New Paradigm for Professional Development Written by Mark Brumley New Professional Development Plan I’ve written earlier posts about using Twitter for professional development and the need to change our current PD model. Now let’s look at a sample social media professional development plan. Consume Step 1: Knowledge phase – Start with a consumer-based model In the consumer-based professional development model, teachers are not creating content as part of their PD, they are just receiving information and then acting, in a limited fashion, upon this new information. To introduce teachers to this, I show a live feed from TweetChat.com with an educational hashtag. TIP: To show a feed from any Twitter hashtag, type in your browser and then the hashtag. Once I have a feed going, this is a good chance to explain how Twitter works and that posts contain links to all sort of excellent content. Now that everyone understands how Twitter works, I explain that I am going to learn something in the next two minutes.
Twitter In Schools-A Getting Started Guide The end of the school year is upon us however many are looking forward to next year. You may be thinking what can you do differently next year? How can you stand out above the crowd? How can your school become a larger part of the school community? While Twitter is beginning to catch on with many educators, schools are lagging in their adoption of the platform. But where do you start? Think First-There are a few questions you and your team (and it should be a team) will want to ask and answer before you jump in: What do you want to do with this account? Who Are You- A profile will go a long way in letting people know who you are. Hashtags- A good idea is to also come up with a hashtag. Promote- The account does no good if no one knows about it. But I Don't Want To Be On Twitter-You may find resistance to the idea of a school Twitter account because folks don't want one of their own.
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