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Hashtags, handles and pins. SOCIAL MEDIA FOR BEGINNERS AS A MEANS TO ENGAGE IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND COLLABORATION K ènia Puig i Planella Post -Primary Languages Initiative March 2018.
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Hashtags, handles and pins SOCIAL MEDIA FOR BEGINNERS AS A MEANS TO ENGAGE IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND COLLABORATION Kènia Puig i Planella Post-Primary Languages Initiative March 2018
Using Twitter to communicate with a world wide Professional Learning Community of educators has made me a better teacher. Every time I access Twitter I am inspired to challenge myself and my students to learn, create and share @spanish4teacher
IT IS A JUNGLE OUT THERE! YOU NEED THE RIGHT FRIENDS AND TOOLS
A word or phrase preceded by a hash sign (#), used on social media websites and applications, especially Twitter, to identify messages on a specific topic. English Oxford Dictionary • You can see what’s going on even if you are not on Twitter • Go to Twitter.com/search • In the search bar type #mfltwitterati
ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW IS THE HASHTAG RELEVANT TO WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR. IT IS OK TO LURKE!
Go to #ICT4MFL #MFLTWITTERATI #MFLIRE #EDCHATIE #LANGCHAT: FL LANGUAGE CHAT #AUTHRES: AUTHENTIC RESOURCES (AUTHENTIC TEACHING RESOURCES) #FLTEACH: FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING #SPANISHTEACHERS: SPANISH TEACHERS #PROFESELE: PROFESORES ELE (ESPAÑOL COMO LENGUA EXTRANJERA) #TWITTERELE: ESPAÑOL COMO LENGUA EXTRAJERA (ENSEÑANZA) #FLE: FRANÇAIS COMME LANGUE ÉTRANGÈRE #MFL: MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES
However, if you want to join in the conversation and ask for help or ideas, you do need to join Twitter, follow people and talk to them
Task • 1. Search for @languages_ie and follow us • 2. write a tweet with the hashtag #ICT4MFL • Follow a person or organisation
Who to follow on Facebook? • Newspapers • Tourism sites • Language Associations • Cultural Institutes • Pages liked by this page
Pinterest is a social network that allows users to visually share, and discover new interests by posting (known as 'pinning' on Pinterest) images or videos to their own or others' boards (i.e. a collection of 'pins,' usually with a common theme) and browsing what other users have pinned. • Free to register • Follow boards and pinners • Search for inspiration and ideas around topics of themes • Organise your resources across topics, classes, areas of interest • Curate and collect resources you find on the internet • See what others are pinning • Pin as a department • Send messages Dowload the Pinterest button to your toolbar
TASK • Create an account • Create a board • Give it a name • Search for and pin 2 resources
Symbaloo • Free to register • Curate and organise websites • Collaborate and share your Webmixes • Download button to your tool bar
GOOGLE KEEP • Need a Google account • Google Keep is a free note-taking app which can help busy language teachers keep organised with to do lists, reminders and colour-coded multimedia notes synced across all your devices. • You can add links to resources you find on the internet • You can download it to your phone (ios and android) • You can add notes, images and links • You can invite people to collaborate
Dowload the chrome extension and add links and notes as you go along