Lead Learner Round Table Michael Methvin & Shane Dublin

Maximizing the many benefits of using social media in your school, with guest Dr. David Geurin (@DavidGeurin).

Twitter is a powerful way to broadcast your school's message to a large audience. We share seven keys to making the most of this platform.

The number of educators sharing ideas and relevant news articles on Twitter is absolutely exploding. In fact, of the over half billion tweets posted each day, over 4.2 million of them are education-related. That equates to over 3,000 new education tweets during the few moments it took you to read that first paragraph. With just a few simple steps you can use Twitter to significantly grow your professional learning network and, in turn, access a wealth of knowledge for your school community.

Making a new hire is one of the most important acts that we go through as a school. This process presents the opportunity to bring a quality team member aboard. We share some keys steps that are integral to ensuring your best chance to make that "home run" hire.

As teachers and principals we are always looking for quality resources to capture the imagination of our students. Doing it in a way that doesn't cost us a lot of time or money can be a challenge. This episode focuses on two quality ways to spice up your class and do so without having to spend hours of time planning and creating new resources.

Linda Kamp, a second grade teacher from Phoeniz, AZ, joins us to discuss her Teachers Pay Teachers store and shares her secrets for how to get the most bang for your buck through this online marketplace of teacher-created resources.

We also look at how to add over 10,000 books to your classroom library. Oh, and as a teacher, you can have this all for FREE.

With the ever-increasing emphasis on accountability, data collection, and high-stakes testing the focus is often drawn away from those elements of our culture that have long made schools a central source of pride and community. Leo Ganahl, principal at Halls Ferry Elementary in the Ferguson-Florissant School District located outside of St. Louis, has a passion for his school and his neighborhood that is making an impact on the students and community he serves. In this episode he shares some of the things his school is doing to establish trust, grow a sense of pride, and build relationships between school and community.