Today we had Laurie Mcintosh as a guest speaker. Miss. Mcintosh's background contains vast educational experience through her career as an educational assistant and a teacher in the classroom. In her presentation she highlighted how social media can be an excellent tool for creating a professional learning network. Laurie shared with us how using social media opened up a new world of opportunities and connections in her education career. She stated that utilizing apps like Twitter and Instagram have generated more opportunities to connect with students, parents, and other educators across the world.
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While it is beneficial, social media can also leave you very vulnerable. While you have full control over your own posts, you have no control over someone else's digital footprint. As quoted in my first blog, it is of great benefit to create your own digital footprint, rather than have someone else create one for you. Connecting with other educators becomes a breeze. There are educators all over the world that use social media to share the happenings of their classrooms, resources and tools, as well as the knowledge they’ve gained in their career. I would urge any teacher, pre-service or not, to create their own social media presence, to share their own career of lifelong learning.
I would also urge you to check out Mrs. Mcintosh's blog where she shares her own teaching knowledge, as well as her Instagram, @mrsmacskinders.
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