Thompson Teachers Association (TTA) PD session Feb 13, 2013.

1. Entry activity (do this now)
go to robcfisher.wikispaces.com
find today’s workshop link at the bottom of the page
click on the wallwisher link and post your answer(s)
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on screen 2 put the wallwisher link http://wallwisher.com/wall/sdmlyth

2. Why should I care about twitter?
Presentation for the
Thompson Teachers Association
PD session
Feb 13th, 2013
Rob Fisher,
Principal
École Riverside School
Thompson, Mb.
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explain what were seeing (on screen 2) www.onemilliontweetmap.com
mention tweet rate about 50 per second worldwide
read session description

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How do we decide what to do with our students?

5. http://1funny.com/very-thick-book/
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back in the day this is how we found out things to plan for our students

6. Image Credit: Get Connected - 21st Century Teacher - Frank's Blog
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we always had curriculum, colleagues, and family/community as resources

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but with the early emergence of technology
popular media and print and digital resources added to our possible resources

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today we still have curriculum docs, colleagues, popular media, print and digital resources,
and family/local community but we also have x,z,y

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but for todays session we are focusing on twitter as one way to enhance your PLN or your
teacher network

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20. What is twitter like?
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like a river analogy
information is flowing like the water. see milliontweetmap since we logged on there has been
x tweets.
one way to use twitter is to drink when your at the bank. if it goes by don’t worry about it

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how fast is the river flowing? in my PLN which I have been developing for about 5 years now....

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to give you an idea..... 1 shower...

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in my fairly well developed Personal PLN - >1 shower = 40 tweets.....
there is not time to look at it all!

25. As a principal.......
What do
I do with twitter?
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tell story of Brady and “it’s 100 day!”

26. It’s not just what am I doing........
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although the original idea of twitter was to replicate the status update bar of facebook,
look what happens when you give a tool to a bunch of creative teachers
who want to constantly refine their craft
and get better at what they do....

27. It’s............
What’s happening in Education?
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explain what people are looking at here
who sent the tweet, the text the link

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whats a RT by rodd and the #unplugd12 hashtag

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33. It’s............
People asking for help.
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36. It’s............
Sharing previous professional learning
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39. It’s............
Research
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42. It’s............
Sharing what’s happening in your school
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46. It’s............
Building community
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50. It’s............
Sharing what’s happening right now
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live on cbc radio

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53. or about to happen very soon.....
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56. It’s............
Sharing
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60. It’s............
tweets leading to deeper thought
ie. Blogposts
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talor malls presentation of a poem “what teachers make”
ideas for staff meetings

64. It’s............
upcoming PD opportunities
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67. It’s............
Project ideas for my students
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24 hour skype

69. Our world project
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creating video, and remixing from around the world
Clarence Fisher - Snow Lake, MB. Canada, grade 7/8
Heather Durnin - Wingham Ontario Canada, grade 8
Jabiz Raisdana - Singapore, middle years English
Chrissy Hellyer - Bangkok Thailand, grade 3
Jody Hayes - Auckland New Zealand, 5/6 year olds
Marcello Mongardi - Muscat Oman
Rebekah Madrid, Yokohama Japan, grade 7
Rob Fisher, Thompson Manitoba Canada, grade 7
Jordy Whitmer, Birmingham Michigan, USA, grade 6 - 8
Jennifer Orr, Washington DC, grade 1

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distribute the 3 handouts now then look @ demo via hootsuite
see presenter notes

71. questions
“learning is a
conversation”
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hand out tips for teachers new to twitter

72. What’s next?
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73. http://mashable.com/guidebook/twitter/
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74. twitter for beginners
an Educators guide
thanks for the RT @bkmetcalfe
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75. "Twitter and Canadian Educators"
Education Canada, Spring 2012
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76. Today’s handouts
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(twitter cheatsheet by@tysonkimberly )
3 tips for teachers new to using twitter thanks @joevans for the
RT)
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78. Five-Minute Film Festival: Twitter
in Education
Twitter Search in Plain English
Twitter for Teachers -- What Do I Post?
Twitter Hashtag Basics for Education
Using Twitter to Build a PLN
etc
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79. thanks
you can find this presentation on
robcfisher.wikispaces.com
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80. “twitter logo map 09” By flickr user The Next Web
“Fast river” By flickr user elleneka102
“Shower Head Water Drops 7-26-09 3” By flickr user stevendepolo
“PICT2547” (phone) By flickr user tuija
“40” By flickr user smet_dk
“Question mark” By flickr user Marco Bellucci
Credits Jen Ashby @jjash for orchestrating the 24 hour skype idea with her grade 5/6 class in
Austrailia
Clarence Fisher @glassbeed for building upon the “our day youtube project” and
organizing another version of the “our day project” for École Riverside grade 7 students
and others to participate and create with.
and thanks to my professional learning network for providing many
examples to share.....
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81. thanks also to Raman Job,
Manitoba Teachers Society
who did a similar presentation with me for
the Council Of School Leaders (COSL)
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