to petition their state’s board of education to reduce the number of standardized tests.”

Idea #15 Book Club for Parents

Idea #17 Involve Your Staff

Idea #17 Involve Other Members of the Community

These little conversations are the building blocks for stronger relationships between school and home, and parent and child.

Idea #18 Aggregate Using Storify

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http://paper.li/ECSD36/1325306961Idea #19 Create a Newspaper with Paper.Li

#Idea #20 Understand the Value of the Hashtag

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dean_shareski@discovery.com

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