The document discusses using social media to improve learning and leadership. It outlines goals of connecting educators, developing understanding of social media tools, and creating a network to impact learning. It emphasizes connecting personally as a leader, and how social media can strengthen relationships within an organization between staff, students, and the wider community. Connecting personally and professionally is positioned as a way to become a better learner and leader by sharing best practices with other educators around the world.

1. The Networked
Educational Leader:
Using Social Media To Improve Learning and Leading

2. About Me

3. Focus on
Relationships

5. Goals of this cohort
• To show why it is important to connect.
• To develop an understanding of how to use the tools to
create a network.
• To create a network that will impact the learning of all
your education stakeholders.
• To effectively share best practices.

6. Goals today
• To show why it is important to connect.
• To develop an understanding of how to use (some of) the
tools to create a network.

7. #netleader

8. http://bit.ly/
netleader1

11. What about our kids
now?
Remixed from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/margolove/3139034331/

12. Why?

13. Why?
Your
You
Organization
Your Your
Staff Students

14. Let’s start with
you...

15. "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

16. You...lead learner

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

18. You are not into
sharing?

21. You...connecting to the best educators
all over the world.

23. http://georgecouros.ca
http://connectedprincipals.com

24. Connected Principals

25. Your organization...will become its
own press.

26. Do you think this is the
true message?

27. School Branding

28. Your organization...will create
stronger relationships.

29. From: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cgbarrows/5460174652/sizes/l/in/
pool-858082@N25/

32. Connections
Donna Matwichuk
Jordan Conne
Kim Engler
Mrs. Cameron

33. Test...

34. From: http://
www.ecorazzi.com/
2008/02/13/british-
supermarket-tesco-
doubles-order-for-free-
range-chickens/
Is this picture okay to have
in this presentation?

35. From: http://
www.ecorazzi.com/
2008/02/13/british-
supermarket-tesco-
doubles-order-for-free-
range-chickens/
Is this picture okay to have
in this presentation?

36. Your staff...will become learners first.

38. Growth

39. Self-Directed
Innovation

40. Your students...will have amazing
learning opportunities

41. We have to allow our students
to create their own content.

46. Your students...will inspire you.

47. Identity Day

48. Something transformational happens when students (and teachers!) write, create and
share for an authentic audience. In this instance, the young artists of PS22 are not the
only benefactors; it seems that adults are profoundly moved by their voices and the
hope that this new generation represents.

49. Moving Forward

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

55. Contact Me
Twitter - @gcouros Email - gcouros@psd70.ab.ca
Blog - georgecouros.ca Email - gec127@gmail.com

56. References and Resources
Connected Principals - http://connectedprincipals.com
The Principal of Change - http://georgecouros.ca
Forest Green School - http://forestgreenschool.ca
Educational Leadership Blogs - http://bit.ly/edleaderbundle
Read: Open Leadership by Charlene Li
Shoutouts: @courosa, @l_hilt, @shareski, @willrich45, @bhsprincipal,
@nmhs_principal (Find them on Twitter)