Monday, May 17, 2010

Re: policy on social media use during school hours

I am with Steve.....now how do you get the faculty and students to do it!

On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Matt Pearson <Mpearson@mcds.org> wrote:

> Hi Steve,
>
> Hope you are doing well. When did you become Dir. of Strategic Projects?
> What shifted for you and/or the school?
>
> Cheers,
> m
>
>
> On 5/17/10 9:05 AM, "Steve Taffee" <staffee@castilleja.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Jessi -
>
> We don't have a policy on using social media during school hours, but if =
we
> did, I would recommend something along these lines:
>
> "Social media, including but not limited to services such as Facebook,
> MySpace, Linked-In, and Twitter are powerful learning, collaboration, and
> communication tools and should be judiciously employed by all faculty and
> staff in the pursuit of teaching excellence, professional development, th=
e
> promotion of school activities and events, staying current with education=
al
> trends, and understanding of how youth use technology in their daily
> lives."
>
> Now, I know this is not what you are looking for, but rather than try to
> regulate social media through policy, I suggest it be embraced and used t=
o
> its best potential.
>
> s
> =3D=3D
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> Women Learning, Women Leading
> Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 12:22:21 -0700
> From: Jessi Christiansen <jchristiansen@EPIPHANYSCHOOL.ORG>
> Subject: policy on social media use during school hours
>
> Hi All,
> I'm sure this has come up before. I am wondering if anyone is willing to
> share their school's written policy regarding faculty using social media
> during work hours.
>
> Thanks!
> ~Jessi
>
> Jessi Christiansen
> Assistant Head of School
> Epiphany School<http://www.epiphanyschool.org/>
> (206) 720-7650
>
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