Hey friends! Periscope has taken over the teaching world and we couldn’t be more excited about this! Angie and I dove into the Periscope world when we got to Vegas, July 8-12, 2015, for the Teacher Pay Teachers Conference. We did our research, lurked countless Periscope accounts and broadcasts, and were determined to take Periscope and do everything in our power to make this movement go viral. Great news…the response was OVERWHELMING and AMAZING!
Teachers were blowing up Instagram and Twitter with Periscope announcements and shout outs, the hashtag #periscopeteachers was on fire, teachers were inspired by our broadcast about the importance of collaborating and networking with other educators to find their tribe, inspiring collaboration quotes were being shared, TPT employees were hopping onto our broadcasts, and teachers from all over the world started hashtags and Facebook groups such as #firstgradetribe, #aussieteachertribe, and #georgiateachertribe.
The purpose of this blog post is to hopefully convince you of the importance of using Periscope to connect with educators around the world and to offer you tips and tricks to navigating Periscope. We also want to encourage you to FLIP THE CAMERA! We want to see your face! Don’t worry about make up, dressing up, or looking good. We just want to see YOU! That is the beautiful thing about Periscope. True personalities, passion, and energy is shown and that right there is a beautiful thing! So, here we go…25 TIPS TO HELP YOU #FLIPTHECAMERA…
1. Write an interesting profile description and include a real photo of yourself for your profile picture.
2. Use catchy titles. Emojis and hashtags are your friend.
3. Link your broadcasts to your Twitter account for more viewers.
4. Tap the screen to give hearts when watching good broadcasts- it helps encourage!
5. SHARE broadcasts you are watching.
6. Be involved. Engage with other viewers and the speaker. Comment.
7. Engage and interact with other viewers to make connections and gain followers.
8. Turn your notifications on to hear the whistle when your favorite Periscopers go live!
9. It helps to give an announcement on your social media outlets to make others aware that you are going live.
10. CONTENT. CONTENT. CONTENT. Please bring SOMETHING to the Periscope session when you go live. Viewers will stick around and be more apt to come back to you!
11. Engage with your viewers. Encourage questions and comments. Respond.
12. Double tap the screen to flip it around- we want to see your face as much as we can! We want to get to know you!
13. Create a list of bullet points on paper to help you stay focused.
14. You can view the number of hearts that each person gave during each broadcast.
15. Remember details about your viewers. Once I am done with a Periscope session, I grab a pen and paper and write down names and details of people who are very interactive with me. It helps for future interactions.
16. Inappropriate viewer making comments. Block them by touching the comment and then click on block user.
17. Be consistent with the frequency of your Periscope sessions.
18. Share your quality Periscope sessions onto your other social media platforms. Use a bitly link to see how often this is being clicked.
19. Use good lighting.
20. Purpose: network, connect, and build relationships with others.
21. Watch replays and encourage your viewers to come back to your account to watch replays.
22. Comments can’t be given during replays but hearts can.
23. Periscope sessions can be shared with specific people if you want to do a scope with limited viewers.
24. When the camera is being flipped back and forth, the screen will go black and mute your voice for about 2 seconds.
25. Be you. Don’t be scared. The Periscope educator community is so positive and supportive. Come join us!!!
If you haven’t followed Angie and I yet on Periscope our user names are @Mrs. Schroeder and @Lucky Little Learners !! We can’t WAIT to scope with you!! 🙂
Alison Rose says
Ashley and Angie,
You both were absolute inspirations to the rest of us this week that couldn't attend Vegas while you Periscoped and brought Vegas to us. You took the "Teacher World" by storm….at tornado speed. Kudos to both of you for setting the standard high! I've enjoyed getting to watch everyone and put names to faces. I can't always connect right when a broadcast is happening, but I have been watching and listening as I'm writing a blog post or working on something on the computer. It's inspirational and motivational to see people doing "real talk" and just being themselves. I appreciate them not having to get glitzed up and glammed up to "flip that camera". Thank you, thank you, thank you one hundred times over for taking a leap of faith and getting others to jump on board with you! You guys ROCK!
Alison
Rockin' and Lovin' Learnin'
C Hath says
You ladies are AMAZING!! So thankful that you introduced us to Periscope and that we are all able to use it now to connect!! LOVING that I am able to see you and talk with everyone even though we are all so far apart now!!
Mrs. 3rd Grade
Cherilyn Harrison says
Thank you for all the tips!! Keep them coming!! I love watching you both so much. You are SO inspiring! 🙂
Mahalo!
Cher
Mrs. Harrison's Hive
Amanda Werner says
Thanks for the great tips!!! Would you recommend waiting to broadcast until you have more followers or just go for it? I only have three followers so far, haha!
School Days Simplified
Teaching Turning Frowns to Smiles says
Thank you for the awesome tips!!! My educational and social media life has and will be forever changed because I have met you two! Thank you for everything! Brandon
Teaching Turning Frowns to Smiles says
Thank you for the awesome tips!!! My educational and social media life has and will be forever changed because I have met you two! Thank you for everything! Brandon