Tuesday’s Guest Speaker: Jesse Miller
Youth, Educators, and Social Media
Understanding the communication Realities of Young People in our Connected Communities.
@mediatedreality
Notes taken from Jesse’s presentation to our class:
His roll:
-Comes in and gives lectures
-Supports teachers with dialogues to bring back to the classroom about technology
-Concerns in Tuk (arctic circle), video games (kids play a lot, violence, focus)
-woman didn’t mind that child was playing with guns on video games, she would prefer him to using the real guns to hunt in traditional ways
-Got to be involved from one of the first Facebook Canadian issues
-Discusses history of Facebook, how it went from universities to being open to everyone
Our conversation:
-Social media concerns
-Social media and workplace
-New versus old media
-Best practices
2018-2019 focus on networked citizenship
-digital identity
-digital rights
-digital literacy
-use of communication networks – social, professional, personal
-safety – network connections
-security of self
-communications in networked spaces
What is social media to you:
-connects me to friends
-keeps people up to dates, maintain connection
-makes people feel better when you get more likes
What could stop me from having opportunities and growth in my career?
Current Social Media Concerns with Kids:
-Getting younger
-Increased affirmations
-Feeling special
Social Media and Youth:
1) Address the existing and emerging social media concerns in your environments with education and media literacy conversations
2) Open constructive solutions based on dialogue with co-workers, stakeholders, clients, employers, and public about social media trends and communications concerns
When you get hired by a district, get them to clarify their social media policies
The Influences & Uses of Mobile Technology:
-personal use entitlement
-balancing professional expectations
-opening dialogue of usage
-understanding social media culture
-reflective usage by co-workers
-developing empathetic and ethical users
-the value of information
Struggling with Communications Balance:
-some schools advocate tech devices
-public/parents – understand how he school district wishes to use social media
-staff – understand how the district wishes staff to use social media to communicate and educate to students
-students – understand how the district wishes to use social media to educate students about internet trends and online concerns in conjunction with parents, community partners, and school board
Uses of Mobile Technology by Educators:
-teachers must not share student info/image on personal social media accounts
-balance professional expectations
-understand consequence in the online sharing of personal information about students
-assess ethos of care in social sharing
-challenge co-workers in open dialogues
-assess frustrations and opportunities for success
-get permission to share valuable information
Digital Consent:
-did you ask for permission?
-are you sharing information without informing the person it may impact?
I found this class to be extremely informative. Thank you Jesse for this amazing presentation!
Rosie Reynolds 