Social Networking with Tricia Griffith
April 8th, 2010Shelley
Presenter Tricia Griffith (Hays Consolidated, TX) offered her advice for using social networking tools to communicate with substitute teachers. Currently, Tricia uses two tools – Facebook and Twitter – to communicate with substitutes. She uses Twitter to post jobs and special announcements. You can follow Tricia at http://twitter.com/HaysSubInfo.
Facebook encourages substitutes to interact and network. “Facebook has fostered a real sense of community among our subs,” says Tricia. She allows feedback and posts topics to encourage conversation. Another benefit? Substitutes answer questions for each other. “It’s really saved me a lot of time – time I would have been spending at the help desk.” Tricia acts as the moderator, but to-date she hasn’t had any issues. “Our substitutes are really professional and use the site responsibly.”
As you can imagine, there were several questions from the group for Tricia. One person asked about potential issues with the IT department. Tricia just laughed and said, “You have to learn how to beg.”
