"Social media is the ultimate equalizer. It gives a voice and a platform to anyone willing to engage." ~ Amy Jo Martin.
The three social media sites I might use to communicate my policy issue
are www.LinkedIn.com, www.YouTube.com, and www.instagram.com
The benefit of using LinkedIn is that I am reaching out to other early childhood education professionals that understand the the plus and minus of professional development practitioners workshops. However, the challenge I face is making sure the content posted does encourage the professionals of early childhood education to seek a more productive format for professional development in early childhood education. For example, LinkedIn has options to join forums where one can create a forum or join a forum. Each time a post is made one will receive an email to continue the conversation.
The benefit of using YouTube is that I am reaching to everybody that does a search for early childcare, professional development, children, learning, and teachers. My videos would display the good and the bad in professional development workshops, in hope non-early childhood education professional might understand the the plus and minus of professional development practitioners workshops. However, the challenge I face is making sure the content uploaded encourage professionals of early childhood education to seek a more productive format for professional development in early childhood education. For example, I posted a public service announce (PSA) on YouTube about bullying. The video was viewed and and liked by many, giving information on other ways to overcome bullying.
Instagram is an online mobile photo-sharing, video-sharing and social networking that allow one to connect with the world. This site would allow post pictures and videos on actual workshops and the lack of practitioner's participation in the workshops.
The benefit of using Instagram is that I am reaching out to the medical and educational professions in hope the pictures taken show practitioners that are engaged in classroom activities based on professional development workshops the plus and minus of professional development practitioners workshops. However, the challenge I face is making sure the pictures posted does encourage the professionals of early childhood education to seek a more productive format for professional development in early childhood education. For example, I posted pictures of a daycare center and the teachers as they worked with the children. The center received wonderful phone calls from potential clients based upon the pictures.
The audience for LinkedIn might
include the community of professionals that teach, direct, or hire early childhood education teachers, the format might be how the skills of a better professional development
workshop would benefit the practitioners opposed to the current format. This audience
is directly connected to the practitioners and this audience know what is expected, or,
what they expect in a professional practitioner. The audience for YouTube is an open audience, because the support is
needed from those this policy might benefit as well as, those that can
financially support this policy. The audience for Instagram would focus on those that work with children in the medical and educational fields.
There is a percentage of supporters, professionals, practitioners, and parents in society that traditional networking might never reach, however, due to the many social media mediums networking will never be the same.
There is a percentage of supporters, professionals, practitioners, and parents in society that traditional networking might never reach, however, due to the many social media mediums networking will never be the same.
