Jobs that Don't Exist - Module 8

 I have admitted before that I started teaching with no computers, early in my career I had one Apple IIe but by the 15th year of my career - about 2005 - we started getting a lot of information about the information age, digital natives, and the idea was first promoted that we were preparing students for jobs that didn't yet exist.  Boy, was that correct!  In 2005 you likely had not heard of the field of Logistics or ever seen a job posting for Social Media Marketing.   But you do now!

Web of connected people
Image from Pixabay

I admit to LOVING social media - as a user.  As a Librarian, I am not sure I should admit this, but there are times when scrolling through TikTok and Instagram has replaced an hour of reading.  As a Library Media Specialist, I think I can get away with that - right?  I think about "checking" my social media.  But I have not been as good at using social media or posting for my work or professional purposes.  I started a page this year and posted exactly three times.  I hoped to use it to connect with parents, but I learned in this week's material, that Twitter is mainly for professional contacts and I have to say my experience bears that out (Green, n.d.).  While I already had the page, I had not previously attached a logo or banner to the page.

Photo of my Twitter page as it existed prior to this lesson.

To add a logo and banner was next so I chose a simple logo of a leopard reading because the leopard is our mascot.  I like color and happy, simple images so the banner is just colorful books.  As I develop the Twitter page further, I may get more sophisticated (using students to create a logo (Wilson, n.d.)).  For now, though I like the happy logo as I like the students to be happy when they are in the library.  That probably sounds so simple, but it is true.  I also tweeted a new tweet tonight featuring the book we are reading this week and announcing that we are having an exciting author visit in 2023!  I tagged the author.  I know I need to utilize tagging more to gain attention and followers.

New logo, new banner, new Bio line, tagged author and tagged school and district.

At this moment, I think I need further clarification on how to be clear on the separation of the Twitter account from mine, but I believe it is.  Obviously, I am controlling it on my personal device as of now, but it does have a separate login and password from my personal/professional Twitter account.  As mentioned in Jan Wilson's article, I would like to involve students more in the logo and I need to take more pictures as a rule (Wilson, n.d.).  Just last week as our Battle of the Books team was in the library for our team meeting another teacher said how amazing it was to see so many students giving up their lunch to participate and that I should tweet that out.  I agreed totally, but forgot to take a picture!  I am really going to make an effort this week to follow more accounts and to post and tag!  Follow me @CfkCfkn 

Update 30 minutes later - Michael Rex liked and Retweeted my tweet!  WooHoo!

@mikerexbooks

References

Green, S. L. (n.d.). Harnessing the power of social media to advocate for the school library [Slide show; Google Slides].

Wilson, J. (n.d.). Make your library more visible. School Library Journal.