Do you know me? Quick, describe me in five words! You don't have to be nice;)
Most people who know me well would include that I am creative. I agree. I love arts and crafts far beyond glue and macaroni, I'm pretty resourceful when I want something to happen, and most importantly (and unfortunately for my family who has to live with me) I am constantly improving things around the house and finding new ways to organize and use our limited space.
I'm pretty exhausting.
And so since I have this summer off (I'm a secondary teacher) and I loath down time (I don't. I just don't know how to achieve it) I decided that I would give myself a Create Something Everyday challenge for my 62 days of summer.
It started with a conversation with my students about my method of marketing my paintings: my artclub.com website. First: "whoa, Ms B, that's cool!" Next: "Are you on Twitter?" Me: "I have a public Facebook site!" Them: "Are you on Instagram? Tumblr? [the looks on their precious faces asked "Anything remotely cool?"]
I thought I knew about social media. After all I had both a private AND a public site on Facebook!
I tend to think that my students are pretty brilliant people who are trying to hide it from us normal folks so I got to work learning about social media. I literally read and re-read The Beginner's Guide to Twitter and so began my plunge....
I signed up for Twitter and began tweeting daily what I was creating: food, crafts, gardening. I ran into some issues with Twitter linking to Facebook so I thought let's blog! And I'm pretty sure Instagram is my next step. I'm green, but well on my way to being in the know. Though by the time I get there I'm sure everyone else will have moved on to the next best thing:)
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