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Social Media is Not Just For Students

A Principal's Reflections

Quite simply, social media tools such as Twitter and Facebook have improved my effectiveness and efficiency as an educational leader. As I learned from my students, many more people use the social media tool, Facebook, than use Twitter. Principals and schools should embrace Twitter, and social media in general.

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Social Media in Education

A Principal's Reflections

The other day Bill Ferriter told me that he was working on an article for ASCD and asked if I would answer a few questions. My answers to Bill''s questions provide a snapshot of my social media in education journey. What made you interested in using social media to reach out to your school community?

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Why Connect?

A Principal's Reflections

You can read the article HERE. I got on Twitter in 2009, which was an accomplishment in itself as I had previously convinced myself that I would never use social media as I didn’t have the time nor saw any value in it. As you will see, the true power of connected learning is what you glean from the people you engage with.

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Blended Family Engagement

A Principal's Reflections

To this day I still remember the article that I read about Twitter in the Staten Island Advance one cold Sunday in March of 2009. As someone who was totally against the use of social media for both personal and professional reasons, that article was intriguing to read as it essentially reinforced my negative perception.

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Launch of my new website!

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

A " press room " (educational articles, podcasts and other examples where I've been interviewed, featured or mentioned, currently going back to 2009). A clean, clear list of links to my main social media accounts. I now have a job-agnostic site that has the following: My educational biography.

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Service-Learning Can Be the Bridge to Social Emotional Learning. Educators Should Embrace It.

Edsurge

One of my most resourceful students, Sheliya, found an article about the Open Homes project, a program created by Airbnb that offered free emergency housing to displaced people due to natural disasters. However, after taking matters into her own hands, Sheliya was able to find a person on social media that secured housing via Open Homes.

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The People and Moments That Define Us

A Principal's Reflections

If I was graded I would have probably received an A for running my school where strict rules had to be followed by students, mobile devices banned, and all social media blocked. It was then in 2009 that I possibly took the greatest risk of my young administrative career. Obviously, not much at the time.