1. The Power of Social Media for
Educators 2.0
Dave Shortreed
Greater Victoria SD 61

2. Greater Victoria School District 61
@mr_shortreed
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#sd61learn
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References:
www.daveshortreed.com/social-media-for-educators

4. Where good ideas come
from?
How are they improved/refined?
http://www.fotopedia.com/items/flickr-2297989507
http://sd61.mediacore.tv/media/where-good-ideas-come-from-by-steven-johnson

5. Social media can be used for
most for:
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sharing stories/ideas
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raising awareness
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opening conversation
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bringing people together

6. Industry of Relationships
Social media as a connector to
ENHANCE face to face
relationships
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ASocial_Media_Marketing.jpg

7. Community
Turn to your neighbour:
1. Who are your trusted advisors?
2. How often to you connect with them?
3. How did you meet them?

8. Teamwork
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Working_Together_Teamwork_Puzzle_Concept.jpg

9. Collaboration
Making the district smaller
Sharing leadership
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Farm_silos.jpg

10. http://www.flickr.com/photos/dkuropatwa/4766403166/

11. The Networked Teacher
http://educationaltechnology.ca/couros/580

12. Digital Citizenship
What comes up when you
google your name?
Are you defining it?

13. Social Media in Education
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Facebook for information to parents
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Twitter for Professional Learning Network for
educators
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Instagram/Snapchat for sharing stories
between students

14. Twitter as a Professional
Learning Network
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for developing professional learning networks
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for collaborating
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for sharing stories/resources
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for problem solving
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educational leadership
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modelling digital citizenship
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personalized headlines
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pedromourapinheiro/3110300295/

15. Crowd Sourcing
Not one voice or one ‘expert’, but
a filter to see and consider many
voices on a topic
Personalized Learning Network,
with headlines filtered by you
tailor to many topics - technology,
self-regulation, numeracy, Literacy,
Aboriginal education, social
Responsibility, active learning, self
regulation, Social Emotional
learning, student inquiry, project
based learning, innovative
http://learningspaces.unl.edu/collaborate.jpg
practice, anxiety in education, etc

16. My Trusted Advisors in
EdTech
Dr. Valerie Irvine, @_valeriei
Chris Wejr, @Chriswejr
Dr. Alec Couros, @courosa
George Couros, @gcouros

17. Twitter trends in GVSD
~10 schools on Twitter
~40 P/VP’s
~120 educators
interacting on #sd61learn
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Building momentum as a district resource

18. Twitter is not
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to follow famous people
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the news, an unfiltered mess
of a waste of time
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see what people are eating
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sunsets/sunrises
http://www.flickr.com/photos/verbeeldingskr8/3638834128/

19. Broadcast
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Turn to your neighbour:
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What innovative teaching
practice do you see in
your school?
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What headlines would you
be interested in?
http://www.fotopedia.com/items/flickr-2575986601

20. “Education will change from the ground up…teachers as professionals
doing great work and sharing it via social media” - Elisa Carlson
@EMSCarlson #sd36learn

21. curriculum.gov.bc.ca
#bccurric, #bced, #bclearns

22. Twitter 101
“Twitter can be used as a professional space to
collaborate, share, and broadcast information”
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twitter.com
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Make an account right now if you don’t have one and
help each other

23. Tips for setting up a
professional account
1. Use school district email
address
2. Choose a professional
username (ie- not @cooldude61)
3. Profile photo - crack the egg!
4. Description - how would you
introduce yourself? #sd61learn
position, school, mandate
5. Location - Victoria, BC

24. Time to Explore
10 Minutes
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Log into Twitter
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Re-evaluated your account
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chat to your neighbour about
challenges moving forward
with Twitter

25. Why hashtag?
Focusses your audience
Tailors your conversation
Focusses on a topic
Filters information and location
Examples:
#bccurric, #pbl, #sd61learn, #sd61slm,
#bced, #bclearns, #anxietyined
Want to create a hashtag? Search, then
start tweeting
ELG/PBL Grant Meeting sessions
#

26. Hashtags

27. Replying/Favorites

28. @Handles
People who you want to
credit
Connect with
Notify/Reply

29. RT and MT
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RT = Retweet- confirmed someones ideas and passed it to your
followers
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MT= modified Tweet - slight change to the Tweet

30. Photos/Links
Photos can tell a story - use a mobile device to attach photos easily
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Links- go to bitly.com

31. Time to Explore
10 Minutes
1. Look at #sd61learn. Search for others
2. #bccurric, #bclearns, #bced, #anxietyined, #srl61
3. What are you headlines?

32. Getting Started
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You can always delete a tweet
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Uncheck email notifications
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Check out my list for people to
follow
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Ok to watch till you feel
comfortable, but lead by example
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Any other advice?

33. Tips
1. Balance Professional with Personal- how much would you share with
your class?
2. Think about who you follow - it is what you can control and they
represent you
3. Don’t follow only like-minded people
4. Be careful with negativity
5. Follow #hashtags and @people instead of your feed

34. attend multiple conference presentations online simultaneously
no need to take notes at conferences - visit #bcssafall2013 for example

35. Platforms
iPhone and iPad- Mobile Twitter app
Computer - HootSuite/ Tweetdeck (saves columns)

36. What you should tweet about
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1. Sharing innovative strategies and news from your
schools!
2. Educational articles that influence your thinking!
3. Thoughts and quotes!
4. Questions that will help you or your organization!
5. Support others educators
http://georgecouros.ca/blog/archives/1810

37. For Further Reading
daveshortreed.com/social-media-for-educators/
For relevant presentations, policies, educational
articles
Tweet Me!

38. Time to Explore
20 Minutes
1. Take a look at my lists to start to build your local PLN
@johngaiptman, @PatrickHDuncan , @mr_shortreed,
@janineroy3
2. Look for authors/experts around the world like @dylanwiliam,
@courosa, @gcouros
3. Teachers/admin on #sd61learn like @trev_mackenzie or
@brad_cunningham or @VPGrizzly

39. Ticket out the door
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What are you excited about?
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What did you learn today?
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Or tweet to #sd61learn

40. Thank you!