Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest, Oh My Using Social Media as a Professional Development Tool

摘要

Social media resources abound and are for more than just "being social." Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest can be used to enhance professional growth, find teaching ideas, and keep abreast of current trends in education. Although I initially joined eachfor personal reasons, each now plays a role in my professional development. Some might wonder "why have a social media account?" I have found them to be a tool to ask and answer questions, collaborate with colleagues around the country, get feedback, organize ideas, and remove the sense of isolation that sometimes comes with teaching a subject where I might not have a team of colleagues in the same content area in my build-ing (see Table 1 for a comparison of the three resources).