Connected Principals:
How do we get more administrators using Social Media to impact
our students?

Goals of this conversation
To answer the
following:
• How do we get more administrators to “connnect”?
• Why is it important?
• What impact will it have on their school?

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What about our kids
now?
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"You don't lead by pointing and
telling people some place to go.
You lead by going to that place
and making a case."
- Ken Kesey

The How

It Started With A Blog
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Burlingtonhigh.blogspot.com

#Edchat
#Educon
#VanMeter
#cpchat

Before My PLN After My PLN
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Connected Principals

The School

From: http://
engage.education.alberta.ca/
inspiring-action/

The
Impact

The Why

Focus Questions
1. Why is being involved in social media worth the
time for administrators?
2. How will administrators being connected improve
opportunities/learning for their students?
3. How will administrators being connected improve
opportunities/learning for their staff?
4. How will administrators being connected improve
opportunities/learning for themselves?

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educoncp

Moving Forward

We need to become connectors
From: http://uowblogs.com/digckdlh705/files/2010/08/social-network.jpg

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@bhsprincipal
burlingtonhigh@gmail.com
http://burlingtonhigh.blogspot.com
@gcouros
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Contact Us

References and Resources
Connected Principals - http://connectedprincipals.com
Connected Principals Quick Thoughts -http://cpchat.org/
Burlington High Principal Blog - http://burlingtonhigh.blogspot.com/
The Principal of Change - http://georgecouros.ca
Forest Green School - http://forestgreenschool.ca
Educational Leadership Blogs - http://bit.ly/edleaderbundle