How do modern teacher librarians beat the isolation problem and connect with their own unique PLN? TLs explore Twitter as they begin to explore social media tools to enhance their professional learning.

1. There’s something in the air;
it’s called wi-fi,
and it contains
the sum of all
human knowledge.
--Steve Jobs, 2008
Flickr CC Image by Brandon Watts: By NC SA 2.0

2. Teacher Librarians Enhancing Their
Professional Practice Through Twitter
and
Other Online Learning Communities
a presentation by
Jamie Camp, MLS and
Grace Erkman, MLS
October 11, 2014
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

3. Our role as librarians is
different from that of
classroom teachers.
Teachers deal with reading
level and test scores and other
immediate goals and
objectives.
Librarians deal with selection
and inclusion, access to
information and ideas. More
central to our role is the
development of very long-term
goals such as creating
life-long learners and habitual
leisure readers.
--Blanch Woolls, The School Library Media Manager, 1999
Flickr CC Image by Duane Schoon: By NC SA 2.0

4. (Professional) Personal
Learning
Network
Flickr CC Images (By:NC:SA) by ChrisInPlymouth
Who’s in Your

5. Todd Nesloney on PLNs
Audio file—click here
play this thru 45:10
Todd’s Twitter How-To
from his Summer Learning Series
http://toddnesloney.com
Flickr CC Images (By:NC:SA) by ChrisInPlymouth

6. Join
Twitter!
• Bio
• Photo
* ~ Flickr CC Image by Frederick Hermann: By NC SA 2.0

7. Link it to
Hootsuite!
Tweetdeck
is another option
for home! Flickr CC Image by Frederick Hermann: By NC SA 2.0

8. Try Twitter for 2 Weeks!
5 -- 3 --1
5:
Follow 5 active
educators (new to you)
3:
1:
Follow 3 #hashtags
Follow 1 education
chat or chat archive
Flickr CC Image by Frederick Hermann: By NC SA 2.0

9. 5 Educators
Klein Librarians
@connect2jamie
@GraceErkman
@queenblibrarian
@nmitchell_15
@melissaburon
@chilinwithabook
@bookvvyrm (Christin Banes)
@slgreen3
@khollier1
@tracyjh33
@hvolkman1
Teacher-Librarians
@joycevalenza
@drmaryannbell
@technolibrary
@jenniferlagarde
@NikkiDRobertson
@librarian_tiff
@mrs_hembree
@sue_fitz
@edneylib
@ProfessorNana
@BlueSkunkBlog
Educators
@TechNinjaTodd
@cybraryman1
@craigyen
@jkdncn
@suewaters
@coolcatteacher
@stevehargadon
@DianeRavitch
@PGeorge

10. 3 Hashtags
#TLChat
#TxLChat
#TLVirtualCafe
#TLNewsNight
#Lib2014
#TLElem
Check out cybraryman’s list of hashtags for educators
Top Twitter Hashtags for Librarians—this post includes info for all
types of librarians, not just TLs.

11. Take part in
1 Chat
#txlchat: every Tuesday at 8pm! If you can’t make a live chat, the #txlchat archive is here:
http://txlchat.wikispaces.com/TXLChat+Archives+2014-15
Cybraryman’s Site (Jerry Blumengarten) is THE place to go!
http://cybraryman.com/chats.html
Here’s a comprehensive list:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0AiftIdjCeWSXdDRLRzNsVktUUGJpRWJhdUlWLS1Genc

12. I tried,
I liked,
I shared.
Flickr CC Image by Niklas Wikstrom: By NC

13. Use a sticky note to tell us what else you want to
know about using Twitter to enhance your
professional learning.
Then take a break!
Flickr CC Image by Wirawat Lian-udom: By NC SA 2.0

14. Need more info?
• Jerry Blumengarten is a wealth of knowledge about EVERYTHING education! Spend some
time exploring his web site—you will learn a lot!
• http://cybraryman.com
• Alec Couros on Twitter as a force for personal/professional learning:
• http://youtu.be/EqSCR3HU4eg
• Matt B. Gomez has a great presentation: Twitter 101
• http://mattbgomez.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Twitter-101.pdf
• For a more in-depth and all-encompassing tutorial, try out:
• http://hookedoninnovation.com/2013/03/20/the-21-day-twitterguide4beginners-challenge/
• Here are my bookmarks about using Twitter:
• https://www.diigo.com/search?adSScope=my&what=twitter&snapshot=no

15. Other Online Communities
to Enhance Your PLN
Teacher Librarian Virtual Café:
http://tlvirtualcafe.wikispaces.com
TL News Night: this is part of TL Virtual Café—go there
Library 2.014: http://library20.com
Classroom 2.0 LIVE!: http://live.classroom20.com/
EdWeb: http://edweb.net

17. Resources
All images/audio/video used in this presentation are licensed under a Creative Commons license, as indicated.
ChrisinPlymouth
Audio clip: EdGeekCast Episode 11
Brandon Watts
Frederick Hermann
Wirawat Lian-udom
Duane Schoon
Niklas Wikstrom
Catherine Cronin
Video clip: SLS-Twitter by Todd Nesloney
Woolls, Blanche. The School Library Media
Manager. 2nd ed. Englewood, CO:
Libraries Unlimited, 1999. Print.