Connecting with other educators through Twitter changed my life and it will change yours, too! Twitter has had such a positive impact that I want everyone to benefit from the amazing resources, encouragement, and connections that are only available if you give it a try. The thing is, you have to try for at least 20 days so that it becomes as natural as making lists and writing plans....... Once your grades are entered this week, stick your toes into the Twitterverse. My last post encouraged you to get started with Twitter by accepting a challenge. This time, I'm asking you to experiment with it for a minimum of 20 days. I've got the 20 days mapped out for you and will be right there in your Twitter stream to help. In honor of the second quarter, get started with Twitter! If you are an existing user, join the experiment to reignite the networking you began some time ago and support new teachers to Twitter. Click the image below to begin. Social Media Challenge 3 (ahem Experiment) (3 hours PL)
1. Read this blog post from someone who writes better than me! 2. Comment below - what excites you or concerns you about getting started with Twitter? Please make a return visit and connect with others. Contribute and engage in the conversations posted below as well as previous posts in this cohort. When you comment, be sure to include your email address and place a check mark in the box so that you are informed when other people engage with your posts. Repeat/Follow up Tasks:
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Lisa O'Donnell
10/19/2016 11:01:35 am
One of my concerns about getting involved with Twitter is getting burnt out on it and then leaving it by the wayside. I have already done that somewhat with my professional Twitter account. Once I established a Twitter account for our media center, I lost interest in keeping up with my own as well. It just seems like TOO MUCH sometimes to have so many different social media accounts (pinterest, Twitter, linkedIn, etc.). I want to be current, but I don't want to get overwhelmed by all of it.
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10/30/2016 06:18:29 pm
I'm with LIsa. I check my own Twitter account when I am looking at the one for our media center. It's far more relevant to my day to day professional life!
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Stephanie B Donnelly
4/6/2017 02:26:18 pm
Once I "cleaned up" my Twitter accounts (personal and professional), it's now just a habit to quickly scroll through and see what's going on. 9 times out of 10, I find something really useful and/or interesting that I can use for work.
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Suzanne Campbell
11/9/2016 09:35:26 am
I love Twitter now that I have cleaned it up to be for professional growth only. I have updated my Google Classroom practices because of many of the tips I received through Twitter.
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Debra Morrell/ PE Teacher
11/17/2016 02:59:13 pm
I have seen some really cool stuff related to my profession on Twitter. and I have followed some HPE folks that I recently connected with at our Georgia HPERD Convention. However, I don't often use it myself. I plan to go in and clean up my Twitter account this week-weekend to make it less personal and more professional, then use it more often to post classroom stuff. I hope/think/plan that we will be doing some really cool stuff in our PE classes.
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John McMullan
12/4/2016 09:36:55 pm
My main concerns for twitter mainly come from my education in college. My professor would tell us of the dangers of social media and never any positive ways to use it. I left her classes thinking I should delete my accounts and just be done with it. I am slowly starting to learn her views were dated and out of touch and I am thoroughly enjoying twitter and have already found things I can use in my own classroom.
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Stephanie B Donnelly
4/6/2017 02:28:43 pm
As the school media specialist, I too was fearful of the social media. After hearing the ethics lectures at the beginning of the year, it doesn't really send you running for Twitter, FB, etc. Rather, it encourages you to run away. I think the important thing is to be mindful of the fact that once you put it out in cyberspace, it can't be taken back. Make your Twitter, FB, etc., something that a fellow educator would WANT to follow.
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Angela LaPlante
4/6/2017 05:12:29 pm
Thanks for your comments, Stephanie! For several years, I maintained duplicate accounts for personal and professional use under the guise of "keeping work at work, and home at home." Now that I'm posting more frequently and am in a position where my public self and my personal self collide, I find that it's just simpler and more transparent to blend the social media accounts as well. At a conference last summer, George Couros convinced me (and probably hundreds of others) that as a teachers and public servants, it's our job to be role models for students and community members. If what we are sharing can't be shared with everyone, then, perhaps it's not appropriate to share..... right? 2/21/2018 02:18:48 pm
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