The document discusses various social media tools for educators, including Pinterest for organizing resources, Animoto for easy video presentations, and Google+ for connecting with other educators. It notes challenges with Diigo due to its difficulty and with Twitter due to the author's lack of experience, but sees potential benefits. The author was also impressed with the flexibility and lessons learned from an online Moodle course.

1. Social Media for Educators
By Laura Bielefeldt

2. Most useful tool!
Pinterest allows me to view, organize and
connect links to all kinds of helpful resources
for school!
Easy to use!
Free!

3. Success!
Animoto
- Easy way to
present
information.
- User friendly,
professional
quality

4. Success!
Exploring Google+
further led to some
great finds!
Connecting with other
educators allows me
to improve as a
professional

5. Challenges
Diigo was difficult for me to figure out. I’m
not sure how I would really be able to use it
as often. For a visual person, this was a little
more difficult to find a “flow”; however, I can
see how it may be helpful for some people.

6. Challenges
Twitter was a challenge for me. I have
never used it in the past, and was not too
sure about using it for educational
purposes. I can see how it might be
helpful for collaborating with others in the
field of education though.

7. Moodle/ Online learning
This was one of several online courses for me,
and each time I am impressed with how many
practical lessons I learn. I am thankful for the
flexibility in working during the hours that I can
as a working mom. This course challenged me
to try new resources as well as re-visit some I
have tried out in the past. It was great!

8. Tools
Thank you!