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Gail Stevens Dillard Drive Middle School

21st Century PD: Using Twitter, Blogs, the EC Ning , and Pinterest to Build your Professional Muscle. Gail Stevens Dillard Drive Middle School. Professional Development. Budget Cuts limit PD for teachers PD is often predetermined by administration or School Improvement Plan

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Gail Stevens Dillard Drive Middle School

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  1. 21st Century PD: Using Twitter, Blogs, the EC Ning, and Pinterest to Build your Professional Muscle Gail Stevens Dillard Drive Middle School

  2. Professional Development • Budget Cuts limit PD for teachers • PD is often predetermined by administration or School Improvement Plan • PD that is offered is sometimes not what teachers actually need to be more effective in the classroom • Follow-up and support to often lacking

  3. 21st Century PD Tools

  4. Benefits • “Armchair PD” • Use your smartphone or computer • Designed by YOU to fit YOUR needs • Broaden your “PLN” Professional Learning Network • Access to creative, talented educators from around the world in real time • Energizes and motivates teachers to try new ideas and to grow professionally • It’s FREE!

  5. English Companion (EC) Ning • http://englishcompanion.ning.com/ • Created by Jim Burke, author and high school English teacher • “A place to ask questions and get help. A community dedicated to helping you enjoy your work.” • 35,000+ members • Groups, Forums, and Blog posts

  6. Blogs • Reflections on the teaching life • Teacher-tested lesson plans, often ready to use • Book recommendations • Recommended blogs: • Teach Mentor Texts • Rams English • Nerdy Book Club Blog • The Goddess of YA Literature • A Year of Reading “There are no faster or firmer friendships than those formed between people who love the same books.” ―Irving Stone

  7. Pinterest • Online scrapbook • Education-related boards are increasing • Teachers use it to post ideas for everything from classroom set-up to lesson planning • All subjects/grade levels • Amazing images to use for writing prompts • Common Core resources

  8. Pinterest

  9. WWSD?

  10. Why Tweet? • Vast social network • Stimulating discussions • A community of mentors offering: • Inspiration • Commiseration • Classroom-tested lesson plans Helps teachers to improve their craft by reaching beyond the boundaries of their schools to connect with colleagues across the country and around the world.

  11. Twitter 101 • Anatomy of a “Tweet” • “tweets” are 140 characters or less (no exceptions) • When you send a tweet, it will be seen by your “followers” • To “follow” someone else, click on the “follow” button next to his/her name

  12. Twitter Exchange Share. Engage.

  13. Twitter 101 • Set up a FREE twitter account @ www.twitter.com • Find people to follow • My twitter name is • Jerseygirl_1021 • Find the people I follow and just click “follow” on anyone who interests you

  14. Twitter 101 • Twitter abbreviations • @ username is how you respond to someone else directly • # hashtag: is how you designate a topic for a chat • Example: #engchat is used for English chat, the hashtag followed by English Teachers and used in a weekly chat • #titletalk: once a month book talk • #mschat: twice a month chat for middle school teachers

  15. Twitter 101 • RT means Retweet: When someone passes along a Tweet that was generated by someone else • #ff: Follow Friday: People recommending you follow the people listed in their tweet • For example: #ff @donalynbooks, @KellyG2Go, @edutopia

  16. Twitter 101 • Popular Education Hashtags General Education: #edchat Subject Areas: #engchat: English Teachers #sschat: Social Studies Education #sped: Special Education #flipclass: Flipped Classroom Administrators #cpchat: Connected Principals Education Levels #mschat: Middle School Teachers/Administrators Issues: #ccchat: Common Core Chat #commoncore: Common Core Standards Book Studies #pathccss: Book discussion on Pathways to the Common Core

  17. Twitter Challenge Create a Twitter account • Add a picture and short bio to your account. • Search hashtagsthat relate to the subject you teach, especially #engchat, #mschat, #titletalk, #ccchat

  18. Twitter Challenge • Complete the following: • Find 10 people to follow & follow them. • Find 2 resources that were shared on Twitter that you like • Retweet those messages • @message the two people that shared the resource and tell them that you found it helpful and thank them for sharing it • Compose your own tweet about something you have learned so far or a question you want answered • Include the hashtag #wcpssmsela (WCPSS Middle School English Language Arts)

  19. 21st Century PD By using these tools, teachers can expand their own Professional Learning Network (PLN) to include others outside the boundaries of their individual schools Connect with leaders in the field Design their own PD to fit their needs Increase effectiveness in the classroom

  20. 21st Century PD Oh, and sometimes in the midst of all of those wonderful ideas and resources, you might find one of these gems:

  21. 21st Century PD • Have a great school year! • Questions/Comments, contact me: Gail Stevens gstevens@wcpss.net

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