Tech Tools for Teachers

Summary

In this unit, you will learn how to leverage social media to create a personal learning network (PLN) and to improve classroom instruction.

Objectives

• Understand the concept of a personal learning network (PLN) and its value in your continuing education
• Evalute ways to integrate social media into classroom instruction [for classroom communication, see the Communication unit] 
• Create a Twitter account and use it to: connect with other educators, find resources, and share information
• Use a social media dashboard to manage multiple social media accounts, user groups, and/or topics

Unit Outline

The Networks

• Twitter & Facebook
•  Task: Create a Twitter Account

Tools

• URL Shortener
• Dashboards / Aggregators
•  Task: Try a Dashboard

More to Explore

• More to Explore: Social Media for Educators

Reflectio

• Social Media for Educators - Reflection

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