Use of Social Media in the Classroom and Student Publishing

August 25, 2013 Dear Parent or Contact, With advances in technology, we are able to ex erience global classroo! settings where the "our walls no longer serve as barriers to the curriculu! taught# $ lan to use smart devices throughout this year# Please visit the Poteet Web %ite at htt &''www#!es(uiteisd#org' hs and clic) on the *+,D lin)s along the right side o" the ho!e age to learn about -$%D.s *+,D olicies# Students will not be penalized for not having a smart device /i#e# s!art hone, tablet, iPad, etc#,01 however, when your "a!ily is able to rovide such a device to your child, $ highly encourage it# %!art devices are extensions o" our curriculu!# $ will teach the students how to use their devices in ways that advance their education and re are the! "or college# $ will teach the! how to use devices in a ro"essional !anner and how to !a)e the device wor) "or the!# We will also be learning how to use social media in a ro"essional !anner# 2witter, Pinterest, 2hinglin), and 3d!odo are so!e exa! les o" a lications we will use in the classroo!# $ will ex ect all students to create an educational 2witter, Pinterest, and 2hinglin) account# $.ll be setting u the 3d!odo account that students will 4oin# $ will also rovide to you, the arent or guardian, a code you can use to access our 3d!odo classroo!# %tudents need to understand uses "or %ocial -edia that go beyond "inding out what their "riend did today# %ocial -edia can be used "or research, growing an educational learning networ), ex anding your )nowledge base, and building contacts "or careers, etc# Students will not be allowed to use their personal accounts in my class only the ones we create for education. $ encourage you to as) your child how we are using %ocial -edia in our classroo!# As) the! how their s!art devices are being used as well# $ a! very excited about teaching in 2013 5 20167 2his is a very exciting ti!e to be in education and incor orate new !ethods and tools "or educating our students# Poteet believes in staying relevant to these students, and we co!!it to using these s!art devices in ways that raise the level o" rigor in our classroo!s# As always, i" you have any concerns, lease e!ail !e at dreese8!es(uiteisd#org# -y class sites can be "ound at htt s&''www#blends ace#co!'deannareese# 9oo) "or the 9esson titled :Parents ; %tudents< "or in"or!ation related to !y classes and the one titled :%tudent 5 Class'9ab =esources< "or a ea) into our classroo!# 2han) you and $ loo) "orward to co!!unicating with you in the "uture# *est regards, -rs# =eese *usiness'C23 De art!ent >ead Web, Web 2, D$-, DAA, A?P and P;% 2 2eacher dreese8!es(uiteisd#org ext# @610