If you don't think Educators need to think about marketing today then I really want you to view 90 sides try and change your mind! Times are tough all over for education. Teachers, librarians, and schools are at a crossroads. A revolution is at hand. We need to be nimble, daring, and digital. We need to work towards shifting the way the world views schools and the teaching profession. At the end of these 90 slides you might not be ready to wear a meat gown or sky high Alexander McQueen shoes but you'll have several ways to your pump up your teaching practice & make it FIERCE!
12. Gaga has worked
tirelessly on accumulating
over 27 million
Twitter followers &
52 million
Facebook fans.
13. She drives loyalty by
regularly Tweeting
her fans (sometimes
on an hourly basis!)
even before the
Grammy Awards.
14. “My little monster sweeties are
already camped outside today
show! I love u! Will be sending
u pizza and water all day! And
a surprise 2morro! X”
@LadyGaga
24. “I used to walk down the street
like I was a
#%@ rock star….
I want people to walk around
delusional about how great
they can be – and then
FIGHT so hard for it everyday
that the lie becomes the truth.”
-Lady Gaga
52. Gaga routinely takes it a step
further and “stirs the pot” with
people that she isn’t going to
please anyway,
keeping her in the news and
reinforcing her message.
53. “Well, that’s your opinion
isn’t it? And I’m not about to
waste my time trying to
change it”
- Lady Gaga
54. Some
people
won’t
like
you.
Trying
to
be
a
constant
people-‐pleaser
can
make
you
stressed
&
professionally
discouraged.
68. She doesn’t produce a huge
amount of them, but everything
she does is done
very well and is worth
talking about.
69.
Collaborate with your fellow
teachers to create killer
Ed-tech lessons.
70.
Create killer online 24/7
research & tech resources
for your students.
(a Wikispace is wonderful for this!)
71.
Provide killer professional
development & tech resources
for your teachers.
72.
73.
The Gaga brand is very
calculated.
Everything she does is on
purpose.
74. “Some women choose to follow
men, and some choose to follow
their dreams. If you’re wondering
which way to go, remember that
your career will never wake up and
tell you it doesn’t love you anymore.”
- Lady Gaga
76. But having a balance to your
real life and teaching practice
is key.
A quality life makes a quality
teacher.
77. So, I asked my Tweeps…
“What is your purpose?”
“What is your passion?”
78. “Mobile Learning!” –
Diane Darrow, CT
“Instruction in our field”- Heather Moorefield, VA
“Foster
curiosity!”
–
Michelle Luhtala, CT
“Give out information!” –
Suzi
W.,
PA
“Connect reluctant readers with "their" book” -‐
Susan
Needham,
MO
“Gifted education” – Karen Mensing, AZ