Two thoughts occurred to me at that moment:
1. I was quite fortunate to have met this random person in the crowd who had the answer to my problem, and,
2. There are probably many other people out there dealing with the same issue, and could have benefited from our conversation.
This is where the idea for #SCCrowd began...
#SCCrowd stands for School Counselor Crowdsourcing. It's about getting answers to our questions from the masses. Chances are, someone in the crowd of school counselors has the answers we are looking for, or needs the answers we have. #SCCrowd is an amplifier for this Q&A, to help find and share solutions.
Steven Anderson expressed this idea pretty well...
Alone we are smart but together we are brilliant. We can use the collective wisdom to do great things when we are connected. #edchat
— Steven W. Anderson (@web20classroom) September 17, 2013
when this question was asked early in the afternoon... | and was followed four hours (& seven replies) later, by this... |
@rawolfson @TVHSCounselor so glad I joined tonight!!! This is exactly what I have been struggling with all year!
— Amber Shepherd (@AmberShepherd) December 18, 2013
Then she (along with 24 other people who participated) became a resource herself by answering more questions from the crowd as the chat continued! And when asked at the end of the chat, "How can we support each other as school counselors?" she replied...
A6: I have found lots of support on Twitter! Especially tonight! Keep blogging, Share resources on Twitter, blogs, Pinterest #sccrowd
— Charity Dodd (@TVHSCounselor) December 18, 2013
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Who checked out #SCCrowd last night??? So much info. Great SCs!
— VA School Counselors (@VSCA) January 22, 2014
I am thrilled that this has been a welcomed resource for the School Counselor community already connecting through #scchat and other great school counselor hashtags on twitter. What are people saying about #SCCrowd?
"@SCCrowd is a constantly evolving, 24/7, all access platform for #schoolcounselors to network n brainstorm ideas/?'s"
- @ChrisWood415
"#sccrowd #scchat = Support & Education & Validation!"
- @fujifulgueras
"#sccrowd=prof. learning network for #schoolcounselors. Need someone to talk to about work stuff? We're here for you"
- @tmscounselor
"Thanks to @SSpellmanCann and #sccrowd I'm on #pinterest for the first time ever. I'll be building a #sclibrary..."
- @CBain8509