The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 11, 2019

Anne Collier on Episode 456 and 457 of the 10-Minute Teacher Anne Collier, Founder and Executive Director of The Net Safety Collaborative and SocialMediaHelpline.com , shares what we need to know about social media in this two-part series. She serves on the Trust & Safety advisory boards of Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat and Yubo.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 9, 2017

10MT | #29 Steven Anderson talks technology trends From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Twitter handle: @web20classroom. He is also responsible in helping create #edchat, a weekly education discussion on Twitter that boasts over 500 weekly participants. Blog: www.web20classroom.org.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 25, 2018

My unexpected journey began with a decision to give Twitter a try in 2009. This should never have happened either as I was convinced that any and all social media tools were a complete waste of my time and would not lead to any improvement in professional practice. This was not my intent or even a goal. I am no author.”

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

I don''t know about you, but I grew quite resentful of the media in the past as they would be so quick to call my office to comment on a negative situation, but would not give me the time of day when I had a positive story for them to cover. I have literally lost count of additional media coverage, as it has become the norm.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

AUGUST 23, 2015

In July 2009, I co-founded the Bammy winning education chat, #Edchat , which has inspired over 400 education hashtags! The hashtag (# in front of a word without spaces, which transforms the word into a url on social media sites, like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram) was invented 8 years ago today by Chris Messina on August 23, 2007.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

AUGUST 23, 2015

In July 2009, I co-founded the Bammy winning education chat, #Edchat , which has inspired over 400 education hashtags! The hashtag (# in front of a word without spaces, which transforms the word into a url on social media sites, like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram) was invented 8 years ago today by Chris Messina on August 23, 2007.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

In March of 2009, I began to use Twitter, and it was at this time that I began to create a Personal Learning Network (PLN). Through the use of social media, I realized that I didn’t really need to be “developed.” I think the same can be said when it comes to the learners we serve.

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edWeb.net

MAY 3, 2017

edWeb is so excited to congratulate Michelle Luhtala, department chair at New Canaan High School Library in Connecticut, for being selected as a 2017 AASL Social Media Superstars winner ! I’m the founder of edWeb.net and had just started our social network for educators. Time well spent. Thank you to both of you.

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The Web20Classroom

JANUARY 17, 2010

Since then I have done a lot of thinking about and talking about social media policy. I repost it now because we are heading into that time of year when people are starting to ask me and the rest of the members of their PLN''s about their best example of social media policies. I originally wrote this post in Sept.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

APRIL 25, 2016

Go a step further and have your students design social media videos and graphics introducing us to their passion and projects where they need support. Design social media graphics on Canva , use a video editing tool like Blender , or you can hire someone to make a video for you cheaply using Fiverr.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 28, 2019

Back in 2009, I began calling for an evolved construct of leadership that would better serve schools in meeting the diverse needs of learners and stakeholders alike. To account for this fact, I removed the majority of references to specific tools except for some of the most prolific ones such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Back in 2009 when we began to transform teaching and learning at New Milford High School we were extremely fortunate at the time to have wireless Internet access throughout the school. I made the video above quickly using Instagram.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 26, 2016

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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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 19, 2014

This is something that I could have never dreamed of prior to social media as I felt that writing was definitely not my strong suit. Social media not only helped me find my voice, but it helped me find the voices of so many passionate and amazing educators from across the country and globe.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 7, 2018

With an array of social media tools at our disposal, every educator should aspire to be the storyteller-in-chief. Once I started drinking the Twitter Kool-Aid back in 2009 I quickly learned the error of my ways. The stories I accessed on Twitter inspired me to be better.

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The 21st Century Principal

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

They are banning the use of social media as a means to communicate with students and parents. It is misguided foolishness to think that social media is magically turning teachers into predators, preying on our nation''s children. Social media is here to stay. Blaming the medium for the problem never works.

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Bryan Alexander

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

In contrast, social media is only a viable communication method for a minority of these scientists. Nearly 80% take the opposite view: “Fully 77% say that promoting their research on social media is not too or not at all important for career advancement in their specialty. ” Good!

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 18, 2017

A conversation with Richard Byrne on Episode #57 of the 10-minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Twitter handle: @rmbyrne. Richard became a Google Certified Teacher in 2009. From video tools, creation tools, to app creation, you’ll hear lots of ideas.

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The Web20Classroom

DECEMBER 16, 2009

85+ Resources: Educator Guide for Integrating Social Media « emergent by design tags : socialmedia , favorite Twitter in the Classroom: Studies Find Increased Student Engagement tags : Twitter , favorite 50 Web Applications for Teachers tags : web2.0 , favorite Using Wordle in the classroom (1 of 2) tags : wordle , favorite Cell Size and Scale tags (..)

