How to change your Facebook administrator from a personal to professional account

Innovative educators know it's not a great idea to use your personal account to administrate Facebook pages or groups that you are using for your school i.e. school page, library page, sports page.  However, for some, especially us early adopters, you may have a page that has been up and running for years using your personal account.

Don't worry! Switching it to a professional account is easy!

Step 1 - Select "Manage Admin Roles."

Step 2 - Select "Add Another Admin"
This is where you add a Facebook profile that has been set up for professional purposes and is not tied to a personal account.

Step 3 - Type in the name or email of the person you want to add.  This person must currently "Like" the Facebook page to be added.

Step 4 - Click the "x" to remove yourself as the administrator.

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Here’s the roundup of what's been popular on The Innovative Educator blog. Below you’ll see the top posts along with the number of page views. I hope there's something that looks of interest to you.  If it does, check it out. If you’re inspired use one of those icons below the post to share it with others and/or leave a comment.

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Is boredom the real epidemic in our schools? Mar 23, 2014,	3478
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10 ways the research behind banning #mlearning for children is flawed

You may have come across Cris Rowan's popular HuffPost piece explaining 10 reasons handheld devices should be banned for children under 12. You may also haveread the rebuttal from a librarian mom who explains why she will continue to give her children handheld devices. While the pro-device author explains the benefits of handhelds, what she doesn't uncover is that the research cited by the original author doesn't support her claims.

In fact, the research cited in the Rowan piece is so unsupportive of her claims, it seems possible that the real motive behind the article was to test the reader's gullibility. If readers had dug a little deeper, they'd find the truth.

The research focuses mainly on passive television consumption and video games that are either simple or for mature audiences. Much of it also is focused, not on pre-teens, but rather on teens and adults. The research shows a dearth of findings around the type of technology use in which the overwhelming majority of children engage.

Is boredom the real epidemic in our schools?

Me and my mother

I was at a large conference in the fall when the presenter asked the audience of more than 1000 educators to say the first word that comes to mind when thinking of high school. As if rehearsed for church choir, the audience responded.

Their answer? 

BORED!

I was thinking, wow! We all know this truth yet seem to accept it as just the way things are. When I tell this to other educators, some push back sharing all sorts of positive memories they had of high school. Still that doesn't negate the fact that a room full of pedagogical strangers came up with one answer to describe their high school experience. This hit home for me. 

When I was just three years old, my mother was called into my pre-school because they were concerned that there was something seriously wrong with me. In fact among other things they thought I might be "retarded." The conclusion was made based on warning signs they observed such as my not paying attention in class.  Fortunately, my mother got a second opinion and found the cause behind my lack of focus wasn't a mental condition, but in short, it was simply that I was bored. 

You can hear the story from my mother here:

The hottest posts everyone's reading

Here’s the roundup of what's been popular on The Innovative Educator blog. Below you’ll see the top posts along with the number of page views. I hope there's something that looks of interest to you.  If it does, check it out. If you’re inspired use one of those icons below the post to share it with others and/or leave a comment.

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How obsolete is your school? Take this quiz to ... Mar 19, 2014,	2162
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Does Twitter have a minimum age requirement? Jun 13, 2013,	1799
Face off: @Twitter verses @Remind101 for family ... Mar 9, 2014,	1680
Google Drive gets add-ons. Yeah or Eh? Mar 16, 2014,	1318

How obsolete is your school? Take this quiz to find out.

In his recent article, "14 things that are obsolete in 21st century schools," Ingvi Hrannar Ómarsson, gives innovative educators, students, and parents some food for thought in their own schools. When I read the article, I couldn't help but think that an excellent activity would be to turn the article into a quiz for school staff, students, and parents. After taking the quiz, they could compare results, see where they are, discuss what is working well, and also figure out some ways to update practice.

The quiz is at the end of this post. Once you take it, share how you did in the below poll. Results from first poll:


In the comments, please share any tips, ideas, suggestions for how you've successfully updated outdated practices in your school. Hopefully we'll learn some good ideas from one another.