Time:9:00amPT/10:00amMT/
11:00amCT/12:00pm ET
Location: Blackboard Collaborate
What is an educational brand? Do you have one? Do you know what your brand is? We are excited to have Desiree Alexander (@educatoralex) joining us as our special guest presenter to help us learn more about educational branding.
Description:
It’s more important than ever that educators promote their best selves and the best of their schools. Branding is an excellent way to do this. In this seminar, you will learn the basic components of educational branding and why it is so important to brand. You will learn the steps you will need to get started (and the pitfalls to avoid).
Ms. Desiree Alexander, Ed.S. is an award-winning, multi-degreed educator who has been in the educational field for fourteen years. She is currently the Instructional Technology Supervisor for Caddo Parish Public Schools. She is the founder of Educator Alexander, an educational consulting business. She consults with members of several schools/businesses and presents at conferences nationwide. She holds various certifications, as well as multiple technology certifications, including being a Google Certified Trainer and a Microsoft Certified Educator. She is the 2015 Librarian of the Year for Louisiana Librarian Association, 2014 Leader of the Year for Region 2 Louisiana Association of Computer Using Educators, and a campus 2015 Teacher of the Year in the Zachary Community School District. She also sits on the Louisiana Association of Computer Using Educator’s Board of Directors.
Blackboard Collaborate( full recording):
https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2016-04-23.0857.M.ACE02B5F35AA7E7975F015AAC6F794.vcr&sid=2008350
Tiny URL for Full Recording:
http://tinyurl.com/DesireeAlexander-4-23-16
Recording Chat: http://wiki.classroom20.com/April23_2016
Audio Recording (mp3):
Follow-up Reading/Viewing Suggestions: (links shared by participants during the session have been added to this list and also to the Livebinder)
Livebinder Link: http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=1971457
(Note: Click on tab for "Educational Branding-Desiree Alexander" in the Livebinder).
https://twitter.com/educatoralex (Desiree Alexander on Twitter)
http://www.educatoralexander.com/ (Desiree Alexander’s website)
https://www.youtube.com/c/Educatoralexander (Desiree Alexander’s YouTube Channel)
https://www.facebook.com/EducatorAlexander (Desiree Alexander on Facebook)
https://youtu.be/A6NOYHNkbgU (Video: What is branding?)
http://www.educatoralexander.com/comments (Desiree’s website where you can leave feedback for her about today’s webinar)
http://www.educatoralexander.com/educational-branding.html (Desiree Alexander Branding Planning Template and Branding Planning Chart)
http://visual.ly/color-emotion-guide (color emotion guide)
https://www.gaggle.net/speaks/5-ways-to-use-your-schools-website-to-build-a-positive-brand-image/#.Va-VPAmmF_s.twitter (5 Ways to Use your School’s Website to Build a Positive Brand)
http://pages.gaggle.net/web-hosting-quiz/ (School website quiz from Gaggle)
http://all4ed.org/webinar-event/oct-2-2014/ (Webinar recording: Branding Your School: Effectively Communicating Your School’s Story to the Community (Project 24 Digital Leadership Series)
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/finding_common_ground/2013/12/why_leaders_should_brand_their_schools.html (Tony Sinanis: Why Leaders Should Brand Their Schools)
http://www.bamradionetwork.com/branded/ (BrandED channel on BAM Radio)
http://chrisbrogan.com/my-best-advice-about-personal-branding/ (Chris Brogan: My Best Advice about Personal Branding)
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2015-12-23-how-to-build-your-teacher-brand (Kerry Gallagher: How to Build Your Teacher Brand)
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/finding_common_ground/2015/03/making_your_voice_heard_the_power_of_the_teacher_brand.html (Andrew Hamilton & Russell Quaglia: Making Your Voice Heard: The Power of the Teacher Brand)
http://talentedk12.com/the-importance-of-branding-for-schools/ (The Importance of Branding for Schools)
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=1678481#anchor (Livebinder by faulknerr: Branding Yourself as a Digital-Age Leader-Workshop agenda and resource documents)
http://www.slideshare.net/Steven_Anderson/showing-how-awesome-you-are-school-and-leadership-branding (Slideshare by Steven Anderson: Showing How Awesome You are-School and Leadership Branding. What it means and how to accomplish it effectively)
http://bit.ly/tceabranding (Steven Anderson resources for TCEA presentation on School/Leadership branding)
http://blog.web20classroom.org/2014/01/showing-how-awesome-you-are-building.html (Steven Anderson: Showing How Awesome You are-Building Your Brand)
http://www.amazon.com/Power-Branding-Telling-Connected-Educators-ebook/dp/B00NF6F010/ref=mt_kindle (Tony Sinanis & Joseph Sanfelippo: The Power of Branding: Telling Your School’s Story (Corwin Connected Educators Series) Kindle Edition on Amazon)
http://home.edweb.net/branding-school-tell-story/ (edWeb webinar recording: Branding your School-YOU Tell the Story by Tony Sinanis and Joe Sanfelippo)
http://www.amazon.com/Be-Your-Own-Brand-Achieve-ebook/dp/B00F9FMYEG/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0 (Be Your Own Brand: Achieve More of What You Want by Being More of Who You Are by David McNally and Karl Speak)
Closing Slides:
http://learningrevolution.com (The Learning Revolution Network created by Steve Hargadon. We now have Host Your Own Webinars again! If you would like to schedule a free public webinar on Blackboard Collaborate sign up on this site.)
http://learningrevolution.com/page/host-your-own-webinar (Host Your Own Webinar
details)
http://tinyurl.com/CR20LIVEFeaturedTeacherNominat (Nominate a Featured Teacher for our shows--you can nominate yourself too if you’d like to present for us)
http://tinyurl.com/cr20livesurvey (Classroom 2.0 LIVE survey link to request PD certificates for live or recorded webinars)
Links added during chat have been added to the Livebinder:
https://support.google.com/voice/answer/115116?hl=en (Google Voice Help and text information)
http://www.flamingtext.com/ (Flaming Text fonts and free logo designs)