Pinterest, Twitter and LinkedIn, Oh My!

Using Social Media to Expand your Professional (Personal)

Learning Network

A presentation for Arkansas ACTE Summer Conference 2013 By Dr. Robin C. McLean

In the beginning . . .

• Twitter – an account to hold my name

• Pinterest

• Linked In – the “professional thing” to do

And then the focus changed

Image Source:

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/11/teacher-tutorial-on-creating-personal.html

Why have a social media PLN? • Ask and answer questions

• Collaborate

• Get Feedback

• Organize concepts

• Remove sense of isolation

What’s my Pinterest now? Idea organizer

Twitter

• Microblogging

• Real time communication

• Follow others in your content area o #careerteched

o #arkedchat – Thursdays at 8pm CST

o #CTEChat – Wednesdays at 7:30 CST

o What works for your content, may not work for others – find your niche! http://www.cybraryman.com/edhashtags.html

Create a bio that helps identify who you are

Create or find lists

What’s been recent in career and technical education?

Linked In

Isn’t it just a way to put up a resume?

It’s another way to develop your network!

Challenges

• In the beginning . . . oGetting started

o Figuring out what tools work best for my needs

oDetermining what and how to share

•Today . . . o Setting time limits on social

media

oUsing all the ideas I am finding

We’ve just scratched

the surface!

• Additional resources - http://moourl.com/arkactesm

• ACTE Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/actecareertech/

• Twitter:

o@rcmclean

• Email: mclean.robin.c@gmail.com