Tech Tip - Summer Ideas

Summer Ideas
Below you will find a variety of resources to help you continue learning all summer long.  I challenge you to try something new this summer.  Whether it is following 5 more people on Twitter, following a new blog, starting a blog of your own, tweeting more, etc...  Go out on a limb and try something.  Who knows, you may find great value in your new adventure.

• 100+ Education Twitter Accounts to Follow
• Top 15 Educators on Twitter
• 35 Educators you should Follow on Pinterest
• 14 Great Facebook Pages Every Teacher Should Know About
• Top 100 Education Blogs to Follow

Hopefully you can find one person, blog, Pinterest page, Facebook page, etc... to follow over the summer to help you grow as an educator.

Tech Tip - Twitter for Teachers

Twitter, Twitter, Twitter...we hear this word all over the place.  You see hashtags in the corner of your television when watching your latest show, to hearing the news anchors ask for you to tweet in your responses.  Twitter can be one of the most influential social media tools in your life, if you know who to follow and how it works!  Once you get into Twitter, you will be hooked (as hooked as Pinterest).

Instead of me rambling on as to what Twitter is and how it works, check out Kathy Schrock's guide to Twitter.  The guide is very complete and will answer most of your questions.

How I use Twitter

• Connect and hear what great minds have to think
• Become exposed to resources
• Follow live events
• Partake in "chats"
• Follow "important" people

If you are still on the fence about Twitter, talk to someone who is on Twitter and ask them about their experience.  Do not connect Facebook and Twitter into the same thing.  Yes, they are both social media, but each has their own niche in your life.  Give it a try today and give a follow to me :)

@braymo22

Brandon will be tweeting from the TIES conference Monday and Tuesday, so now would be a great time to see the benefits of Twitter.  You can also follow the hashtag #TIES14.