Cross-posted from eFACE Today
On Friday after-school, a colleague and I provided Twitter training to fellow principals and school district administrators. As a thank you to the tremendous PLN participation, below is the agenda, resources and Powerpoint we used during the two hour session. Many of the resources shared can be found on this Learn Twitter page. Feel free to steal anything you care to use in your own setting.
To those who participated, thank you for being part of my PLN and for your commitment to being a connected educator. Your sharing matters, and helps my students, staff and parents each day. Feel free to download and customize the presentation below as you Tweet it Forward in your own school settings. Together we are better.
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As Twitter becomes increasingly popular for professional reasons amongst school administrators and teachers, it should ultimately trickle down into instructional activities.
Soon, students will be developing and expanding their personal learning networks.
Then, let the real learning begin…
Thanks for your reply, James. There are many educators already collaborating with students across time zones using Twitter. Check out @grade1 and her literature circles with other first graders… It;s very exciting!
Great article!! I think its important for teachers to connect with there students on a level that the students feel comfortable in. The factor I find hard for teachers is over coming the technology learning curve and obtaining a significant sized audience to keep them posting as well as interested.
I have been learning to use twitter and other social networks to my advantage and build a large scale learning network. In that quest I have used sites such as http://socialmediasites101.com/ a great resource for learning the basics as well as the power moves.
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