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Powerpoint from Principal 2.0: The Connected Administrator at #IPLI. Credit to Curt Rees for Gilligan's Island slides.
Transcript of Twitter island #ipli
Escaping your Admin Island
through Twitter
#IPLIJessica Johnson
Amber Teamann
A
By the end of this session...
•You will have a Twitter account and have sent a tweet.
•You’ll know the basics of Twitter (tweet, follow, hashtags, mentions)
•You’ll start building your PLN
Image Credit: Alec Couros
Image credit: A. Couros
Imagine if all your advice and feedback came from the same small group of people, or no one at all.
Administrator’s
Image Credit: Alec Couros
Image credit: A. Couros
Why use Twitter?
More Important than Biebs’ hair and Ashton/Demi
•24/7 Professional Development
•PLN= Professional/Personal Learning Network
Global audience
Like sending a text to the whole world
Short and sweet
Niche community
Group of people
interested in same topic.
Free and easy
With Twitter, you can ask those “dumb” questions that you might not want to ask those you work closely with.
Or you could avoid asking your important questions to dumb people. :)
Bouncing your ideas off your PLN could save you from a bad idea.
Why not google it?
How can Twitter be used professionally?
What do I do on Twitter?*24/7 Professional Development*Collaborate with other Great Educators*Find great resources to share with my staff*Read articles that have been shared*Find new blogs to add to my feedly blog reader*Get almost instant feedback/help*Participate in weekly scheduled chats (#educoach #atplc #1to1techat)
How to use Twitter
Where is Where is the @ sign the @ sign on this on this thing?thing?
I sure wish I sure wish I hadnI hadn’’t t tweeted tweeted
that.that.
Who to start following on twitter?
• People you know
• Friends of friends
•Other Interesting People
People You Know
Friends of Friends
#hashtag search
People with similar interests…
Your bio….How do you want to present yourself?
•I am a principal….•Interested in:
-Math-Science-Reading-Technology-Instructional Leadership
•Any other info from you that will attract the followers YOU want to learn from•Add a picture...don’t be an egghead!
“But I don’t have anything to share!”
Make sense?
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For more than 140 characters...
Using Feedly to Follow Blogs
