My twitter (@sedley1) is strictly professional and I follow trendsetters and leading professionals in school library, ed tech and publishing. Everything "cool" that I've done in the past year can lead back to twitter.
Just a few cool things I have done:
- participated in the Global Read Aloud and skyped with other classrooms nationwide and in Canada
- procured an author visit via Skype
- attended #edcampelon and connected with over 100 leading professionals from around my state
- discovered new books, websites and apps
- participated in live video chats with leading professionals nationwide via Google Hangout
- learned about different professional opportunities
- participated in twitter chats
- made friends - real ones (we've had dinner together)
Creating a twitter account is easy, but using learning to use it to your advantage can be a little bit tricky. Here is an article with a video that helps demystify using twitter:
Another good way to get started is to catch some "twitter chats". These are live chats at a specific time using a particular hashtag that you can search and follow the live tweets. Often those on the chat are discussing a particular topic of the night and it's a great way to find new resources. Here is a google doc that several educators collaborate on to keep a running list of the most current chats:
I think the COOLEST thing that I have done is collaborate with three other teacher librarians from across North Carolina to create our own weekly twitter chat. We've been at it a month now and we have really hit the ground running. Hosting your own chats can be a lot of work but having four of us working together has really eased the burden and made it lots of fun. Check out our website here:
A shoutout goes to Jen Baker - @caneslibrarian, Chris Tuttell - @tuttelltweets and Lisa Milstead - @LisaMilstead, without whom our twitter chat would not be possible.
And if you do tweet or plan to, follow me @sedley1. And join in our twitter chat (#nctlchat) on Sundays at 7:30 EST.
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