I SUCCESSFULLY JUMPED INTO THE WORLD OF

SOCIAL MEDIA

I DIDN’T DROWN!!!!!

BY: ALLISON STONER

THIS WAS THE OLD WAY TO

COLLABORATE WITH CO-

WORKERS AND COLLEAGUES

THIS IS THE WAY TO REACH

OUT AND

SHARE/COLLABORATE IN

TODAY’S WORLD

MOST USEFUL TOOLS

TWITTER

ALLOWS ME TO REACH OUT TO

FELLOW SCHOOL-BASED

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS IN ALL

PARTS OF THE WORLD

PINTERESTALLOWS ME TO FIND NEW

TREATMENT IDEAS AS WELL AS

SHARE THEM WITH COLLEAGUES

AND PARENTS

FACEBOOK

ALLOWS ME TO SHARE IDEAS WITH

COLLEAGUES AND PARENTS

GREATEST SUCCESSES

TWITTER

LEARN

ASSISTS WITH

PROFESSIONAL

DEVELOPMENT

SHARE

QUICK WAY TO SHARE

TREATMENT IDEAS WITH

OTHER OCCUPATIONAL

THERAPISTS,

COLLEAGUES, AND

PARENTS

COLLABORATE

CAN REACH OUT TO

YOUR FOLLOWERS WITH

QUESTIONS ABOUT A

SPECIFIC TOPICS AND

GET AN IMMEDIATE

RESPONSE

LEARN

GREAT RESOURCE TO

SAVE ARTICLES YOU

WANT TO READ LATER

FOUND ACTIVITIES THAT

I COULD APPLY TO

TREATMENT

IMMEDIATELY

SHARE

FOUND MANY

RESOURCES TO SHARE

WITH COLLEAGUES AND

PARENTS

TAGS ALLOW YOU TO

FIND SAVED RESOURCES

QUICKLY

COLLABORATE

SHARED THIS RESOURCE

WITH A FELLOW

COLLEAGUE AND SHE

STARTED A SITE

I THEN SHARED SOME

IMPORTANT

INFORMATION WITH HER

GREATEST CHALLENGE WAS FINDING THE MOST USEFUL PERSONAL LEARNING

NETWORK PLATFORM

LINKEDIN

I FELT THIS SITE WAS

MORE FOR

PROFESSIONAL

NETWORKING IN TERMS

OF FINDING A JOB. I AM

ALREADY HAPPY WITH

MY JOB AND WAS NOT

LOOKING TO CHANGE!!!

GOOGLE +

I HAD A HARD TIME

FINDING SCHOOL-BASED

OCCUPATIONAL

THERAPISTS AND

COLLEAGUES TO

CONNECT WITH. I

FOUND A FEW

COMMUNITIES TO JOIN

BUT DID NOT FEEL THIS

WAS MY BEST OPTION.

EDMODO

I FOUND SOME SCHOOL

COLLEAGUES TO

FOLLOW BUT NOT

ENOUGH TO MAKE AN

IMPACT. COULD NOT

REACH OUT TO

NUMEROUS PEOPLE IF

THEY DIDN’T HAVE AN

ACCOUNT.

FACEBOOK - THE PLN PLATFORM THAT WORKED

BEST FOR ME

PINTEREST - ANOTHER VALUABLE PLN PLATFORM

TWITTER

DELICIOUS

ANIMOTO IS A GREAT TOOL FOR CREATING EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS TO SHARE AS

RESOURCES!!!!

MOODLE/ONLINE LEARNING

*EASY FORMAT TO SHARE

CLASSWORK

*LIKE THAT YOU CAN WORK AT

YOUR OWN PACE

* WOULD DEFINITELY TAKE

ANOTHER ONLINE COURSE

MY MAIN GOAL WAS TO CREATE A WAY TO REACH OUT TO COLLEAGUES AND PARENTS

ABOUT OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN THE SCHOOL SETTING

I NEVER IMAGINED I WOULD FIND SO MANY OTHER POSITIVE

THINGS!!!!

• A WHOLE NETWORK OF SCHOOL-BASED OCCUPATIONAL

THERAPISTS TO LEARN FROM, SHARE IDEAS WITH, AND

COLLABORATE ON DIFFERENT ISSUES (TWITTER, FACEBOOK, AND

PINTEREST)

• A WAY TO ORGANIZE THE MANY RESOURCES I FIND (DELICIOUS)

THANKS FOR A GREAT LEARNING EXPERIENCE!!!!!!