OTF Connects

What is all the fuss about Twitter?  How and why are educators using it?  How do you move from lurking to sharing?  What are the roles of hashtags and twitter chats? How might you use twitter in the classroom?  Come to this beginner session to learn the tips and tricks of using Twitter as part of developing your Personal Learning Network.

Presented by: Peter Skillen and Brenda Sherry

Audience: All levels

About the Facilitators:

Peter Skillen has been involved in technology supported,  project-based learning since the late 1970s and continues to explore &  develop deep applications of the latest Web 2.0 technologies – particularly as it relates to learner agency, passion, motivation and cognitive intent. Peter is Manager of Professional Learning with the YMCA of Greater Toronto, co-founder of Minds On Media, and also serves iEARN-Canada, Teacher Learning & Leadership Program (TLLP),  Educational Computing Organization of Ontario (ECOO), International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) as global ambassador, and teaches online & face-to-face with the Ontario Teachers’ Federation.  His latest passion is involvement with Global Dignity Day!
Twitter: @peterskillen
Blog: peterskillen.org

Brenda Sherry is currently an Itinerant Technology Coach at Upper Grand District School Board in Guelph, Ontario, after 20 years as a regular classroom and special education teacher.  She has co-founded  Minds On Media, works on the  Educational Computing Organization’s Annual Conference, develops and facilitates professional learning for the Ontario Teacher’s Federation  and Wilfrid Laurier University (AQ Courses) and has been a Connected Coach and a Community Leader with the  PLP Network,  a professional learning community for educators.