Instagram, Facebook Pages and Groups, and Twitter
Facebook is an excellent tool to promote your library to the community and parents. Librarians can post about upcoming book fair information or competitions going on. One librarian even posted the link where parents could shop online if they missed the event. An ewallet can even be set up where parents can donate books to teacher’s classrooms. It is also great to post events where volunteers have helped in the library in order to get more parents involved. When the community and parents see how much effort and care the librarian puts forth in their library, they may want to volunteer time or donate needed items throughout the year. These facebook posts are great because other librarians can follow them and get new ideas.
The only disadvantage I see with facebook is that it is not used by young kids, and teenagers rarely use it. Your audience would generally be parents, other teachers or librarians, or people in the community.
Twitter Accounts
Kathy Schrock’s twitter account is full of different technology conferences that she is presenting at or attending. You can see her love and excitement for what she does through pictures and videos that she posts. A lot of her recent posts are about having students create and use podcasts. She tweets a lot about her blog where she has over two million views. Some posts in her blogs are her reviews over technology items.
A6: The most often discussed rationale for why students should create podcasts is for its tie-in with teaching the research process. Jori Krulder outlines her first foray into students creating podcasts. https://edut.to/3K3kByD #FETCchat
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Tried out Cinematic Mode on the iPhone 13 Pro this morning. I was climbing up a slope with over a foot of snow, so it is a little shaky. Wish I had my gimbal with me, but it is still cool!
Linda Braun
Linda Braun’s twitter account shows her passion for reading, teenagers, and education.
She retweets a lot from Connected Learning which is a group that promotes equity, access, and opportunity for all learners. With the pandemic, she has many posts about social, emotional learning. Her focus is always on the student first and how we can connect with technology.
Great start to the day- discussing how social emotional learning fits into the work that we do with and for teens #YalsaInstitute with @lbraun2000 as our facilitator
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"Instead of asking 'what tech do we need?' Really, the question should be, 'What goals do we have for youth, and how can incorporating different tools, materials and tech help us reach those goals?'" https://connectedlearning.news/RightTool #DigitalLearning #Edtech
Alan November
Alan November’s twitter account is full of technology related posts. It is about how research and critical thinking skills can be taught using the web. He tweeted about different educational conferences that he was hosting or attending.
Teaching the Research Process Through Podcasting
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Day 3 of #BLC19 is archived: Continue to connect and learn with and from participants, presenters and speakers. https://wke.lt/w/s/dP13TO
Gwyneth Jones
Gwyneth Jones’s twitter account is full of library related posts. She tweets about how a library should be a safe spot for all to enjoy. I read several of her blog posts from The Daring Librarian. She is very real and gives great advice about books, libraries, and even weeding books. Many of her posts are about books and what she thought about them. Some are about the top 25 books for the LGBTQ community. She also posts free printables for teachers or librarians to use.
Keep banning the books (not really) and they’ll sell out & kids will scramble to read them! #bannedbooks
Test those skills with #Chromebook Bingo https://bit.ly/2WPG0ah @diben #gsuite #edtech #edleaders #edutwitter
Jim Lerman
The twitter account of Jim Lerman is focused on education and technology. He will post free technology for teachers and different how to’s for certain technology tools. If you are looking for tips and tricks, this is a great resource for technology.
10 Digital Libraries Where You Can Download Ebooks for Free https://makeuseof.com/digital-libraries-download-ebooks-free/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter…
Eight Chrome Extensions and Sites You May Not Know (May 2022) • https://sco.lt/7LZFPU
This is a great social media source where you can connect with students, teachers, and other educators. Many students have instagram and follow their teacher’s accounts if they have one strictly for school. It is a great way to build a positive learning community. Teachers love to follow other educators on Instagram for teaching ideas and resources. Many have a tab where they list a lot of free resources or a link to their lesson on teachers pay teachers website. There is also an option to tag posts where people can search by topics and many posts with that particular tag will show up.
Like facebook, Instagram attracts different audiences. Many people that use facebook and have for years stick to this social media outlet. They have an easy option to link both, but some people find it easier to keep up with one. With this said, I think teachers and librarians will need several accounts in order to reach a wide range of audiences.
There are many benefits to this platform. It is a place to learn, grow, and foster positive relationships.
I absolutely love what you shared from TCEA on Twitter! How fun would a Chromebook Bingo activity be with students during that first week back to school while you are trying to make sure they are familiar with some of the basic functions of the Chromebook. I followed you on Instagram and love your highlight over bulletin board ideas. So many great ideas, thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteHi! Thank you so much for your recommendations! November Learning seems like a very useful resource! As podcasts are becoming more and more prevalent, this will be a convenient place to visit! Also, as a Google Chrome user, I found the information on additional extensions quite helpful! There's a lot of great Twitter information here! Thank you!
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