Escaping Educator Island
Using Tech Tools to Reach Beyond the Classroom
Twitter-It's all about Connecting
In 2012, there were approximately 3.7 million elementary and secondary teachers in the classrooms across our country. That's a lot of really smart people, dedicated to the samepurpose as each of us in this room: meeting the social, emotional, and instructional needs of our students. Twitter allows you to access the genius of educators around the world- and gives them access to your genius as well! Consider your SLO and PPG goals. Using Twitter, you can seek out support, resources, and research to help you meet those goals. Time is precious- you may not be able to read every book or attend every conference, but you can learn so much in 140 character conversations! Through Twitter, you can connect directly to sources for developing & strengthening your instruction. Use the search box at the top of your Twitter homepage to search for your topic/question OR search the 100s of different chats taking place all over Twitter. Interested in learning more about Professional Learning Communities? #atplc is the place for you! #kinderchat is great for those looking to connect with other kindergarten teachers/staff and for those who want to learn more about Wisconsin's Educator Effectiveness process, try #WIEE or #WIEEchat. Is math your thing? Check out @MrP_tchr, @rawsonmath and #mathchat! Connect with educational experts and researchers such as Todd Whitaker @toddwhitaker , Donalyn Miller @donalynbooks , George Couros @gcouros and Regie Routman @regieroutman, as well as the authors of the books students are reading, such as @KateMessner, @LynMullalyHunt, @Jon_Scieszka). You can also tap into what other teachers in your area of focus/interest are working on and learning. Connect with brilliant Wisconsin educators, such as @curtrees (RtI, culturally responsive instruction) or @readbyexample (reading) , @mrmatera (gamification) Interested in lots of different things? You will want to follow @cybraryman1 to access his incredible wealth of knowledge and resources. Want to learn more about standards based grading or homework? Check out @rickwormelli, @WHSRowe and @garnet_hillman. Are you a phy.ed teacher looking to connect with phy.ed teachers? Check out @MrMetcalfPEm @DMickBeversdorf and @CollinBrooksie. Love the Packers? @packers, @jordynelson, @ClayMatthews52, @AaronRodgers12 are on Twitter, too! There's a whole world waiting to be discovered!
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Escaping Educator Island: Using Tech Tools to Reach Beyond the Classroom
Tom Whitford
On Twitter: @twhitfordOn Facebook: Thomas Whitford
email: tomwhitford@tomah.k12.wi.us
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