Today I had the privilege of presenting on my favorite social media ... TWITTER. Twitter has opened my eyes to a new and exciting world of educators. I have had the opportunity to talk with teachers and administrators from all over the world and read fabulous articles for professional development.
Many of the teachers in my session didn't even have a twitter account so we were starting at the ground level. It was exciting to see them light up as they saw their tweets appear on TweetDeck through the projector. They asked many great questions, many of which I could answer but there were a few unanswered. I was glad to have had a few "helpers" in the audience as well. A thank you to Rhonda, Travis and Todd for helping answer questions that I couldn't get to fast enough.
This is like my classroom...I have students who understand things quickly and do the work ahead of time but then I also have students who need the extra hand holding to get it done. It's my job to guide them through the tough times and praise them during the easy times.
It is my hope that my new Twitter friends will be active and participate in the conversations out in Twitter land.
Many of the teachers in my session didn't even have a twitter account so we were starting at the ground level. It was exciting to see them light up as they saw their tweets appear on TweetDeck through the projector. They asked many great questions, many of which I could answer but there were a few unanswered. I was glad to have had a few "helpers" in the audience as well. A thank you to Rhonda, Travis and Todd for helping answer questions that I couldn't get to fast enough.
This is like my classroom...I have students who understand things quickly and do the work ahead of time but then I also have students who need the extra hand holding to get it done. It's my job to guide them through the tough times and praise them during the easy times.
It is my hope that my new Twitter friends will be active and participate in the conversations out in Twitter land.
leadership_twitter_presentation.key.pdf |
tweet_cheat_1.pages.pdf |
twitter_chats.pdf |