TERRIFIC TRICKS OF THE TRADE!

Eric Spring, Principal

Birch Meadow School, Reading, MA

Brian Middleton-Cox, Principal

Woodville School, Wakefield, MA

ABOUT US

Eric Sprung Taught 3rd and 4th grade and served as assistant

principal in Fairfax County, Virginia Served as Principal in Burlington and Reading, MA In the past year expanded uses GOOGLE

READER/RSS FEEDS/BLOG/PHOTO STORY/FLIP VIDEO

Brian Middleton-Cox Taught 2nd, 3rd, 4th grades in Massachusetts Served as Principal in Wakefield, MA In this past year expanded the use of GOOGLE

READER/BLOG/ FLIP VIDEO/PHOTO STORY 3

OVERVIEW OF SESSION

• Blogs and Blogger• Twitter• Google Reader• Feeders

Goal: To share how technology is a tool to share information about your classroom or school.

Blue Ribbon Standards:• Student Organization and Culture• School, Family, and Community Partnerships• Technology Integration

WHAT IS A BLOG?

Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer; also : the contents of such a site

BLOGGING FOR EDUCATIONAL PERSONNEL

• Sharing News and Events• Progress Monitoring• Status Alerts• Marketing• Public Relations• Community Building• Branding• Thought Leadership• Advocacy• Replacing the School Website

EXAMPLES OF BLOGS

• Mr. Sprung’s Blog• Mr. Middleton-Cox’s Blog

BLOGGING PLATFORMS

• Blogger• Wordpress• Edublog• Tumblr• SquareSpace• Posterous

VIDEO ON SETTING UP A BLOG

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU4gXHkejMo

BLOGGING

Setting up your blog on blogger Adding text Adding links Adding photos Adding videos

Photo Story 3 by Microsoft

ClustrMaps

TWITTER Twitter Song http://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0xbjIE8cPM&feature=related – HOW TO TWITTER

Tweetdeck – organize your twitter account HASHTAGS http://

twitter4teachers.pbworks.com/w/page/22554534/FrontPage - whose out there?

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pM_ZE5BS0SgqDabnhl8Z2aA&hl=en#gid=0 – Google List

http://wefollow.com/ - followers directory

ADVANCED TWITTER http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/5-new-twitter-tools-wo

rth-exploring/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=df6bwk2v_275gg3m8dxd

http://www.larkin.net.au/blog/2011/03/17/twitter-views-news/ - twitter tips and articles

http://ccselementarywebtools.pbworks.com/w/page/10664927/Twitter - twitter tips

http://livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=34291 – educators guide to twitter

http://www.bestcollegesonline.com/blog/2009/04/02/top-100-tools-for-the-twittering-teacher/ - 100 different tips for educators and twitter

http://blog.efrontlearning.net/2011/02/1000-elearning-twitter-users-who-will.html - 1000 people to follow

GOOGLE READER

RSS AND FEEDS

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ http://www.msn.com/