Leading, Connecting, Communicating

Becky Wetherington (HES) Suzanne Tanner (WES)

Google Reader

Feeddler

Feedly

Flipbook

Zite

Facebook

Twitter

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How do busy administrators keep up with the educational research and trends?

I watch the nightly news and read the

newspaper.

Isn't that enough?

How do busy administrators keep up with the educational research and trends?

Who has the time?

We'll also show you several cool iPad/iPhone apps to view your Google Reader feeds, i.e. Feedler, Feedly, Flipbook, Zite.

Education information at your fingertips by

using Google Reader (to view RSS feeds).

The program is already there with your

Google mail - just waiting for you to use it.

Google ReaderAn RSS feed reader.

(Really Simple Syndication)

You can manage feeds and

share them with others.

Find interesting educational blogs and have the blog posts delivered to you.

Feeddler

Most popular RSS reader app for iPad and has

been picked as a top iPad app.

A fast and highly customizable Google Reader client that stays in perfect sync and presents RSS stories in an

easy-to-read interface.

Feedly

• Organizes your favorite blogs, news sites, and YouTube channels.

• A fast and stylish way to read and share the content of your favorite sites.

• Transforms websites into beautiful cards.

Syncs with:

Flipboard• The news you want, all in one place.• Flipboard is a personal news magazine

filled with everything being shared across the web, from breaking news to stories on world events, travel, and more.

• Simply pick a few topics and your flipboard is instantly populated with news you care about.

• Apple’s App of the Year

It’s Free

FlipBoard

FlipBoard

Zite It’s Free

Zite analyzes millions of articles each day and brings you the best of your

favorite magazines, newspapers, authors, blogs, and videos.

An intelligent magazine

that helps you discover

interesting things to read.

Zite

How do educational leaders best connect with their stakeholders?

How can we lead from behind?

Don't be afraid of it.

It's really simple.

Only takes a few moments.

By using the methods our stakeholders use:

social media!

Facebook• The world’s most popular social networking site.• Makes it easy to connect and share with family, and

friends (with your personal page).• Great tool (with your school page) for distributing

positive news, events, and reminders from school to parents, the community, and other stakeholders.

Why Should I take time for Facebook?

Reach the parents of a huge percentage of

your students.

Monitor what matters most to

you.

Build and revive relationships. Connect

personally with your employees.

Facebook

Twitter

Twitter in Plain English http://youtu.be/ddO9idmax0o

Using Twitter in Education http://youtu.be/bV5j_OIKPp4

Up to 140 characters, known as ‘tweets’

To send and read text-based

messages, a picture or link to

a website.

Twitter is an online social

networking and micro-blogging

service

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www.twitter.com/WestsideLowndes

Does the boss tweet? 10 reasons why you should:

1. Teachers want to know what is on your mind.2. Teachers want to know what you care about.3. Teachers appreciate that you are engaged and involved.4. Teachers appreciate that you are willing to communicate openly.5. Teachers like the transparency.6. Teachers think it is great that you are experimenting with social media.7. Teachers take your willingness to tweet as a way of supporting their participation in social media.8. Teachers learn from you how to use social media effectively.9. Teachers respect that you are willing to speak your mind publicly.10. Teachers hope that your example of using social media will spread to other leaders in education.

Adapted from: http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology_and_learning/10_reasons_why_your_edu_boss_should_tweet#ixzz2JkvIw19j 

What should I ‘tweet’ about?

Support other educatorsRetweeting other work is a way of saying that you enjoyed what they shared.

Questions that will help you or your school

Ex) Has anyone had success using iPad minis with PreK students?

Thoughts and quotes

Leaders need to be thinkers

Educational articles that influence your thinking

Link to an article, blog post, or online resource

Sharing innovative strategies and news from your school

Spelling Bee winners, upcoming Valentine's Dance

Who should I ‘follow’ on Twitter?@LowndesVikings@LowndesHighNews@gabridgemen@PineGroveMiddle@HahiraMiddle@WestsideLowndes@HahiraElem@locotech (Al Rowell)@TheVikingVoice@GoValdostaCats

@GaDOEnews@DrJohnBarge@GaStandardsOrg@GeorgiaSLDS@PioneerRESATech@AJCinEducation@TheVDT@ValdostaToday@valdostastate

Who should I ‘follow’ on Twitter?@educationweek@edutopia@ASCD@NAESP@kathyschrock (teacher, Tech Director, professor, Massachusetts)@tonyvincent (teacher, tech specialist, Ed consultant, Arizona)@lesliefisher (former Apple K-12 engineer, now consultant, California)@DianeRavitch (Author of Death/Life of Great American Sch Sys)@MichaelBarber9 (Chief Education Advisor at Pearson)@arneduncan (US Secretary of Education)@ToddWhitaker (author of What Great Principals do Differently)@techlearning@TED_TALKS@TEDNews

Who should I ‘follow’ on Twitter?@NMHS_Principal (Digital Principal Award, HS, New Jersey)@patrickmlarkin (Digital Principal Award, HS, Asst Super, Massachusetts)@bcurrie5 (MS VP, New Jersey, #satchat)@Joe_Mazza (Elem principal in Penn, #PTchat)@KnappElementary (Pennsylvania)@jsnydz13 (elem principal in Indiana)@jvincentsen (elem principal in Massachusetts) @Cantiague_Lead (elem principal in New York)@MarkZiebarth (elementary principal in Minnesota)@ProtableProf (Andy Brovey at VSU)@coolcatteacher (best teacher blog winner and author)

Topics to search for on Twitter

Use a ‘hashtag’ to search by topic

#PTchatWednesdays at 9:00pm

#satchat

Saturdays at

7:30 am

#edchat Wednesdays at noon and 7:00 pm

QR codes

• Typing out web addresses on the tiny keyboard is not very efficient.

• QR codes are used for coding information in two-dimensional space.

• Tailor-made for quickly and easily linking to content on smartphones.

• Educators must advertise the positive news from school to our community.

Yes, these new forms of communication take time and there is a learning curve, but it is a curve that can lead in a better new direction for our schools.

Let's show the kids that old dogs can learn new tricks.

Take it one step at a time.

Leading, Connecting, Communicating in the Digital Age

Becky Wetherington (HES) Suzanne Tanner (WES)

• Google Reader• Feeddler• Feedly• Flipbook

• Zite

• Facebook• Twitter• QR codes