Social LEADia: Moving Students from Digital Citizenship to Digital Leadership - Softcover

Casa-Todd, Jennifer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1946444111 ISBN 13: 9781946444110

Publisher: Dave Burgess Consulting, Incorporated, 2017

Synopsis

How will your students answer when an interviewer asks, “What social media networks are you on, and what will I learn about you if I go there?” Equipping students for their future begins by helping them become digital leaders now. In our networked society, students need to learn how to leverage social media to connect to people, passions, and opportunities to grow and make a difference. When people think of kids and their devices, it is often with dismay. But technology is here to stay, which means we must educate, empower, and inspire our students to use social media to ... learn and share learning address societal inequality share their voices be a more positive influence in others’ lives Social LEADia addresses the need to shift our conversations at school and at home from digital citizenship to digital leadership. Inside, you’ll read about some amazing kids who are leveraging social media in positive and powerful ways. They are passionate and empathetic leaders online and offline, and they model the reality that students don't need to wait for tomorrow to lead—they can be world-changers today.

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"On average, every 60 seconds, 452,000 Tweets are sent, 4.1 million YouTube Videos are viewed, 70,017 hours of Netflix are watched, 1.8 Million Snaps are created, and 46,200 Instagram posts are uploaded, with numbers continuing to accelerate. How are we preparing today's students to not simply survive and be safe, but to lead and thrive in a globally connected society? Casa-Todd does a masterful job addressing the "Yeah, buts..." while moving the social media conversation from compliance to leadership. Social LEADia is a brilliant read and a needed tool for your educator toolkit."
 
--Thomas C. Murray, Director of Innovation, Future Ready Schools
 
 
In her new book, Jennifer Casa-Todd explores the concept of digital leadership and its place in today's schools and classrooms. Written in an engaging style and rich with real-world examples, Casa-Todd takes us beyond simplistic, outdated, and ineffective narratives around kids' relationships with technology in order to paint a rich portrait of the world we live in and what that means for our children's futures. Using stories from her own practice, Casa-Todd helps us to make the leap from digital citizenship to digital leadership and provides plenty of concrete ideas and tips that we can bring into the classroom in order to help students become engaged and inspiring leaders who will drive change in both the face to face and digital worlds.
 
--Dr. Alec Couros, Professor of Educational Technology & Media
Faculty of Education, University of Regina
 
 
Social LEADia brings inspiration and a call to action to educators teaching today in the digital age. Through the lens of digital leadership, Jennifer offers direction and positive encouragement for educators seeking ways to support students at all levels to become connected in their roles as digital citizens of the world. Teachers can fill their toolboxes with ready-to-implement ideas offered through student vignettes, scripts for guided conversations,  case studies, project examples, and detailed listings of tech tools. Written with intention, purpose, and a passion for championing teachers and students to find, share, and amplify their voices, this is a must-read book for every educator ready to make our world a better place through the sharing of stories and perspectives from our connected classrooms. Bravo!
 
--Dr. Jennifer Williams, Professor, Global Program Developer & Connected Educator,

Students communicate and engage with the world through social media on a daily basis. Social LEADia provides educators with ideas, resources, and activities to ensure students make a positive impact with their digital choices and behavior. Social LEADia is a book much needed for all educators to ensure schools are at the forefront of guiding students to be digital leaders and improve the world.
 
--Shelly Sanchez Terrell, International Speaker, Innovator and Author

The world today that students and kids are growing up in is filled with near ubiquitous access to information. As we've seen, this information, while mostly helpful, can be difficult to navigate without help and the understanding of how to effectively distill the best. Being naturally social students are receiving much of this information through social media. Jennifer has written an essential handbook for educators to not only help them best position social media in their classrooms but to also guide students as they learn as well. Any educator would benefit from taking her advice and creating an environment where students can think critically but flourish as well. A must read!
 
--Steven Anderson, Educational Evangelist Speaker/Consultant
 

Edition details

• Publisher: Dave Burgess Consulting, Incorporated
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1946444111
• ISBN 13: 9781946444110
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 340