STEPHEN D. LUKE, ED.D.Executive Director, National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities(NDC/NICHCY)http://www.nichcy.orghttp://www.twitter.com/drnichcyhttp://www.facebook.com/nichcy

Virginia Parent Resource Center Conference: CONNECT FOR SUCCESSPromoting Collaborative Connections between Families and Schools to Improve Student OutcomesNovember 19, 2009

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2009Overview

1. Hello’s and Thank you’s(Slides 3-6)

2. NDC/NICHCY Web Tour(Slides 7-30)

3. Social Media Efforts(Slides 31-93)

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2009Thank You’s

VA Dept of ED:•Gloria Dalton•John Eisenberg•Doug Cox

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2009Big Thanks!

Suzanne Ripley

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2009NDC/NICHCY Project Priorities

Develop and disseminate information about children with disabilities and IDEA that will be readily accessible to a broad range of audiences.

Provide leadership in the design and implementation of integrated, responsive, and effective information dissemination strategies.

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2009NICHCY– Old Website

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2009NDC/NICHCY - New Website Tour

http://www.nichcy.org

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2009NDC Website - Disabilities

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2009NDC Website - Disabilities

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2009NDC/NICHCY Website - Disabilities

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2009NDC Website - Autism

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2009NDC Website – Related Orgs

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2009NDC/NICHCY Website – Related News

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2009NDC/NICHCY Website - IDEA

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2009NDC/NICHCY Website - IDEA

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2009NDC/NICHCY Website – State Info

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2009NDC/NICHCY Website – State of VA Info

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2009NDC/NICHCY Website – Families Tab

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2009NDC/NICHCY Website – Families Tab

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2009NDC/NICHCY Website – Enews Sign-up

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2009NDC/NICHCY Website – Enews Archive

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2009NDC/NICHCY Website – Enews Archive

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2009NDC/NICHCY Website – Publications

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2009NDC/NICHCY Website – Publications

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2009NDC/NICHCY Website – En Español

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2009NDC/NICHCY Website – En Español

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2009NDC/NICHCY Search

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TA&D’s

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2009NDC/NICHCY Search- Filtered Results By Project

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2009NDC/NICHCY Search- Filtered Results By Type

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Social Media Efforts

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2009NDC/NICHCY Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/nichcy

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2009NDC/NICHCY Twitter

http://www.twitter.com/drnichcy

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2009Don’t treat me like email…

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2009Twitter – Anatomy of a Tweet

Potential Audience = 1,149

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2009Twitter – Anatomy of a TweetIf you “follow” DrNICHCY you will see the post appear in you’re Twitter “stream.”

And, with one click of the mouse, you can “retweet” to your own group of followers:

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2009Twitter – The Power of the Platform

Potential Audience = 1,537

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2009Twitter – The Power of the Platform

Potential Audience = 1,560

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2009Twitter – The Power of the Platform

Potential Audience = 2,156

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2009Twitter – The Power of the Platform

Potential Audience = 2,929

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2009Twitter – The Power of the Platform

Potential Audience = 3,045

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2009Twitter – The Power of the Platform

Potential Audience = 3,114

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2009Twitter – The Power of the Platform

Potential Audience = 8,188

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2009Twitter – The Power of the Platform

Potential Audience = 8,820

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2009Twitter – The Power of the Platform

Potential Audience = 8,882

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2009Twitter – The Power of the Platform

Potential Audience = 9,028

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2009Twitter – The Power of the Platform

Potential Audience = 9,184

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2009Twitter – The Power of the Platform

Potential Audience = 9,469

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2009Twitter – The Power of the Platform

Potential Audience = 9,636

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2009Twitter – The Power of the Platform

Potential Audience = 8,756

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2009Twitter – The Power of the Platform

Potential Audience = 9,790

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2009Twitter – The Power of the Platform

Potential Audience = 10,367

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2009Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NICHCY

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2009Social Bookmarking: Delicious

http://www.delicious.com/nichcy

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2009Social Bookmarking: Delicious

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2009Social Bookmarking: Delicious

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2009Social Bookmarking: Delicious

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2009BLOG: Unleashing the Power of Social Bookmarking

For more on socialbookmarkingcheck out my blogentry at:

http://tadnet.ning.com/profiles/blogs/social-bookmarking-unleashing

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2009NDC/NICHCY YouTube Channel

http://www.youtube.com/drnichcy

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2009NDC/NICHCY Ning Network

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Yeah but…

You’re a big national center why should we use

these tools?

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You’ve got…

questions you’d like answers to.

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You’ve got…

knowledge that needs to be shared.

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You’ve got…

colleagues who would benefit from your

knowledge.

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You’ve got…

colleagues who have knowledge that would

benefit you.

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Some colleagues you know…

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Some colleagues you don’t.

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You’ve got…

limited resources.

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2009Results? 87% Increase in Site Traffic!

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Everybody’s doing it...

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Everybody’s doing it...

(and it’s fun).

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You’ve got people to reach and serve...

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2009SOCIAL NETWORKING - Facebook

Facebook:• 175 million active users1

• 127% growth in 20082 • 4th most popular website in the world2

Twitter:• 54 million monthly visits• 1,382% growth in 20083

1. http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics 2.http://www.switched.com/2009/01/27/facebook-overtakes-myspace-as-most-popular-social-networking-sit?icid=sphere_wpcom_inline 3.http://mashable.com/2009/03/16/twitter-growth-rate-versus-facebook/

(Statistics retrieved 3/17/2009)

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But some of us can’t access these tools

because our districts have them blocked.

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2009Building 21st Century Skills

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2009Building 21st Century Skills

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2009Building 21st Century Skills

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2009SOCIAL NETWORKING - Resources

Facebook:• Create a page for your organization:http://www.facebook.com/FacebookPages?sid=fbece3f085db5d053fc869c2e5117e92&ref=s#/advertising/?pages

• How To Develop A Facebook Page That Attracts Millions of Fanshttp://www.allfacebook.com/2009/03/facebook-page-strategy/

Twitter:• HOW TO: Win Friends and Twinfluence Peoplehttp://mashable.com/2008/12/19/how-to-win-twitter-friends/

• 10 Reasons Why You Should Use Twitterhttp://digitallabz.com/blogs/10-reasons-you-should-use-twitter.html

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2009ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS – NDC Staff

•Kyrie Dragoo•Sarah Escowitz•Lisa Kupper•Indira Medina•Richard Sawyer

THAN

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Stephen D. Luke, Ed.D.sluke@aed.org

http://twitter.com/DrNICHCYhttp://www.facebook.com/nichcy

http://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenluke