All Worked Up

Getting Networked Through Twitter

Emily HarrisonPrincipal, Patriot Oaks Academy

GETTING ALL “WORKED UP”

USING SOCIAL MEDIA TO LEVERAGE GOOD

NEWS, LEARNER NETWORKS AND

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

INTRODUCTION

•Who I am

•What I am not

•Why me?

•What I hope to accomplish by the end of

this presentation

TWO COLUMN NOTES PAGE

•My Current

Thoughts/

Understandings

•Now I think (or

something I’ve learned)

A THOUSAND MILE JOURNEY…•What reasons does a school have to be connected?

•What options are there to get connected?

•How can being connected help me personally and

professionally

•How can being connected help my school?

•The “T” word and my personal journey

SUMMARY NOTES:

•Twitter can be used personally and

professionally to give you current or

cutting edge information … and for

schools, it is an excellent way to share

good news.

WHAT ARE THE FEARS AND BOUNDARIES OF SOCIAL MEDIA?

•Negativity

•Time

SUGGESTIONS FOR A POSITIVE DIGITAL FOOTPRINT, “DO” LIST:

•Share innovative strategies and good news about

your school

•Include education articles that influence

thinking

•Include good thoughts and quotes

•Lose the negativity

SUMMARY NOTES:

•Allow only one school account. Only follow one other

group (St. Johns County School District) and post one to

two times per week.

•THE DO LIST:• Share innovative strategies and good news about your

school

• Include education articles that influence thinking

• Include good thoughts and quotes

• Lose the negativity

•Follow your school district’s guidelines for Social Media

SCHOOL ACCOUNT

CHANGE…

•Change is NOT a Top-Down or Bottom-Up

kind of thing… It’s an ALL HANDS on

DECK kind of thing.

•YOU must be the NUMBER ONE FAN of

YOUR School

FOCUSING ON YOU

•What ways can Twitter help you

professionally?

•What is your understanding of a PLN, or

Professional Learning Network?

FOCUSING ON YOU•What ways can Twitter help you professionally?

• Professional Development

• Resource Sharing

• Collaboration and Networking

• COMBAT ISOLATION

•What is Your understanding of a PLN, or Personal/

Professional Learning Network?

• A PLN is made up of those people who restore you with

encouragement, calm your feelings of isolation, stimulate your ideas

and give you support

•Creating Content and Leading CHATS

SUMMARY NOTES:

•I AM THE NUMBER ONE FAN OF MY

SCHOOL/ SCHOOL DISRICT AND I CAN

PROVE IT.

•Twitter can help me personally and

professionally through PD, sharing ideas

and networking.

HANDLES AND HASHTAGS

•What do you know about handles and

hashtags?

SHARING CONTENT•A Handle

•@PatriotOaks

•@eduk8fla

•Hashtags

•#chargereduchat

•#FlSecretary

•#FlSecretaryChat

DISCUSS

•How could you use a “CHAT” to help you

professionally?

CHAT EXAMPLE•TOPIC- SUBSITUTES

•Questions to pose- examples

•What is one way your office checks substitutes in at the front

desk?

•How do you guarantee you get your keys back from a

substitute?

•How do you track the hours a substitute works?

•What are some strategies you use to develop substitutes who

need assistance?

•How do you show appreciation to your substitutes?

SUMMARY NOTES

•I can share content through hashtags, like

#FlSecretary

•I can participate in or lead “CHATS” with

others about content that interests me, like

#FlSecretaryChat

IN CLOSING•Share the “Good News” through Social Media

•Grow personally and professionally

•Create a positive digital footprint for yourself

and you school/district

•Connect with others like you and keep that

learning going all year long!