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Social Media for Teacher PD

Social Media for Teacher PD. RSS. Twitter. Pinterest. RSS. Really Simple Syndication Aggregate the latest news from your favourite websites and blogs Internet Explorer has a built-in RSS feed generator. RSS: Getting started.

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Social Media for Teacher PD

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  1. Social Media for Teacher PD Catholic Education Services - Diocese of Cairns 15 August 2013

  2. RSS Twitter Pinterest

  3. RSS • Really Simple Syndication • Aggregate the latest news from your favourite websites and blogs • Internet Explorer has a built-in RSS feed generator

  4. RSS: Getting started • Search for and select the websites and blogs you wish to receive feeds from • Click on the RSS icon in the toolbar to see which pages offer feeds OR use the site’s own RSS icon • Click ‘Subscribe to this feed’ • View your feeds via the star icon in the top right hand corner of your screen

  5. Useful sites for RSS • Websites you use frequently – eg. Professional associations, ABC News. • Professional blogs, eg. Teachers’ blog on library website

  6. Useful sites for RSS • Edublog - Best school principal or administrator blog 2012 • Top 100 school administrator blogs • Let the children play: 14 top Australian teacher blogs • Educational websites for teachers (Australian) • Edublog awards 2012 • Top 25 Elementary School Teacher Blogs of 2012 • Top 25 Middle School Teacher Blogs of 2012 • Top 25 High School Teacher Blogs of 2102

  7. Twitter – why bother? • Follow educators, experts, policymakers • Share your own links and resources • Join education conversations • Share ideas, ask for help, receive feedback • Connect with educators around the world • http://www.twitter.com

  8. Educational Technology and Mobile Learning http://www.educatorstechnology.com/ Ten powerful twitter tools for teachers http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/06/10-powerful-twitter-tools-for-teachers.html

  9. 14 Educational Technology Tweeters to follow @Jerry Blumengarten – educator, writer, who tries to catalogue the internet @isteconnects – advances excellence in learning and teaching. Great tweets about technology @Edudemic - great educational tweeter @edutopia - great source of inspiration for what works in education @ Shelley S Terrell – great educational thought provoker @ Eric Sheninger - a principal from NJ; winner of National Digital Principal Award @ MindShiftOED – explores the future of learning @ Steve Wheeler – web 2.0 researcher. Author of The Digital Classroom @ Tom Whitby – Professor of education – founder of #edchat and the Edu PLN ning @ Stevekatz – a tech integration specialist, teacher, @ WeAreTeachers – an online community of teachers of all types @ Will Richardson – author, speaker social web tools guru @Medkh9 – teacher, web designer, owner of Educational Technology and Mobile Learning website @ Lucy Gray – An Apple distinguished educator, education technology and social media consultant @ Kyle Pace – instructional technology specialist; Google certified teacher/presenter

  10. Hashtags # Hashtags allow you to create a community around a shared content. They are also a good way to keep track of what is being shared in a field of interest. Join education conversations; #edchat#mathchat#engchat: Talk with teachers who teach your core subject area #1stchat,#2ndchat, #3rdchat, etc: Talk to teachers who teach your grade level Visit the WeAreTeachers blog to learn how to get involved with twitter chats about education View more education hashtags here: http://cybraryman.com/edhashtags.html

  11. Shorten that URL – make it Tiny There are many programs that will shorten the URLs to help with the 140 character limit that Twitter allows Try one like Tiny: http://tiny.cc/ • This is helpful not only for Twitter, but also for making email-friendly links. Use on blogs, forums, social networks, instant messages, online publications or ad campaigns. Shorten and track it for business or educational projects.

  12. Using Pinterest in Education • http://pinterest.com/twahlert/using-pinterest-in-education/

  13. References Appelo, J. 2012. Pinterest icon. Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurgenappelo/7749080236/ under a Creative Commons Attribution licence. Garfield, S. 2013. Twitter Logo: twitter-bird-white-on-blue. Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevegarfield/8507143767/ under a Creative Commons Attribution, Non-Commercial and Share-Alike licences. Hamm, M. 2008. Jump on the social media bandwagon. Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthamm/2945559128/ under a Creative Commons Attribution and Non-commercial licence. TEIA, MG. 2009. RSS icon. Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/teiamg/4136268819/ under a Creative Commons Attribution licence.

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