Social Media in

Kindergarten
EDUC 775 Final Project
Crystal Hampson

Learning Objectives:

1. Students will be able to plan for an opinion blog entry by developing their own
graphic organizer
2. Students will be able to draft and publish a blog entry about community helpers
3. Students will be able to critique and comment on other students' blogs

The Process:
BEFORE
MODEL GRAPHIC ORGANIZER
Have students do their own

DURING
Kidblog.com
Draft of blog entry

AFTER
Critique and make comments
Revise and publish blog entry

ASSESSMENT

Observation
Final published blog entry
Complete sentences
Punctuation
Depending on the learning level- the correct number of sentences

How will this enhance the teaching and/or

learning experience?

Graphic Organizers
Writing complete sentences
Peer editing
Revising
Publishing
The writing process
TWITTER/CLASS BLOG
Collaborating with other cloasses
Showing off what students have been working on
Motivates students

How is technology being used as online

collaborative tools?

KIDBLOG.COM
Peer editing (Students are learning through peer interaction)

TWITTER/CLASS BLOG
Students are able to learn and collaborate with other class twitters and blogs

Why is this important?

Collaboration
Students are learning more about writing through peer editing
School wide- principal wants students to begin peer editing

Mrs. Hampsons Kindergarten

Classroom Acceptable Use Policy

The kindergarten students will have access to desktop computers and iPads in the
classroom. Classroom lessons will be taught about the expectations when using these
technologies in order to support and enhance learning prior to students independently
working with these devices.
Introduction: The purpose of this document is to establish guidelines for the acceptable
use of devices and related technology in the classroom. All students will be expected to
understand and follow these procedures when using devices in the classroom.

Acceptable Uses: Technology within the school setting is meant to further learning and
provide additional educational oppurtunities for students. To protect against the
possibility of misuse, devices in the classroom should be limited to teacher-defined
educational purposes unless direct permission to use the devices for other purposes is
obtained from the teacher.
-I promise to use technology carefully
-I promise to only work on the programs and web pages that my teacher tells me to use.
-I promise to tell an adult if I read or see something on a computer that is not appropriate.
-I promise to only share passwords with my teacher or parent.-I promise never to use
technology to hurt, frighten or bully others.
-I promise to print only when my teacher tells me

Unacceptable Uses: The following uses of the classroom technology are not acceptable
and will result in disciplinary action.
-Using a device without permission from a teacher
-Using another persons information on a device without the permission of the individual
and the teacher
-Sending threatening messages, emails, or any use of technology to intimidate others

Violations: Any student not observing the guidelines set forth as acceptable use in this
document may be subjects to the loss of device privelages, and further disciplinary
actions including office referral or legal prosecution depending on the nature and severity
of the offense.
Student name ____________________________________________________
Student signature_________________________________________________
Date____________________________________________________________
Print Parent Name_________________________________________________
Parent signature___________________________________________________
Parent email address_______________________________________________

What research supports my plan?

Media literacy is vital to the growth of our students perception of the world around
them. (De Abreu, 2011)
Media literacy promotes critical thinking beyond the traditional literacies of reading
and writing, including the visual and computer literacies. (De Abreu, 2011)
Media literacy education is an opportunity for learning that provides the openness by
which both student and teacher can converse and respectfully give divergent
opinions. (De Abreu, 2011)
Media literacy lessons are central to the growth and development of this generation
and future generations of students. (De Abreu, 2011)
De Abreu, B. (2011). Media literacy, social networking, and the web 2.0 environment for
the k-12 educator (Vol. 4). New York, New York: Peter Lang Publishing.