Why+share+media?

The new 2.0 tools allow us to publish images, photographs, video, slideshows, documents and determine how publicly we'd like to share them and with which restrictions and permissions.
 * What is media sharing or social media?**

A number of portals allow you to easily store and share images. Flickr is one of the most popular for sharing images and short videos. It allows you to share a limited number of images for free. For $24.95 a year you get unlimited storage and can create unlimited groups and sets of media.

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 * Tools for media sharing**
 * [|Flickr] (for photos, images, and short videos)
 * [|PhotoBucket] (for photos and images)
 * [|Slideshare] (for sharing and finding presentations)
 * [|YouTube] (major portal for video sharing)
 * [|TeacherTube] (portal for instructional sharing)
 * [|Ning] (social networking tool can be used as a parking lot for media)
 * [|authorStream] (sharing slideshows)


 * Why should teachers share media?**
 * To share media with colleagues around the world or in the school
 * To share media with students
 * To showcase student work
 * To share locally-produced professional development
 * To teach about [|Creative Commons] licensing
 * To promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness [|(NETS*T)]
 * To model collaborative knowledge construction by engaging in learning with students, colleagues, and others in face-to-face and virtual environments. [|(NETS*T)]
 * To demonstrate fluency in technology systems and the transfer of current knowledge to new technologies and situations. [|(NETS*T)]
 * To collaborate with students, peers, parents, and community members using digital tools and resources to support student success and innovation. [|(NETS*T)]
 * To communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and peers using a variety of digital-age media and formats. [|(NETS*T)]
 * To advocate, model, and teach safe, legal, and ethical use of digital information and technology, including respect for copyright, intellectual property, and the appropriate documentation of sources. [|(NETS*T)]
 * To address the diverse needs of all learners by using learner-centered strategies providing equitable access to appropriate digital tools and resources.
 * To promote and model digital etiquette and responsible social interactions related to the use of technology and information. [|(NETS*T)]
 * To develop and model cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with colleagues and students of other cultures using digital-age communication and collaboration tools. [|(NETS*T)]
 * To participate in local and global learning communities to explore creative applications of technology to improve student learning. [|(NETS*T)]
 * To exhibit leadership by demonstrating a vision of technology infusion, participating in shared decision making and community building, and developing the leadership and technology skills of others. [|(NETS*T)]


 * Why should students share media?**
 * To practice digital citizenship by contributing to knowledge building
 * To be information or media producers as well as information and media consumers
 * To learn about [|Creative Commons] licensing
 * To share work in a variety of media
 * To practice 21st communication skills
 * To practice digital citizenship
 * Organize knowledge so that it is useful [|AASL Standards]
 * To collaborate with others to exchange ideas, develop new understandings, make decisions, and solve problems [|AASL Standards]
 * To use the writing process, media and visual literacy, and technology skills to create products that express new understandings [|AASL Standards]
 * To connect understanding to the real world [|AASL Standards]
 * To connect ideas to own interests and previous knowledge and experience [|AASL Standards]
 * To use social networks and information tools to gather and share information [|AASL Standards]
 * To organize personal knowledge in a way that can be called upon easily [|AASL Standards]
 * To use creative and artistic formats to express personal learning [|AASL Standards]


 * Why should librarians share media?**
 * To share aspects of life in the library
 * To create a virtual library tour
 * To archive and share special library or school events
 * To archive and showcase student work
 * To teach about [|Creative Commons] licensing
 * To archive and share bulletin boards and displays
 * To promote books and reading
 * To advertise new arrivals
 * To archive your READ and other self-designed posters
 * To share instructional media and professional development with the school community


 * Why should administrators share media?**
 * To broadcast your school's achievements
 * To showcase student life and work