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 8, 2017

We had a vibrant conversation on the topic of Digital Leadership with a focus on school culture, embracing change, strategic use of social media, the Model Schools Conference , and innovation. Will and I met virtually on Twitter way back in 2009. At the time he was known as @peoplegogy on Twitter.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 28, 2017

Prior to 2009 I basically saw technology as just an add-on and something that could spruce up a lesson. Social media had to be blocked for all and I, for one, wasn’t going to waste any of my precious time using it professionally or personally. We can no longer wait. Time is of the essence.

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The Principal of Change

OCTOBER 26, 2021

I started on Twitter and social media probably around 2009 and saw so much value in the platform. Twitter existed in 2006, and my brother Alec was on my case about starting account years prior. Some people didn’t see the value in social media for education use until years after I did.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 12, 2014

My epiphany came in 2009 when I begrudgingly decided to give Twitter a try to improve communications with my stakeholders. Excuses often followed as a bunker mentality overshadowed the potential value that lied in using social media to become a better leader and learner. Then it happened.

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The Web20Classroom

JANUARY 6, 2014

Back when I started this blog in February of 2009 I was trying to create a space to share resources with my teachers in my district. The same with my Twitter account. Oh and you can link to all your social media accounts too. I am in all of those social media spaces but I use each one very differently.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 5, 2017

As I have been writing since 2009, if you don’t tell your story someone else will. Everything was then curated into a final document, edited twice, and then sent out to my stakeholders using Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, Remind, our school app, and an email blast. Check out an example HERE. If so check out IFTTT.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 7, 2014

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.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 2, 2016

Image credit: https://media.licdn.com For me, becoming a connected educator in early 2009 served as a catalyst for professional growth in ways that I could never have imagined. He pushed me to extend beyond the use of Twitter to share what was going on in my school through a blog. The process of writing was always a struggle for me.

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The Web20Classroom

DECEMBER 21, 2011

I was honored to receive the Twitterer of the Year Award from Edublogs for 2011. I originally won this award back in its first year in 2009 and it really is an honor for me. I don''t use Twitter for awards or #FollowFridays or mentions or retweets. And while I have you here. A big thanks! Happy Holidays to you and yours!

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 17, 2016

Back in the day, I was against the idea of blogging as I thought Twitter was good enough to meet certain leadership and learning goals I had established. As I have said since 2009, if you don't tell your story someone else will. Once your post is complete share on social media using mainstream hash tags.

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The Innovative Educator

APRIL 14, 2019

Let's take a look by looking at social media examples. Twitter You must take ten steps too many on Twitter to use alt text. Twitter has not stepped up its accessibility game. SnapChat The least accessible of these social media platforms is SnapChat. This should be a feature, not an option.

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The Daring Librarian

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Requires registration but it's FREE & I love Common Sense Media) I've been on Twitter since 2009 (professionally - not personally) and Instagram since 2015, and I have an AMAZING & generous personal learning network of students, teachers, & followers - so being careful, upbeat, positive and mindful of what I post is important to me, too!

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Educational Technology Guy

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Here are some more resources about my experience on 9/11 and 9/11 in general: My Experience as a Paramedic on 9-11-01 Remembering 9/11 (from 2009) Great collection of sites about Osama bin Laden, terrorism, and the wars in the Middle East from Larry Ferlazzo. Follow me on Twitter and Google+. link] [link] [link] [link].

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The Web20Classroom

APRIL 27, 2017

I’ve had this blog since 2009. Who are your favorite people to follow on Twitter or other social media channels? Use your social media channels like Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to let everyone know you have a new post. Try to find blogs that align with your interests. Read elementary blogs.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Social media is like a giant search engine that we can tap any time. For me, I got connected with it in 2009. Around this time, I first got on Twitter. We can ask questions, we can answer questions. We need to be in that space of collaboration, talking to the true experts, the ones out there doing the work. CDW Segment.

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The Web20Classroom

AUGUST 19, 2011

I orginially wrote this post back in 2009. Since that time so much has gone on in the world of Social Media in Education, I decided it needed some updating. One of the best and easiest ways to create a PLN is to join Twitter. There is also a wonderful hashtag, #cpchat, that many social media using administrators use. (Oh,

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EdTechSandyK

AUGUST 29, 2009

Like many of you I started hearing buzz about Twitter this year. But I didn''t see any use for Twitter for me, an ed tech specialist with nothing to sell or promote. I signed on in April of 2009, but didn''t do much with it. The little I did explore led me to view Twitter pretty much like this. Everyone was on it.

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My Island View

JANUARY 29, 2020

Some of the most popular sites on the Internet are social media sites. Twitter is the backbone of my PLN. I find them on Twitter as they contact me. I also check out Twitter Profiles to see whom those people follow. Twitter on the phone enables me to tweet anytime I find the time. and “Who?”. Easy Pickens!

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