Middle School Inservice, March 2010

One for the Kids & One for YouGretchen Ebeler Hazlin | Kilmer Middle School | March 2010 | @libraryms

First Blogs, now Glogs?

Twitter in a Nutshell

What is Twitter?

Web 2.0

Social networking

Microblogging(140 characters or less)

Best way to share and discover what is happening right now

For Your Classroom

Why Twitter?

For Your School

For Your Library

Have students write 140-character summaries of class discussions

Student book recommendations in 140 characters

Post questions about current units of study

Follow experts on various fields of study

Follow current events through CNN and other news feeds

Collaborative discussions with other classes using Twitter

Write a collaborative story

Take lecture/article/textbook notes

Gathering data

Polls

Informal assessment

Geo hunt

For Instruction

Why Twitter?

For Your School

For Your Library For YOU!

“schools cannot achieve the fundamental purpose of learning for all if educators work in isolation”

“collective inquiry into best practices”

Richard Dufour

PLN puts PLC into a whole new perspective

“…global collaboration on a magnitude I could never have imagined, where all of us are trying to change issues facing education in order to increase student achievement, engage students, and foster lifelong learning.” –Eric Sheninger

Sign up

Follow

Participate

ACTIVE participation!

Joyce Valenza@joycevalenza Buffy Hamilton

@buffyjhamilton

Eric Sheninger@NMHS_Principal Steven W. Anderson

@web20classroom

Neil Gaiman@neilhimself

John Green@realjohngreen

Gwyneth Jones@gwynethjones

Diane Mazotti@library_loudly

Pam Moran@pammoran

Melissa Techman@mtechman

Leaders to Follow

Larry Ferlazzo@larryferlazzo

School librarians

Librarians in other fields

Teachers

Administrators

Education Policy Makers

Journalists

Authors

Illustrators____________________

Who Else Should You Follow?

Who do those people you respect follow?

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Slide 1: Allerleirau. “Happy Christmas Everybody!” http://www.flickr.com/photos/allerleirau/3131341442/Slide 2: Laffy4K. “Crayon Fence,” http://www.flickr.com/photos/laffy4k/404319562/Slide 2: Hao$. "and Action!" http://www.flickr.com/photos/hao_nguyen/3634552812/Slide: 2: Carr, Stephen (esteban). "Book Box #1," http://www.flickr.com/photos/go/193642378/Slide 2 Hammond, Oliver. (Olivander). "Montgomery Ward Escort 55," http://www.flickr.com/photos/olivander/999389454/Slide 3: Ingram, Heather Beltz (Fujoshi). “Bowl of Peanuts,” http://www.flickr.com/photos/fujoshi/4320949770/Slide 4: Peasp. “Make Room for a Little One!” http://www.flickr.com/photos/peasap/2088444066/Slide 6: Athena. “Empty Classroom,” http://www.flickr.com/photos/athena/352434214/Slide 8: Ingorrr. “Go Team!” http://www.flickr.com/photos/ingorrr/445746704/Slide 9: Ratcliff, Trey (Stuck In Customs). “Not Lost in New York,” http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/2462457722/Slide 11 : Lu, Kenneth (ToastyKen). “Old Globe,” http://www.flickr.com/photos/toasty/1540997910/Slide 12: Miller, Larry (Larry&Flo). “San Miguel Stairs,” http://www.flickr.com/photos/grassvalleylarry/1051730604/Slide 13: Patrick (Adwriter). “School Dance,” http://www.flickr.com/photos/adwriter/486706243/Slide 15: Hedges, Paul (Pehedges) “Bag Pied Piper,” http://www.flickr.com/photos/pehedges/212331062/Slide 16: “Amsterdam, Holland 094 - Waiting for the train to Belgium,” http://www.flickr.com/photos/claudio_ar/2701599359/Slide 17: Marshall, Jon (Jon_Marshall). “Starting Line,” http://www.flickr.com/photos/jon_marshall/260978898/Slide 19: Randall, Micahel (Pigpogm). “ASDA Notebook -- Red Wire Bound,” http://www.flickr.com/photos/pigpogm/143995198/