What do you get when you combine a free walkie talkie app, a New Yorker, some Wisconsins, a Missouri-an, and a Texan? Day after day after day of professional advice, personal support, and a LOT of smiles. Jessica Johnson introduced me to Voxer while planning our Indiana Leadership presentation. I have to admit, I didn’t […]
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One of the first things I hear from educators as a reason why they shouldn’t jump into the social media stream is because they don’t have families/staff on Twitter. Social media can be very dividing. Justin Tarte and I were just discussing how there is still such a mentality of “block it & lock” it…as
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Today I had the opportunity to present to the Indiana Principal Leadership Institute with Jessica Johnson, aka @principalJ, on what it means to be a “connected administrator”. We touched on using social media to connect with parents, staff, and stake holders. We discussed creating & curating a personal learning network to help build your “room”
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October is a big month to celebrate education. Not only are we leading the charge for National Principals Month, but NASSP is also involved in promoting the importance of connected leading and learning during Connected Educators Month I thought in that spirit I would list the top five reasons I think being a connected educator has changed not
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I typically use this blog for professional purposes. Allow me to deviate just this once. (Although, I do have an educator tie in at the end! keep reading!) Let’s travel back…back to 1989 when a certain UCLA quarterback played against the Arkansas Razorbacks in the 1989 Cotton Bowl classic which was played in Dallas. The hype
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Who knew way back in college when I became besties with a gentleman that I worked with that I’d eventually be SUPER indebted and impressed with his wife?? Well, he probably knew that, 🙂 I mentioned on Facebook last spring how completely confused with creating my own website & blogging platform. I needed it
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My word. It’s the first day of summer and I haven’t paused to take a breath. #TEPSA13 was great. Fast paced and full of sharing. Wish there were more admin’s on Twitter so they could have shared about their sessions. When you’re missing that techno component now, I feel like I miss out so much
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Keeping current as an administrator can be difficult! Come get fired up about social media (FB, Twitter, Instagram, etc.) and learn how you can use it to your administrative advantage. You will walk out knowing how to get started and with some best practices for experienced users. This session will cover the how to’s and
3…2…1..social media blast off! Read More »
One of the more fabulous reasons that personal learning connections are so worthwhile are those random moments when they can impact what you do, daily. I’ve responded to a couple of different hashtag requests that the reason I love twitter so much is that it allows me to connect with people who make me better
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Here are all the links from todays presentation! Today’s prezi!
Emerge, Trend, Connect! Read More »