Thank you for expressing interest in becoming a member of the WSTEM Social Media Department. The Social Media Department is not part of the regular film and broadcasting curriculum. It serves as an enrichment component, and students must apply, have parent permission, teacher recommendations, complete a written component, and be accepted in order to become a member. Students must maintain an A/B average in all classes to continue membership if accepted.
It is an honor to be a part of the Social Media Department and members are held in high esteem as upstanding, trustworthy students at the STEM Academy, and may have ambitions of pursuing education in communications and marketing.
The purpose of this department is to equip interested students with the knowledge, critical thinking ability, and practical skills they will need to meet the personal, professional, and civic challenges posed by social media, today and in the future. They acquire this knowledge through practice and participation in actively managing multiple social media platforms by posting on campus topics such as sports, music, poetry, art, different career paths, perspectives and the interconnectedness of the world.
APPLYING TO THE WSTEM SOCIAL MEDIA DEPARTMENT
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE APPLICATION PACKET
Students are required to complete the application packet that includes the following components: 1. A typed biography no longer than 200 words with a headshot. 2. The application form 3. Two letters of recommendation, one from a current teacher, and one from a past teacher (if this is your first year attending STEM, two current teacher recommendations or a parent or family recommendation can be substituted for the past teacher recommendation. ) 4. A one page written summary of an article about social media and marketing from the list of articles found below (you may find one on your own if you wish) with a copy of the article attached, or a citation included. 5. Parent permission form. 6. A current grade standing from all teachers. This will be required every 4 weeks if accepted. ******Disclaimer: Upon completion and receipt of the above components there will be additional modules to be completed on internet safety, media release policy, digital footprints, FERPA, etc before students will be allowed to actively post on school-based media outlets. Students who make posts off-colored in nature, or that may be viewed as a poor reflection of our school will have their membership immediately terminated and receive a yellow ticket. ****** |
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Suggested Articles and Videos on Social Media
SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY (youtube not available on campus)
Victoria, Australia posts a video on social media that discusses policies and common sense use. Once the social media department is formed we will meet one day after school and create our social media policy to guide our practice and use of social media tools in our school, and personal lives.
Tweeting their way off the team
As Erik Qualman wrote in his latest book, What Happens in Vegas Stays on YouTube, privacy is dead. We’ve seen this new reality impact every industry, and most notably in sports. This story is just one more example of how college athletes need to learn how to protect and produce a strong digital reputation. The following post was first published on FOX Sports: http://buff.ly/Xd1H0r.
Tweeting Spacecraft
ABSTRACT
This position paper for the CHI 2010 workshop on microblogging calls attention to the Tweeting practices of NASA spacecraft, and the tensions arising from such practices with respect to individual and corporate users, agency and intimacy, and expertise and discovery.
YouTube's EcoSystem for News
‘Our users innovate at an extraordinary pace and in ways that amaze us, make our world more transparent, and change the way we consume information and are informed.’ By Steve Grove
20,000 to the Senior That Tweets the Best
Video of the Week: Shel Holtz & the Wired Workforce (youtube not available on campus)
This video by Shel Holtz discusses why companies should not block social media sites and internet in the work place.
4 Brands Promoting Social Change Through Social Media
Part of Internet Week New York this year focused on social change at a day-long “Promise” summit. That event, produced by ThinkSocial and sponsored by Pespico, showcased brands, executives and entrepreneurs using social media to affect global change.
The Future of Social Media in Journalism (mashable not available on campus)
The future of social media in journalism will see the death of “social media.” That is, all media as we know it today will become social, and feature a social component to one extent or another. After all, much of the web experience, particularly in the way we consume content, is becoming social and personalized.
Victoria, Australia posts a video on social media that discusses policies and common sense use. Once the social media department is formed we will meet one day after school and create our social media policy to guide our practice and use of social media tools in our school, and personal lives.
Tweeting their way off the team
As Erik Qualman wrote in his latest book, What Happens in Vegas Stays on YouTube, privacy is dead. We’ve seen this new reality impact every industry, and most notably in sports. This story is just one more example of how college athletes need to learn how to protect and produce a strong digital reputation. The following post was first published on FOX Sports: http://buff.ly/Xd1H0r.
Tweeting Spacecraft
ABSTRACT
This position paper for the CHI 2010 workshop on microblogging calls attention to the Tweeting practices of NASA spacecraft, and the tensions arising from such practices with respect to individual and corporate users, agency and intimacy, and expertise and discovery.
YouTube's EcoSystem for News
‘Our users innovate at an extraordinary pace and in ways that amaze us, make our world more transparent, and change the way we consume information and are informed.’ By Steve Grove
20,000 to the Senior That Tweets the Best
Video of the Week: Shel Holtz & the Wired Workforce (youtube not available on campus)
This video by Shel Holtz discusses why companies should not block social media sites and internet in the work place.
4 Brands Promoting Social Change Through Social Media
Part of Internet Week New York this year focused on social change at a day-long “Promise” summit. That event, produced by ThinkSocial and sponsored by Pespico, showcased brands, executives and entrepreneurs using social media to affect global change.
The Future of Social Media in Journalism (mashable not available on campus)
The future of social media in journalism will see the death of “social media.” That is, all media as we know it today will become social, and feature a social component to one extent or another. After all, much of the web experience, particularly in the way we consume content, is becoming social and personalized.