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Safe and Creative Social Networking
Montana EdTech Summit - April 30, 2008: Billings, Montana
Dr. Ann Minckler

With more than 106 million users and 230,000 new registrations daily, MySpace is currently the world's fifth most popular website. This workshop will explore social networking sites, how kids are using them and why they are so popular. Learn tips for keeping kids safe and how to build creative networks you can use as educational tools in your classroom.

"MySpace Seminar" from SNL (NBC) 5/13/06



Social Networking Activity

My Space Logo
pbwikiWorkspace (MySpace)

Classmates (In search of the past) - Wiki Neopets (The neopets addiction) - Wiki
Club Penguin (Your Igloo or Mine?) - Wiki Ning (Flat Classroom) - Wiki
FaceBook (Security laps exposes Facebook photos) - Wiki Moodle (E-learning @ Cranbrook; Up close and personal) - Wiki
Flickr (Use my photo? Not without permission) - Wiki Think.com
Imbee (Imbee.com: Safe Social Networking for Kids) - Whyville (Cartoon lips, virtual fashion and Physics ) - Wiki
Juicy Campus (College gosip site sobpoenaed) - Wiki Xanga (Xanga to pay $1 Millon in Child Privacy Case) - Wiki

List of Social Network Sites FaceBook - "fine print"

Networks in the Classroom

Classroom 2.0 Geography all the Way 7th Grade Homework Page
Virtually Iroquois Museums and Students Proud to be a Missourian
Mrs. J's Eng Ning Learning & Leading Together List of Classroom Wikis

Teaching Tips: Using Onling Journals and Blogs Wikis in the K-12 Classroom Educational Wikis
Blogger: Tips and Tricks Education World - Technology in the Classroom Educational Videos on Wikis

Creative Classrooms   Ning

"Safe" Components
E-Mail
Online Safety
Other




Games and Videos for your Students

Buddy Builder Post to Be Private Amy's Choice Let's Fight it Together

Resources

Digizen
On the Inerent, noboy knows you're a dog.
i-Safe America
OnGuard Online
NetSmartz
Web Wise Kids
Wired Safety

Growing Up Online - PBS Special
Connect Safely Forum

Wiki Etiquette for Students
Moderating and Ethics for the Classroom Instructional Blog
Social Bookmarking in Education
7 Things You Should Know about Social Bookmarking

Copyrights in the Classroom

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