www.FacebookForEducators.org
Facebook101:UsingFacebookasaProfessionalDevelopmentTool
Ifyou’relikemosteducators,yourbusyschedulemakesitchallengingtofindtimetoconnectwithyourcolleagues.Facebookcanmakethechallengeeasier.InthissectionwehighlightsomewaysyoucanuseFacebookasaresourceforprofessionaldevelopment.Firstandforemost,youcanusetheFacebookforEducatorspage(facebook.com/FBforEducators)asaplacetolearnaboutandsharebestpractices,teachingstrategies,ortipsonhowtouseFacebookandothersocialtechnologiesintheclassroom.Thispagehasbecomeaprofessionaldevelopmenthubwherethousandsofeducatorsshareideas,inspiration,andsolutions.AnotherwaytouseFacebookinprofessionaldevelopmentisto“Like”theFacebookPagesthatrelatetoyoursubjectmatter.Thisincludesyourprofessionalassociationandconferencesyouattend.Whenyou“Like”FacebookPagesthatarerelevanttoyou,itwillsaveyoutimebydeliveringresourcesofinteresttoyoudirectlytoyourFacebookNewsFeed.
ProfessionalDevelopmentResourcesonFacebook
Teachers.TVhttp://www.facebook.com/TeachersTVNationalScienceTeachersAssociation(NSTA)http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=4734309314NationalCouncilofTeachersofEnglish(NCTE)http://www.facebook.com/ncte.orgNationalCouncilofTeachersofMathematics(NCTM)http://www.facebook.com/TeachersofMathematicsNationalCouncilfortheSocialStudies(NCSS)http://www.facebook.com/socialstudies.orgU.S.DepartmentofEducation(DOE)http://www.facebook.com/SecretaryArneDuncanInternationalReadingAssociation(IRA)http://www.facebook.com/pages/International-Reading-Association/81491751082NationalArtEducatorAssociation(NAEA)http://www.facebook.com/arteducatorsAmericanLibraryAssociation(ALA)http://www.ala.org/InternationalSocietyforTechnologyinEducation(ISTE)http://www.facebook.com/pages/ISTE/8828374188DepartmentforEducation(UK)http://www.facebook.com/educationgovuk