1. Edit 202
Activity 2.3
Kristen Wiehart

2. My Adventure through
My First Tweet!

3. Sign Up! Beginning of setup! Following Begins!
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Creating a Real Profile, Picture and description!

4. A Continuous Growth
In Followers and those
whom I follow!

5. George Couros
First Tweet
First Reply
First ReTweet
First Follower

6. George Couros
• Mr. George Couros was a guest speaker in our EDIT 202 class lecture; he is a
very inspiring and motivational speaker. He is a Division Principal of Innovative
Teaching and Learning with Parkland School Division, located in Stony Plain,
Alberta. He is very passionate about spreading leadership throughout his
division. He firmly believes that through the team work of all stakeholders
involved will help to ensure that the needs of all children will be met to the
fullest capable. He is not only an inspiration to future educators, educators of the
time, and the common people; but to me. He expects, provides, and models high
standards of our educators to provide only the best and most innovative and
interactive classroom teachings. I believe that choosing Mr. Couro’s to follow and
add to my PLN is a wonderful choice. George Couro’s models an exceptional
attitude and that one as an educator should demonstrate and live if not every
day, at least in the classroom. He also has many years of experience, not only as
an educator which would be very beneficial to me as a new coming educator, his
ideas would be greatly appreciated as I will be entering a trial and error period
for the beginning of my profession. Not only as an educator is George Couro’s
beneficial, but as a principal stand point; as a principal he is the ultimate decision
maker of who is hired out of the many new teacher applicants. He has the
knowledge of how to make myself as a new teacher stand out from the crowd,
and get the contract. He is the perfect person to have included in my Personal
Learning Network.

7. ED Tech Services
Recent Tweets from Ed Tech Services

8. ED Tech Services
• Ed Tech Services is stationed in the Education building in
the University Of Alberta Campus. I believe this would be
an excellent choice to have included in my personal PLN. Ed
Tech Services provides students with optimal help, at no
cost at all. They are always willing to help at just about any
time of the day and they provide excellent technical advice
and troubleshooting for those who are not tech savvy. I
believe this service with help me to educate myself and
continue to develop my knowledge of technical services
and skills for when I am a fully certified teacher. I know with
the help and knowledge at my fingertips from this
exceptional service I would be able to better my personal
knowledge and feel much more confident with my skills in
technology.

9. Connected Principals
Recent Tweets from Connected Principals

10. Connected Principals
• Connected Principals is a shared twitter profile between
the connected principals website and group. I feel that
following and connecting with this group would be very
beneficial to me especially in my third and final years of
university; because those who would hire me are
principals and therefore being connected with them
provides me some opportunities to send my self out there
and become known that I am a new excited teacher to be
hired. I feel that this group will not only help me that way,
but also provide me great information and tips on how to
set myself apart from multiple other new teachers
hunting for the same job. I believe all around becoming
friendly and well known with a group of principals
provides me great opportunities for my future!

11. My efforts in reaching out and
developing my PLN

12. My Efforts and Rewards
• I am still slowly learning the adventures of Twitter, but I was and
still am slightly frustrated that my marks in my first year are not as
good as they were in high school, and I began to worry that this
would affect the rest of my stay at the university, and further affect
my future in graduation and potential hiring's in my fourth year.
Suddenly I realized I don’t have to do it alone, I could ask someone
in a profession that does such that, hiring of new teachers. I used
my PLN to contact Mr. George Couros who does just that, and asked
him. He replied and in my ease I was pleased with his response but
just being able to have that access at any time any where was so
comforting and really showed me the benefits and positives that
having a PLN is. I know that I will continue to keep up and become
more involved in my PLN to help spread my name out there for
future upon graduation.