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Comfortable With Being Uncomfortable: A blog post on why you need a PLN outside of your board/school: @http://azjd.wordpress.com/2011/07/17/comfortable-with-being-uncomfortable/ This is a quick posting. It will take one minute out of your day to read it.


 * //...USING TWITTER AND SOCIAL MEDIA...//**

The College of Teachers recently released a Professional Advisory regarding the use electronic media and social media. OCT Adisory However, these tools, when used appropriately, can provide vast amounts of information and connections to like-minded professionals.

Twitter is a great tool to connect with other educators, subject experts and regular folks to discuss different topics. I know some of us are already using Twitter and thought it might be a good idea to share some of your own experiences with Twitter. Perhaps a good start is sharing Twitter usernames if you're interested:

GeraldtonSteve - Stephen Wilson fryed - Donna Fry

Also, if you have any other really cool social media tools you'd like to share, this page would be a great place for that, too!

(Suggestions: Posterous is a great website/blog tool).

Worth a follow on Twitter: #LeadershipChat Create a column in Tweetdeck to follow this topic for great postings on being a better leader.

Four ways to get an administrator engaged in a Twitter PLN: @http://the21stcenturyprincipal.blogspot.com/2011/01/4-ways-to-get-your-administrator.html

//Check out the Twitter for Teachers page on Superior Greenstone Connects for lots of suggestions on how to build your PLN online with Twitter (// http://superiorgreenstoneconnects.wikispaces.com/).

Twitter for Teachers - a wiki to teach teachers how to use Twitter in their practice @http://twitterforteachers.wetpaint.com/

Follow an example of a PLN working through Twitter: @http://fryedblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/watch-pln-go-to-work.html