The document discusses an occupational therapist's experience using social media to connect with colleagues and share resources. It describes how the therapist used Twitter, Pinterest and Facebook to reach out to other occupational therapists, find new treatment ideas, and share ideas. It also discusses challenges with other platforms like LinkedIn and Google+ before finding the most success using Facebook. The therapist was able to create a personal learning network and collaborate with others. In the end, social media provided greater benefits than just reaching out to colleagues, including networking and organizing resources.

1. I SUCCESSFULLY JUMPED
INTO THE WORLD OF
SOCIAL MEDIA
I DIDN’T DROWN!!!!!
BY: ALLISON STONER

2. THIS WAS THE OLD WAY TO
COLLABORATE WITH CO-
WORKERS AND COLLEAGUES

3. THIS IS THE WAY TO REACH
OUT AND
SHARE/COLLABORATE IN
TODAY’S WORLD

4. MOST USEFUL TOOLS
TWITTER
ALLOWS ME TO REACH OUT TO
FELLOW SCHOOL-BASED
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS IN ALL
PARTS OF THE WORLD
PINTEREST
ALLOWS ME TO FIND NEW
TREATMENT IDEAS AS WELL AS
SHARE THEM WITH COLLEAGUES
AND PARENTS
FACEBOOK
ALLOWS ME TO SHARE IDEAS WITH
COLLEAGUES AND PARENTS

5. GREATEST SUCCESSES

6. TWITTER
LEARN
ASSISTS WITH
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
SHARE
QUICK WAY TO SHARE
TREATMENT IDEAS WITH
OTHER OCCUPATIONAL
THERAPISTS,
COLLEAGUES, AND
PARENTS
COLLABORATE
CAN REACH OUT TO
YOUR FOLLOWERS WITH
QUESTIONS ABOUT A
SPECIFIC TOPICS AND
GET AN IMMEDIATE
RESPONSE

7. LEARN
GREAT RESOURCE TO
SAVE ARTICLES YOU
WANT TO READ LATER
FOUND ACTIVITIES THAT
I COULD APPLY TO
TREATMENT
IMMEDIATELY
SHARE
FOUND MANY
RESOURCES TO SHARE
WITH COLLEAGUES AND
PARENTS
TAGS ALLOW YOU TO
FIND SAVED RESOURCES
QUICKLY
COLLABORATE
SHARED THIS RESOURCE
WITH A FELLOW
COLLEAGUE AND SHE
STARTED A SITE
I THEN SHARED SOME
IMPORTANT
INFORMATION WITH HER

8. GREATEST CHALLENGE WAS FINDING THE
MOST USEFUL PERSONAL LEARNING
NETWORK PLATFORM
LINKEDIN
I FELT THIS SITE WAS
MORE FOR
PROFESSIONAL
NETWORKING IN TERMS
OF FINDING A JOB. I AM
ALREADY HAPPY WITH
MY JOB AND WAS NOT
LOOKING TO CHANGE!!!
GOOGLE +
I HAD A HARD TIME
FINDING SCHOOL-BASED
OCCUPATIONAL
THERAPISTS AND
COLLEAGUES TO
CONNECT WITH. I
FOUND A FEW
COMMUNITIES TO JOIN
BUT DID NOT FEEL THIS
WAS MY BEST OPTION.
EDMODO
I FOUND SOME SCHOOL
COLLEAGUES TO
FOLLOW BUT NOT
ENOUGH TO MAKE AN
IMPACT. COULD NOT
REACH OUT TO
NUMEROUS PEOPLE IF
THEY DIDN’T HAVE AN
ACCOUNT.

9. FACEBOOK - THE PLN
PLATFORM THAT WORKED
BEST FOR ME

10. PINTEREST - ANOTHER
VALUABLE PLN PLATFORM

11. TWITTER

12. DELICIOUS

13. ANIMOTO IS A GREAT TOOL FOR CREATING
EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS TO SHARE AS
RESOURCES!!!!

14. MOODLE/ONLIN
E LEARNING
*EASY FORMAT TO SHARE
CLASSWORK
*LIKE THAT YOU CAN WORK AT
YOUR OWN PACE
* WOULD DEFINITELY TAKE
ANOTHER ONLINE COURSE

15. MY MAIN GOAL WAS TO CREATE A WAY TO
REACH OUT TO COLLEAGUES AND PARENTS
ABOUT OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN THE
SCHOOL SETTING
I NEVER IMAGINED I WOULD FIND SO MANY OTHER POSITIVE
THINGS!!!!
• A WHOLE NETWORK OF SCHOOL-BASED OCCUPATIONAL
THERAPISTS TO LEARN FROM, SHARE IDEAS WITH, AND
COLLABORATE ON DIFFERENT ISSUES (TWITTER, FACEBOOK, AND
PINTEREST)
• A WAY TO ORGANIZE THE MANY RESOURCES I FIND (DELICIOUS)
THANKS FOR A GREAT LEARNING EXPERIENCE!!!!!!