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Growing my Friends-List

Growing my Friends-List. Twitter and Social Networking for Educators. About Me. Please share. Name Current Position Why did you choose my presentation?. When was the last time you…. Discussed educational research? Discussed pedagogy? Shared ideas or advice? Argued over your curriculum?

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Growing my Friends-List

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  1. Growing my Friends-List Twitter and Social Networking for Educators

  2. About Me

  3. Please share • Name • Current Position • Why did you choose my presentation?

  4. When was the last time you… • Discussed educational research? • Discussed pedagogy? • Shared ideas or advice? • Argued over your curriculum? • Suggested readings or read someone else’s? • Left your classroom for ideas?

  5. The problem with teaching in South Dakota? • Isolation • Never leave your room • Never go into someone else’s • Only one teaching subject

  6. The problem with teaching in South Dakota? • Professional Development • Expensive • Limited Local Options

  7. The Solution • Expand your PLN!?!

  8. What is a PLN/PLP/PLE? • Personal Learning Network • Professional Learning Network • Personal Learning Plan • Personal Learning Environment Whatever you call it, it is the people and tools that help you learn new information.

  9. Five Reasons Why Educators Should Network Adapted from Tanya Roscorla’s Post of the same name. • To learn with others • To serve your students • To access a dynamic resource • To extend your learning base • To stay engaged in education

  10. Map of My PLN before August 2009 Grand total 42 People

  11. Map of my PLN Today Over 3,540 Members of EduPLN Over 2,800 members of the AP-Chem List-serv Over 2,200 members of the AP-Physics List-serv Over 350 people connected to me on Twitter OVER 8,000 Unique Friends

  12. Tools • Del.icio.us • Distributed Lists • Twitter • Ning

  13. Del.icio.us • Just one of many social bookmarking sites, Digg, StumbleUpon, Mixx, • Use tags to mark websites • See who else has marked that website • See what other sites they have marked http://delicious.com/Mr.Haugen

  14. Mail Distribution Lists • Get to know your mail options. • Using Rules to pre-sort • Sort by thread College Board Discussions Teachers.net Google for Educators

  15. Twitter http://www.commoncraft.com/twitter • Pros • Instantaneous • Conversational • Great Search tools • Cons • Overwhelming • Too Fast • Too many conversations • A lot of ‘junk’ • You miss things when you aren’t online http://www.twitter.com/JR_Haugen

  16. Tips for Using Twitter Adapted from David Hopkins’s blog Don’t Waste Your Time • Work out what you want to get out of Twitter • Make sure you put some relevant and interesting information in your Twitter profile • Share and share alike. • Look at the people who follow someone in your network. • Don’t be afraid to ‘block’ people who you don’t think you want following you. • Don’t worry about numbers

  17. More Basic Tips • Re-Tweet the ideas of others • @<username> - respond to others, have conversations • Use Hashtags • #followfriday(#ff)– suggest people to follow • #teacher, #principal • #tie10 – hashtag for this conference • #edchat – Video • Use groups • Skip the celebrities…

  18. More Advanced Tips • Use What the Hashtag? – find out what the abbreviations mean • Use Twitcleaner – • Use URL Shortening services • Tiny URL • Use Desktop applications to manage Twitter • Tweetdeck

  19. Who to follow? • The founders of #edchat • @ShellTerrell • @tomwhitby • @web20classroom • @bhsprincipal • @MrR0g3rs • @irasocol • @TeachPaperless • Many more by subject at http://twitter4teachers.pbworks.com/

  20. Ning Ning is a site where you can build your own Social Network, like Facebook. Ning is just one of many such tools. • Pros • Great for storage • More moderated • Persistent • Totally self contained • Cons • Ning is converting to a pay service. http://edupln.ning.com

  21. Imagine… • Having someone there for you when you need it… at any time, any where. • You had access to inexpensive, but powerful professional development

  22. Closing Thought The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what (awards) he is capable of receiving. The most important motive … in life is the pleasure of working and thereby obtaining results which will serve the community. ~Albert Einstein

  23. References • Cassinelli, Colette. "What is a PLN and Why do I need one?" edtech VISION. Colette Cassinelli, 15 Feb 2010. Web. 14 Apr 2010. • Hopkins, David. "Twitter Tips: for Teachers & Educators." eLearning Blog Don't Waste Your Time. David Hopkins, 09 MAY 2009. Web. 13 Apr 2010. • Roscorla, Tanya. "5 Reasons Why Educators Should Network." Converge Magazine. e.Republic Inc, 22 Jan 2010. Web. 17 Apr 2010.

  24. Attributions – All images used under a Creative Commons License • Slide #1- “Growing A Rope” by Tinkerbradhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/tinkerszone/3959793932/ • Slide #3 –”Young Tree” by aaron_languagehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/33444346@N05/3976282759/ • Slide #19 – ‘holding hands’ by JonathanCohenhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/jonathancohen/4084485753/ • Slide # 25 – ‘alpacas’ by lamazone, http://www.flickr.com/photos/lamazone/2567782401/

  25. Alpacas

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