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Social Networking Sites for Professional Development

Social Networking Sites for Professional Development. Marian Thacher mthacher@otan.us. How has the Web changed in the last 5 years?. Easy to create a Web site Easy to have a blog Comment on each other’s blog posts, photos, videos, bookmarks

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Social Networking Sites for Professional Development

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  1. Social Networking Sites for Professional Development Marian Thacher mthacher@otan.us

  2. How has the Web changed in the last 5 years? • Easy to create a Web site • Easy to have a blog • Comment on each other’s blog posts, photos, videos, bookmarks • “Watch” what other people are doing, thinking, reading, talking about • Your network now includes strangers!

  3. What is a Social Networking Site? • A Web site that allows users to connect, communicate and/or share information with each other By Moonjazz, http://www.flickr.com/photos/moonjazz/651498439/

  4. Examples of Social Networking • Blogs, Vlogs, Miniblogs, Microblogs • Del.icio.us, Magnolia, Diigo • Facebook, MySpace • Yahoo Groups, Ning • Flickr, YouTube, TeacherTube • RSS, Google Reader • LibraryThing, Shelfari • FriendFeed, SocialThing From premiardeigo, http://www.flickr.com/photos/9119028@N05/591163479/

  5. Your Personal Learning Network • Think about how you learn new things • ? • ? • Think about how you learned things 10 yrs ago • ? • ? • Any differences?

  6. David Warlick’s PLN http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/

  7. Supervisors Prof. Groups Students Friends Colleagues Lesson Plans Articles Work-shops Parenting Class Activities Reports My PLN 10 Years ago Conferences Classes Site Workshops Journals Books Web Pages Teacher Coordinator Presenter Mom

  8. My PLN Now Supervisors Prof. Groups Colleagues Online Network Friends Blogs Social Networks Listservs Podcasts Aggregators Twitter Journals Books Web Pages Conferences Classes Site Workshops Administrator Presenter Blogger Grandma Web site Articles Blogs Grand-parenting Work-shops Reports

  9. Viral Professional Development • We learn on our own with support from each other • You don’t need a large training staff – just a few enthusiastic early adopters • Build a network! • Share everything – tape it, blog it, tag it, post it • Celebrate and get the word out up and down the food chain

  10. Viral Professional Development • Jennifer Jones, Injenuity.com • http://injenuity.com/archives/66 • A viral post on viral PD

  11. Blogs • What is a blog? • Go to the Wiki

  12. Wikis • What is a wiki? • Go to the wiki http://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/19490596/

  13. Can you use these? • Are you blogging? • Are you using a wiki? • How might you use either for professional development?

  14. Bookmarking and Tagging • How you save sites now • Bookmarking • Tagging • Tag clouds • Go to the wiki

  15. When I say Social Networking… • What’s the first thing that comes to mind?

  16. “Traditional” Social Networking • MySpace – OBT example • Facebook – Used more by college students • 500 groups related to ESL! • Yahoo Groups From mattkeefe - http://www.flickr.com/photos/fil/3151423/

  17. New Social Networking • Ning • A list of social network sites for education • English teachers in Mexico • Classroom 2.0 • Go to the wiki

  18. Sharing Media • Flickr • YouTube • TeacherTube • Ustream • Go to the wiki

  19. Sharing Books • Shelfari • LibraryThing From Phil Moore - http://www.flickr.com/photos/fil/3151423/

  20. Keeping up with your network • Aggregators, Feeds • My Yahoo • Google Reader • Jaiku, Friendfeed, SocialThing • Go to the wiki

  21. GO FORTH AND MULTIPLY!

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