Facebook
Facebook is a social media tool that connects users
world-wide. Users can post information they feel their followers need or should
know. An advantage to Facebook is that the site gives users a place to look for
current information that may be happening in their library. Users are able to
private message the administrator of the page, and it allows for the
administrators to put contact information and a Google map of the library of
the school. One other advantage is that most of the time users that comment or
share a post in some fashion have a direct relationship to the page. A
disadvantage of Facebook is that many times posts can get lost among other
posts. Another disadvantage is when a user sees a post that may be of interest
to them, then they go back to try and find that post, you have to scroll
through the entire page to find it.
I searched “school library” and not many showed up,
especially elementary schools. Eventually, I found and followed Pasadena High
School Library in Pasadena, Texas, and Moore Elementary School Library in
Houston, Texas.
-Many of the posts were about community events.
-There were also posts about student achievement within the
school.
-Other posts were about book suggestions, deals available,
book reviews, and movie trailers from books.
- I did not see any comments on any of the posts.
-There were many posts about news within the district, such
as Hurricane Harvey updates.
-Some posts were shared from the district’s Facebook page,
about Hurricane Harvey.
-One post was a shared Instagram post from author Steve
Swinburne.
-A few posts were inspirational quotes.
-One post that was of interest to me was from the Hurricane
Harvey Book Club.
Twitter
I am new to Twitter, but I have started to become fairly
familiar to it. Twitter is another mega social media site. Users from all over
the world can connect and follow people and organizations that are of interest
to them. An advantage to Twitter is that the posts are up-to-date and current.
The posts are also more concise. I feel with Twitter, the content is more to
the point and not clogged up with advertisements and extra stuff like games and
random invites. Some disadvantages to Twitter is that it is more of a global
connection, and not as geared towards connecting with friends.
Kathy Schrock @kathyschrock
Schrock is an education digital tech guru. She is a leader
in the digital tech world. She is very active on Twitter. She tweets and retweets
mostly about useful apps, digital hardware, helpful informational websites on
technology, and ideas that can be used in the library. She also refers to her
blog in her tweets. Schrock tweets about her speaking appearances as well.
Just found Ninox database for iOS. Great little free tool for teaching how to create and query a database. https://t.co/BntXg0LTBN— Kathy Schrock (@kathyschrock) August 14, 2017
Linda Braun @lbraun2000
Linda Braun is a former president of YALSA, and a teen
advocate. Based on Braun’s Twitter, I noticed she retweets various links from
other websites quite a bit. A few of her tweets were about coding, and others
were about events or programs taking place in the library world.
Girls who code books https://t.co/cJexBtuAms— Linda W Braun (@lbraun2000) August 22, 2017
David Warlick @dwarlick
Warlick is a former educator and enjoys exploring the
educational technology world. The most current tweets are videos about of a
tribute to his father’s passing. Other tweets were YouTube links of aerial
views of a drone video, and a video of photos from 1997-2014.
Gwynth Jones @GwynethJones
Jones is a librarian and a certified Google Innovator. She
has a link to her blog on her Twitter page. Jones tweets and retweets quite a
bit on Twitter. She posts mostly pictures and links that have information
related to students in her school. On her blog, she posts helpful educational
technology tips that will help teachers, librarians, and parents.
Jim Lerman @jimlerman
Lerman is a teacher, author, and speaker. He tweets and
retweets quite often as well. His tweets and retweets direct you to his
Scoop.it page. He tweets about creative ideas that can be implemented in the
classroom and library. Some of his tweets were about infographics, tools for
creating unique images, and creative resources.
If You Look At Student Work Take a Screenshot - Teacher Tech https://t.co/sRCGC5wUYM pic.twitter.com/npvp3RpBXW— Jim Lerman (@jimlerman) September 5, 2017
