EWC Instructors Speak at WordCamp Jacksonville 2017
by William Jackson and Emma Kent
#MyQuestToTeach
Emma Kent and William Jackson speakers at the 2017 / WordCamp
Jacksonville in Jacksonville, Florida presented a different presentation
that engaged those in attendance with a new way to look at
creating content, Branding and even Marketing.
Titled “How to be Dope on Social Media,” shared the intricate dynamics of connecting
with diverse groups to provide information, resources, potential collaborations and even
building PLN – Professional Learning Networks and building PLC- Professional Learning
Communities.
The national and international conference encourages
the sharing of experiences of developers, users, web
developers, graphic designers and others with a passion
with working on the WordPress platform. The
multi-generational conference even held a “Kids Camp”
to teach youth, teens and young adults about creating
and building a web platform using WordPress.
Emma Kent is a research librarian at Edward Waters
College and William Jackson is a Professor at Edward
Waters College where he teaches Educational Technology,
Social Media and STEM.
Both are involved in Social Media in higher education
teaching students the value of their content and being
responsible and accountable for their content.
Ms. Kent and Professor Jackson encourage higher edu-
cational institutions especially HBCU’s Historical Black
Colleges and Universities to teach Social Media skill-sets
to the students from freshmen to seniors because of
the seriousness and relevance of digital content.
Professor Jackson is a national and international
blogger, content creator and digital visionary. He
speaks to youth, teens and young adults on the
value and importance of their digital content that
can affect credit scores, employment opportunities
and even earning internships and scholarships.
Prof. Jackson and Ms. Kent work to be mentors and
role models of proper Social Media engagement
while attending conferences, workshops, seminars,
and encouraging HBCU students to attend and speak
at events to increase network and collaboration
opportunities.
As the need for increased learning opportunities grows,
Ms. Kent and Prof. Jackson are traveling to speak about
being safe, responsible, accountable and dependable
online. Each person not only has a voice to share, but
their building a valuable Brand that represents them
to the world.
Events like WordCamp, EdCamp, BarCamp, WordPress
and other technology Meetups need the energy and
engagement of youth, teens and young adults that
will be the future engineers, web developers, graphic
designers and even Podcasters and Micro-bloggers that
will tell the stories of their communities.
There is enough room on the Internet for everyone to
catch a Niche, develop their Brand and Market their
talents, skills and abilities.
