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Social Media for Educators

Kristen Manderachi2/21/15

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Most Useful Tool• Even though I was skeptical about it at

first, I found that Pinterest was the most useful tool!

• I found valuable instructional resources, such as videos, graphic organizers, images, worksheets, and historical background information.

• I can use Pinterest to locate relevant and useful information and resources to improve my instruction for all of my English courses.

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Additional Useful Tool

• Delicious was also a very practical tool!

• Organizing your resources by using tags is very helpful.

• The resources can be accessed through any computer.

• The resources were easy to find and tag!

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Successes• I had never used most of these types of social media before,

but I feel that I successfully created accounts and located valuable resources that I can use in my classroom.

• I learned how to use various types of social media to quickly and easily locate resources that can positively impact my teaching techniques.

• I found educational communities where I can collaborate with other educators and share educational ideas.

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Challenges• Since I had not used many of these types of social media before,

initially it took me some time to figure out how to use these types of social media.

• I used the tutorials and instructional videos to help me create my accounts and utilize these types of social media.

• At first I was confused about how to tweet and retweet, but eventually I learned how to perform these actions.

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Moodle and Online Learning• The online learning setting has really allowed me to expand

my educational knowledge by taking graduate courses!

• As a full-time teacher and coach, it would be difficult and exhausting to drive to a graduate school classroom and spend hours there each week!

• With the online learning environment, I can participate in the course and complete my work when it is convenient for me, no matter what time of day it is or where I am located.

• Moodle is very user-friendly and easy to navigate!

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Collection of My Works

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/KManderachi

• Delicious: https://delicious.com/kmaze11

• Google Plus:

https://plus.google.com/u/0/112626720088522206815/posts

• Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/kmanderachi/

• Animoto: https://animoto.com/play/o1UVAMjYyva0fbzypBJgBg

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Closing ThoughtsThank you for a practical course that has made me aware of many valuable sites that can help me find educational resources that will improve my classroom instruction!