The Power of Social Media

For me, Teaching in a very small town south of Augusta Georgia, I think that social media keep me going before things caught on at my school.  I teach at a High School with about 1800 students, and many times I am the only teacher that teaches the specific course.  However in the last year I have be so lucky to teach my content with a great teacher, she is a first year teacher and I have been at it for 28 years.  I think we make a great team, and what one does not think about the other does.  Having said that,  we do feel often that we are alone in the building because we are trying new things for our district.  Social Media is the way that I have found to learn the most.  I started with a following a few groups of Facebook, then moved to Twitter and then created a teacher Instagram Page.  I think it encourages me, when I have a bad day, I just go to one of those social media sites and plan to learn just one new thing a day. When I get down about something not going right I usually blame that on me and what I did not think about.  The good news is that I also make improvements and try it again. Social Media helps me share with teachers that are experienced similar things to mine, and it is encouraging to learn at my own pace vs staff development.  The PD, the meetings seem to drag along, but when I am learning on Twitter I can move at my pace.  Check out my Teacher IG page
@KnowMooreMath and on twitter @LyndaMoore209.


XOXO,
Lynda