Sometimes, just changing how you do things can really help you move forward. You’ll have no doubt noticed that I haven’t posted a blog for ages. And you know what? It wasn’t just me being lazy, honest! I’ve actually been working on writing my new book, which I’m already excited…
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Lots of schools use Twitter to share what they are doing, from sharing the fabric of school life and the day to day activities to professional learning opportunities from the school, its teachers sharing the great work of their learners - there are so many ways that schools use the…
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So if you haven't noticed, Storify is shutting up shop and is now no longer accepting new users with the platform being closed down in May this year. It's quite disappointing when this sort of thing happens. I was gutted when my initial blogging platform, 'Posterous' shut down all those…
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Twitter for professional development It's really interesting seeing the number of schools that are purposefully working to help teachers learn how to capitalise on the ways in which Twitter can be used for professional development. I am a huge champion of Twitter for CPD and I have run many sessions…
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It's that time of year again where being a teacher is probably more stressful than ever. Teachers are worrying about how their classes will be getting on with their exams or phonics tests and classrooms are hotter than ever. There has been talk on Twitter today about an article on…
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What is a hashtag? Hashtags for the uninitiated are those words you see sometimes with the # symbol in front of them. Many of my UK readers will have seen the #GE2017 hashtag these past few weeks on Twitter. Most people tweeting or posting on Instagram and other social media about…
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How do you interact on Twitter and other social media? I have said for a long time that Twitter is the best teacher staffroom in the world. Why? I say this because the people frequenting Twitter are those that are seeking out resources, networking opportunities, looking to help other…
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One of the key roles of a teacher is to act as role models for the young people in the classes within which they teach. I'm a firm believer in working with colleagues the same way as you would with children. I don't mean that you treat adults as if they're…
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Twitter is not just for the teacher, or even the school department. Schools can gain lots from having their own whole school account. There are many ways in which you can use it too. From reporting on whole school issues, passing out messages about snow days and much more, there…
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I wrote quite a long, detailed guide to Twitter for teachers back in April last year. It proved really popular, but it wasn't really staffroom fodder and didn't really fit onto a presentation slide either. With that in mind, I created a crib sheet version. I haven't included one of…
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