Social Media - Eduspire Course

1. Social Media For
Educators
Holly Clinton
Central York School District

2. Most Useful Tools
Twitter and Pinterest
* Easy to use for teacher and students
* Access from computer, phone, or tablet
* Connect with people all over the world
Twitter: search for specific topics with #hashtags
Pinterest: find info faster with images

3. Successes
Twitter: I always felt that this should be a tool just for
my students (class account). I’ve now realized it can also
be a great way to build my PLN.
Pinterest: I’ve used this personally for years, but never
applied it to education. Now I am following education
boards to discover new teaching ideas.
Animoto: A great web 2.0 tool that will help
update my teacher website during the year. I
can also tweet the videos to share with
parents.

4. Challenges
Edmodo: A safe and easy “Facebook” type site to connect,
collaborate and share with your class. I struggle with this
because I am a “specialist” teacher that doesn’t have one
class. I also do not have grades for my students.
Ning: Since I did not sign up for this when it was
free a few years ago, I didn’t think it was worth
it for me to pay for it when I have other free
options.
Wix: I tried to create a blog, but with so many design
options it was overwhelming. I may look into this in the
future, but I know it will be time consuming. I also do not
like that the free website address would be longer than
other blogging sites. I think this would be hard for my
students to remember.

5. Moodle and Online Learning
Work at your own pace
Contact your instructor 24/7
Connect and collaborate with
other classmates

6. My Social Media
http://tinyurl.com/o3js3vu
www.twitter.com/CYSDSTRINGS
www.diigo.com/user/hclinton
http://tinyurl.com/oer746o
www.cymsstrings.wordpress.com
http://tinyurl.com/nrvqqkh

7. My Social Media
http://tinyurl.com/o3js3vu
www.twitter.com/CYSDSTRINGS
www.diigo.com/user/hclinton
http://tinyurl.com/oer746o
www.cymsstrings.wordpress.com
http://tinyurl.com/nrvqqkh