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#Teacher Takeover

Viking Network @ThisIsFHS

Theresa L Christensen, NBCT

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William Fremd High School

Kurt Tenopir, Principal

Township H.S. District 211

Palatine, IL

Dr. Daniel Cates, Superintendent

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Thank you to Alysha English & Emma Scripps of Teachers Guild and to ISTE for this amazing opportunity to share our experiences and collaborate with our global colleagues!!

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Township High School District 211’s Digital Democracy Expectations

  1. Think before posting.
  2. Abide by classroom technology expectations.
  3. Use personal social apps and games outside of class time.
  4. Ask before sharing pictures, taking videos or recording another person.
  5. Be original, be honest, avoid cheating.
  6. Remember, your iPad is school issued. Keep it clean.

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Viking Network (founded 2017-2018 school year) - Fremd High School’s Digital Democracy Team

Student-Driven to amplify student voice!

Purpose: create a digital world that is positive and safe

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At beginning of year, low % of students surveyed deemed their “digital footprints” as “Very Important!”

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We collected data . . .

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What should digital citizenship look like in our school?

How can it played out in a classroom?

How aware do we want our students to be of the importance of their digital conduct?

So We brainstormed . . .

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Teacher Takeover

A school-wide competition during which teachers “share their greatness,” modeling positive use of social media in our school, creating a positive school culture.

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Most likes = prizes

LIKES

Most retweets = prizes

RE-TWEETS

New to Twitter = prizes

NEWBIES

Classes, Clubs & Sports Invited to Tweet

All Week!

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Sample #TeacherTakeover Feed @ThisISFHS

Teachers sharing their greatness!

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Cross-curricular!

School-wide!

Positive sharing & encouraging!!

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Advanced Reading

Automotives

Preschool Class

STUDENTS EXCITED TO SHARE THEIR LEARNING!!

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AP Biology

Style Studio

Basketball

Spanish Class

The GIST: say something positive about what’s going on while tagging @ThisIsFHS #TeacherTakeover

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Tally Tweets at end of each day for motivation & momentum!!

@ThisIsFHS

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And the winner is . . . !!! Share successes!!

@ThisISFHS

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Positive school culture!

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Students excited to share their learning!

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Cross-curricular teacher collaboration!

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School-wide modeling of safe social media use!

William Fremd High School

#TeacherTakeover TakeAways

@ThisIsFHS

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Create Your Own #TeacherTakeover to promote #DigCit!

Create a #Hashtag for your event

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Tally RTs and Likes💚

Sample Tweet

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Invite Teachers

Sample Invite

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Set simple guidelines

Sample Guidelines

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Offer prizes to winners (cookies, badges, etc)

Sample Tweet

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Next - a student-led competition!!

Sample Follow-up

For more info, follow @ThisISFHS!!

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Potential Follow-up. . . Student-Led Competition:

  • Opportunity for students to portray our school positively, while encouraging their peers to do the same!

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THERESA CHRISTENSEN -

English Teacher

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HAMID MEHREIOSKOUEI -

Assistant Principal

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BROUGHT TO YOU BY: FREMD HIGH SCHOOL’S VIKING NETWORK

For more #DigCit Events & Ideas, follow us @ThisIsFHS !!!

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KATIE JOHNSON -

Dean of Students

DAVID STRYKOWSKI-

Business Teacher

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KEITH SORENSEN -

Technology Coordinator

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JASON HOGREFE -

P.E. Teacher

Kurt Tenopir - Principal

Dr. Dan Cates - Superintendent

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Let’s #TeacherTakeover ISTE!

Use both the #TeacherTakeover & #ISTE18 to share positive moments throughout the conference. It’ll be an easy way for us to share and keep in touch!

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William Fremd High School

Palatine IL

Township HS District 211

English Teacher, NBCT

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WEBSITE:

TheresaLChristensen.com

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Theresa Christensen

@GradingGirl

@ThisIsFHS

Twitter:

tchristensen@d211.org

Email:

Thank you again to Teachers Guild and ISTE for this opportunity!