This document discusses the importance of connected learning for school leaders. It recommends that administrators and teachers embrace social media for professional growth, to engage students, and to connect with experts. The document highlights the journey of one principal, Eric Sheninger, who uses Twitter to share ideas and resources. It provides tips for using social media, including joining relevant conversations, following influential educators, and being intentional with social media use. The goals are to get connected, learn from others, and share resources to help transform schools.

1. Power of the
Learning Community

2. School Leaders Digital Chest:
http://bit.ly/leadership-livebinder

4. http://padlet.
com/wall/connectedleader

5. You must connect
yourself. . .
. . .to connect your
students, teachers,
community

6. Be the Change;
Lead by Example
Build and Engage
a PLN

7. International Society for Technology Education,
National Technology Standards for Administrators

8. NC Executive
Standards

11. 7 Habits
1. Create atmosphere that
inspires innovation.
2. Foster collaboration.
3. Be open to new ideas.
4. Be a connected learner
yourself.
5. Locate and provide
adequate resources.
6. Take risks.
7. Have a visionary focus.

13. consumption
production

14. http://bit.ly/social-media-ladder

15. How will a PLN help me?

16. One Principal's PLN Journey
Administrators and teachers need to begin to
embrace the effective use of social media for
their own professional growth, to create
authentic learning environments that engage
students, and to utilize the expertise of
professionals in a variety of content areas. The
one thing that Twitter and social media has
taught me is that people truly want to share their
ideas, knowledge, and experiences for the
collective good.
~Eric Sheninger, Principal of New Milford HS (NJ),
@NMHS_Principal

17. http://voicethread.com/share/1036791/

18. Where do I start?

19. Power of Twitter

20. "Twitter is not about
the tweet; it's about
the conversation"
~Lisa Neilsen, @InnovativeEdu

21. ● share and collect resources
● offer inspiring quotes
● engage in educational
discussions (i.e. #edchat,
#cpchat, #edtech)
● back-channel for meetings and
conferences (with #hashtag)
● report out key learnings from
conferences (with #hashtag)
● Use Twitter client and follow
the tweets associated with
topics of interest: i.e, school
leadership, assessment
● solicit feedback from
leadership
● brand organization and
programs

22. Making the Most of . . .
● Join a conversation (#edchat, #cpchat,
#nced, #ncadmin)
● Contribute
● RT and Reply
● Follow other educators
● Pay attention
● Be intentional and purposeful
● Follow Don's Top 12
● Comb the Twitteriffic Resources

24. And who do I follow?

25. Who's Who in the Twittersphere: Top
12
Eric Sheninger @NMHS_Principal
Deron Durflinger @derondurflinger
George Couros @gcouros
Patrick Larkin @bhsprincipal
Chris Lehmann @chrislehman
Dave Meister @phsprincipal
Brian Nichols @bjnichols
Christ Lindholm @clindhol
John Robinson @21stprincipal
Steven Anderson @web20classroom
Lisa Nielsen @InnovativeEdu
Don Lourcey@dlourcey (shameless, I know!)
Derek McCoy @mccoyderek

26. "We're winning the war of the tool....now give
people models to transform schools."
@chrislehmann #ISTE10

29. What do we
hope to
accomplish?
Goals?
Every accomplishment starts
with a decision to try. Anon

30. My Goals

31. My Goals

32. My Goals

33. My Goals

34. Solution - Get Connected

35. Anatomy of a Connected Learner

36. Key Considerations for Connected Growth
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Is what I’m doing essential?
Who are you connecting with?
How will you connect with them?
When will you share?

39. Schedule Your Tweets
Monitor your RTs, DMs
Find and share your info
Follow chats
Connect

40. Twitter Vocabulary
● @: The @ mark goes in front of someone’s username on Twitter.
● Follow Adding them to your Twitter reading list. Their tweets will
appear automatically. The opposite is “unfollow.”
● Direct message/DM: Private message between you and the
person who gets it.
● Follower: Someone who follows your account, receives your
updates. This is petty casual. Have to follow to DM
● Reply : Answering a message sent to you. Starts with a
@username. Only people who are following both you and other
person will see it.
● Spam: Often DMs from accounts that have been hacked. Remedy change password
● Timeline/stream: The list of new tweets/messages that you get
from the people you follow.
● Tweet: Posting something to Twitter/writing a message on
Twitter.
● Retweet or RT: To post what someone else wrote again. Done by
clicking a retweet button or by typing your own, which is useful.
You can add content to RTs.
○ MT: Changing wording of original RT

41. http://www.cybraryman.com/edhashtags.html

42. http://ow.ly/oxexI

43. Networks for Connecting/Sharing

44. A Different Connected Experience

45. Communities vs Chats