Chris Wejr

chriswejr.com
@chriswejr

Growing Together With

Social Media
Moving away from isolation as a new teacher
About me
 How do you learn?

When?
Where?
With whom?

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We are social beings

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Gangnam
Style
Wejr Style

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How are people connecting?
http://www.personalizemedia.com/garys-social-media-count/
 Isolation as a
New
Teacher?

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 The smartest person in the
Smartest is the room room…
is the room itself.
-- David Weinberger

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Who helps
us GROW?

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New Ways to Learn

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Who taught you how to sketch this?

“YouTube”
My connected journey…
I thought Twitter was all about this…

Via @gcouros
@ChrisWejr
A Growing Network...
Conferences and Unconferences:
Meeting old and new friends...

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RELATIONSHIPS
Hanging out & learning together
SOCIAL MEDIA:

Why?
 Connect.
Form Relationships.
Learn.
Professional Connections

Personal Relationships
Relationships…
“We have always
overestimated the value of
access to information and
underestimated the value of
access to each other.”
Clay Shirky http://www.flickr.com/photos/42931449@N07/6088751332/
 Learning Networks

Education will change from the ground up… teachers as

professionals doing great work and sharing it via social media.
-- Elisa Carlson #sd36learn
Chance favours a
connected mind
“Where good ideas come from”
Steven Johnson
#Kinderchat #EdcampKinder
 Share ideas.
Share stories.
Share moments.
Get feeback.
 Where do
your ideas
come from?

Could they be improved?

Could others benefit from them?
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 Share stories.
Share ideas.

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Sharing With The World: Carly’s Voice

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Stealing, building upon,
sharing great ideas...
Share Through Images
Share a bit of
Who YOU Are
Connections: Learning Together

@okmbio and @bmooreintheloop at Edcamp Leadership

 As a new teacher,
how has social media helped you?
Social media has given me access to tools I might have
otherwise missed. As a new teacher I do not have the time
to be constantly exploring and looking for answers for
every subject. Through social media (twitter,blogs) I have
built an invaluable PLN that has been a support network,
resource pool and overall great group of people to work
with. @tinaoke

…lots of great ideas and support. I feel more connected and

less "alone" as a newbie. I've been challenged to rethink (or
at least affirm) some of my philosophical beliefs and
practices in the classroom.
 As a new teacher,
how has social media helped you?

I'm able to get ideas for what to avoid AND what is good
to try. I'm able to get links from experienced teachers for
tried-and-true sites as well!

It has made my pd ongoing… It has connected me to other

resources and opened my eyes to various schools of thought in
education outside my staff room. I have found this important living
in a tiny village, working in a small school district that has little
connectedness in it!
Questions
 My challenge to you:

Start Connecting
If we want our students to take risks,
connect, and collaborate…
we need to model this.

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Who is creating your digital footprint
Start
Here
Share/Connect
on a
Deeper Level
@mr_lister
 Create a Class
Facebook Page/Group/Account
Time up front…

Can create time down the road.

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 Find Your Balance
Often the most important people to connect with…
…are those right in front of us.
 Harness the Power of a
Global Personal Learning Network

Become a connected learner.

Form relationships.
Share the stories.
Connect With Me
www.chriswejr.com

About.me/ChrisWejr

@chriswejr

Facebook.com/chriswejr

chriswejr@gmail.com
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…Learning is often messy
Who Do I Follow?

Why would anyone follow me?

 Twitter Search
• Search by Hashtags including #sd78 #sd33

#bced #ntchat
#bclearns #elemchat
#edchat
Some info to get you started
on Twitter

http://bit.ly/LdRdRc
Acknowledgments:

George Couros
Lyn Hilt
Alec Couros
Brian Kuhn
Chris Kennedy