Tips and Policies to Support Safe Social Media Use (From Karen Franker at UW-Stout

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Share This:    Tech Tips Newsletter May 2, 2014 Editor: Karen Franker This e-newsletter is brought to you by University of Wisconsin-Stout School of Education. If you do not wish to receive future issues, please see instructions to manage preferences at the bottom of this message.   NOTE: Web version of the newsletter http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/resources/voicethread.cfm   Like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/onlineteaching --------------------   In this issue... 1. Sign Up for a June Online Course 2. Tips and Policies to Support Safe Social Media Use 3. Tech Tip: How to Create Quick Video Presentations and Tutorials with Movenote Sign Up for a June Online Course Are you looking for a course to meet your professional development goals for continuing education, license renewal or advanced certification?   Check out the list of online classes with openings in June and July.  Register Online      Tips and Policies to Support Safe Social Media Use   Explore social media policies and security tips for protecting students’ privacy and data when using blogs, wikis, Twitter, Facebook, and other online sites. Is Your Use of Social Media FERPA-Compliant? Perry D. Drake offers tips to enjoy the educational potential of social media while being mindful of FERPA guidelines. Included are six rules for classroom social media engagement, as well as the two most important things to keep in mind when using any type of social media with students. Guidelines for Public, Student Class Blogs: Ethics, Legalities, FERPA and More Kevin Smith suggests four steps to mitigate potential FERPA and educational records issues when using social media in the classroom. How Educators Can Protect Students’ Data from Security Breaches Jessy Irwin provides five tips for protecting data in social media accounts including: don’t change passwords until vulnerable sites are fixed, don’t access Web sites through email links, and use password managers to generate and store more secure passwords.   How to Protect Students while Integrating Social Media in Classroom Instruction and Assignments Sarah Brooks describes the key considerations for safe use of social media tools including: clearly-articulated privacy policies and the use of education-specific alternatives to mass market social media tools.   Template - School Social Media and Acceptable Use Policy Katie Lepi provides a sample template for the creation of a K-12 acceptable use policy that incorporates social media.   Social Media Guidance for Teachers – UW-Stout UW-Stout’s social media guidelines provide six key areas for faculty to share with students, including: safe posting outside the learning management system, protection of personal information, and indication of planned social media use within the syllabus.     Tech Tip: Create Quick Video Presentations and Tutorials with Movenote Movenote is an excellent free online tool that allows students and faculty to easily create video-narrated slide presentations for flipped, blended, and online classes.   Michelle Pacansky-Brock explains how to use Movenote to create tutorials, such as how to access Google Hangouts   Azzief Khaliq provides step-by-step instructions for getting started with Movenote.     Final Call for Online Courses Beginning on June 9 Register now to reserve a spot.  Instructional Design for E-Learning June 9 - August 1, 2014   Assessment in E-learning June 9 -August 1, 2014 School-wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) June 9 - August 1, 2014 Strategies for Teaching Students with Autism in the Inclusive Classroom June 9 -August 1, 2014   Differentiated Instruction - Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners June 9 - August 1, 2014 Effective Classroom Management June 9 - July 18, 2014 Assessment for Learning - Progress Monitoring June 9 - August 1, 2014 Math Assessment for Response to Intervention (RtI) June 9 - July 18, 2014  Methods of Teaching Middle School Math (Grades 4-8) June 9 – August 1, 2014 Reading in the Content Areas K-12 June 9 - August 22, 2014 Children's Literature in the Reading Program (grades K-5) June 9 - August 15, 2014 Young Adult (YA) Literature in the Reading Program (grades 6-12) June 9 - August 15, 2014 Register Online! List of additional online courses starting later in June, July and September 2014  Request More Information Online  School of Education Online Professional Development University of Wisconsin - Stout Our newsletter is distributed to over 13,000 readers all over the world. If there are topics you would like for us to address in the future, please email vanderveldej@uwstout.edu  Thanks! Archives - back issues in case you missed a recent newsletter. University of Wisconsin-Stout | College of Education, Health and Human Sciences 712 South Broadway Street, Menomonie, WI 54751 | Phone: 715-232-2253