1. T ERRIFIC T RICKS OF THE T RADE ! Eric Spring, Principal Birch Meadow School, Reading, MA Brian Middleton-Cox, Principal Woodville School, Wakefield, MA

2. A BOUT U S Eric Sprung Taught 3 rd and 4 th grade and served as assistant principal in Fairfax County, Virginia Served as Principal in Burlington and Reading, MA In the past year expanded uses GOOGLE READER/RSS FEEDS/BLOG/PHOTO STORY/FLIP VIDEO Brian Middleton-Cox Taught 2 nd, 3 rd, 4 th grades in Massachusetts Served as Principal in Wakefield, MA In this past year expanded the use of GOOGLE READER/BLOG/ FLIP VIDEO/PHOTO STORY 3

3. O VERVIEW OF S ESSION Blogs and Blogger Twitter Google Reader Feeders Goal: To share how technology is a tool to share information about your classroom or school. Blue Ribbon Standards: Student Organization and Culture School, Family, and Community Partnerships Technology Integration

4. W HAT I S A B LOG ? Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer; also : the contents of such a site

5. B LOGGING FOR E DUCATIONAL P ERSONNEL Sharing News and Events Progress Monitoring Status Alerts Marketing Public Relations Community Building Branding Thought Leadership Advocacy Replacing the School Website

6. E XAMPLES OF B LOGS Mr. Sprung’s Blog Mr. Middleton-Cox’s Blog

7. B LOGGING P LATFORMS Blogger Wordpress Edublog Tumblr SquareSpace Posterous

8. V IDEO O N S ETTING U P A B LOG http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU4gXHkejMo

9. B LOGGING Setting up your blog on blogger Adding text Adding links Adding photos Adding videos Photo Story 3 by Microsoft ClustrMaps

10. T WITTER Twitter Song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0xbjIE8cPM& feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0xbjIE8cPM& feature=related – HOW TO TWITTER Tweetdeck – organize your twitter account HASHTAGS http://twitter4teachers.pbworks.com/w/page/2255 4534/FrontPagehttp://twitter4teachers.pbworks.com/w/page/2255 4534/FrontPage - whose out there? http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pM_ZE5 BS0SgqDabnhl8Z2aA&hl=en#gid=0http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pM_ZE5 BS0SgqDabnhl8Z2aA&hl=en#gid=0 – Google List http://wefollow.com/http://wefollow.com/ - followers directory

11. A DVANCED TWITTER http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/5-new-twitter-tools-worth- exploring/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=df6bwk2v_275gg3m8dxd http://www.larkin.net.au/blog/2011/03/17/twitter-views-news/http://www.larkin.net.au/blog/2011/03/17/twitter-views-news/ - twitter tips and articles http://ccselementarywebtools.pbworks.com/w/page/10664927/Twit terhttp://ccselementarywebtools.pbworks.com/w/page/10664927/Twit ter - twitter tips http://livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=34291http://livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=34291 – educators guide to twitter http://www.bestcollegesonline.com/blog/2009/04/02/top-100-tools- for-the-twittering-teacher/http://www.bestcollegesonline.com/blog/2009/04/02/top-100-tools- for-the-twittering-teacher/ - 100 different tips for educators and twitter http://blog.efrontlearning.net/2011/02/1000-elearning-twitter- users-who-will.htmlhttp://blog.efrontlearning.net/2011/02/1000-elearning-twitter- users-who-will.html - 1000 people to follow

12. G OOGLE R EADER

13. RSS AND F EEDS http://www.washingtonpost.com/ http://www.msn.com/