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CHRIS
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6. “A tribe is a group of
people connected to one
another, connected to a
leader, and connected to
an idea.”
—Seth Godin

7. “Tribes need leadership.
People want connection
and growth and
something new.”
—Seth Godin

8. Twitter and Facebook and group meetings and
newsletters are allTOOLS.Tools matter, because tools
impact the way you interact.You don’t need to use every
tool, but every tool you use you must use well. —Seth Godin

9. MOBILETECHNOLOGY CAN
CHANGE LEARNING
GOOD WRITING STILL MATTERS
USING SOCIAL MEDIA NEEDSTO
BETAUGHT
NETWORKS ARE ESSENTIAL
THE REALWORLD IS ADDICTIVE

10. Why?

12. “Tell real stories from your
own life in a way that is
relevant and engaging to
your audience.” —Garr Reynolds

14. The evolution of mass communications

17. For all students,
on any device, from anywhere

18. Communication and collaboration
At home and at school

19. Teachers help students manage the learning
Tasks, homework, assignments

20. Personalized web spaces
Don’t want social tool – kids want to stay focused

22. What?

24. •Blog
•Twitter
•Supporting
Tools

25. • Home baseBlog

29. • Amplify the messageTwitter
• Your home baseBlog

31. • Slideshare
• Linkedin
• Facebook
• YouTube
Supporting
Tools
• Amplify the messageTwitter
• Your home baseBlog

32. How are you using digital tools in your class
and in your school today??

34. Blog
Options

35. News
stories

36. Educational
Issues

37. Journal

38. The Risks

40. Twitter is a loaded gun . . .

41. OverpromiseUnder deliver

42. 1 x week
3 x day

44. Personal
vs. Corporate
vs. Professional
Individual

45. Be personable
without being
too personal
(bffs 4eva)
Relationship
between

46. More on
Blogs...

47. •Build it inside
or outside your
system?
•Create a
manageable
expectation
•Determine
what it
replaces . . .

49. More on
Twitter...

50. Partner
GroupsColleagues
Reporters
News
Outlets
Lists
HashtagsColleaguesColleagues
Who to follow?

51. Best professional
learning available

52. More on
the rest...

53. Slideshare
post PowerPoints to
share publicly or embed

54. YouTube
post videos

55. Facebook
everyone is on it

56. Linkedin
a professional
Facebook

57. Google+
Google’s answer to FB
allows targeted sharing

58. More advice

59. Leaders lead – we need to model the way

60. For anyone,
on any device, from anywhere

62. Conclusions

63. “You have to be the
leaders—the storytellers
beyond these walls”
—Kevin Carroll

65. “Don’t talk about it...
BE
about it”

67. He says the problem with teachers is
What’s a kid going to learn
from someone who decided his best option in life
was to become a teacher?

68. He reminds the other dinner guests that it’s true
what they say about teachers:
Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach.

69. . . .
I mean, you’re a teacher, Taylor.
Be honest. What do you make?

70. This is . . .

71. OUR WORLD

72. OUR LIVES

73. OUR CHILDREN

74. OUR CURRICULUM

75. OUR CHALLENGE

76. OUR WORK

77. OUR ART

78. OUR JOY

132. You want to know what I make? I make kids
wonder,

133. I make them question.

134. I make them criticize.
I make them apologize and mean it.

135. I make them write.
I make them read, read, read.

136. I make them spell definitely beautiful,
definitely beautiful, definitely beautiful
over and over and over again until they will
never misspell
either one of those words again.

137. . . .
and if someone ever tries to judge you
by what you by what you make, you give them this.

242. . . .
Here, let me break it down for you, so you
know what I say is true:

243. Teachers make a goddamn difference! Now
what about you?

244. Excerpts from poem:
What Teachers Make
by Taylor Mali

245. Where you can find me:
ckennedy@sd45.bc.ca
604-202-4379
@chrkennedy
Chris Kennedy
cultureofyes.ca
www.sd45.bc.ca