Social Media & Professionalism

May 25, 2012 Fwygant WPS Technology serving

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Missouri State Law Bans Teacher-Student Contact on Facebook and Other Social Media – NewsOne Aug 2011

750,000,000 - Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors - eBizMBA

Missouri judge blocks teacher-student Facebook ban – Reuters Aug 2011

250,000,000 - Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors - eBizMBA

Mo. repeals teacher-student 'Facebook' ban – AP Oct 2011

110,000,000 - Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors - eBizMBA

2 Degrees of Separation?

Friend of a FriendFacebook – Median Users

that’s 31,170 people have access to your page!

Pew Internet & American Life Project – Feb 2012 (NyTimes.com)

Facebook vent burns teacher : This teacher may have to change her Facebook status to "fired." Tasteless drowning quip. - NY Post Mar 2011

70,000,000 - Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors - eBizMBA

Teacher can’t be fired for this tasteless F’book crack about kids, judge rules: This teacher may have to change her Facebook status to “UN-fired." Tasteless drowning quip. - NY Post Feb 2012

65,000,000 - Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors - eBizMBA

Schools consider social media limits after scandals - Houston Chronicle – 5 days ago (May 2012)

20,500,000 - Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors - eBizMBA

Teacher uses technology to solve classroom splitThis year, children created Facebook pages for historical figures, finding out the historical figure’s birthday, religion, where he or she was from and many other facts. – Journal Courier, Jacksonville IL

Google Circles

12,000,000 - Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors - eBizMBA

Teacher-Developed Apps Fill Lesson Gaps: Facebook and Angry Birds were two of the most downloaded apps last year, but that doesn't mean Web and mobile

applications are all play. – US News (May 2012)

10,000,000 - Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors – Fastest growth to 10 Million of ANY web site - USA Today Mar 2012

“all of us using social media in a positive way with kids have to take 15 steps back whenever there is an incident.”

Nicholas Provenzano, 10-year English teacher, Grosse Pointe High School, Michigan