Blogging and social media for

schools.Jackie SchneiderNovember 2013

3 good reasons

•To improve the teaching and learning

•To improve relationships

•For my own professional development

Improves learning

•provides world wide stage

•allows for detailed differentiation

•makes kids independent learners

•keeps work alive between lessons

•gives children ‘genuine’ voice

•gives children access to musicians

Builds relationships

•with children

•with other class teachers

•with parents

•with interested musicians and music educators

My CPD

•repository of courses/workshops etc

•learning journal

•collection of resources in one place

•feedback from kids

First rule of blogging:

Know what you want it for.

Everything else follows from that.

How to get started

•Talk to your head/SMT and tackle e-safety

•Search the blogosphere

•Make contact with other blogging teachers

Great free tools

•Primary Blogger

•Audioboo/Soundcloud

•Youtube/Vimeo

•Photopeach

•Twitter

•Pinterest

Top tips

•little and often

•use creative commons - don’t steal!

•make blog part of school life

•pictures, picture, pictures!

Beaumont School Music

Uphall Primary School

Hayes School Music

St Teresa’s music matters

Next steps

•get some professionals to adopt our blog

•learn from David Mitchells “quad” blogging

•build up blogroll

contact me

•Jackieschneider.mail@gmail.com

•@jackieschneider (twitter)

•St Teresa’s Music Matters