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B A B Y S T E P S : G U I D I N G A T R A D I T I O N A L S T A F F T O O N L I N E C O L L A B O R A T I O N

Eric Cole

Eric.cole@mcdowell.k12.nc.us

Keith Ledford

Keith.ledford@mcdowell.k12.nc.us

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Introduce teachers to the 21st Century means to bring other pro-fessionals right into their classrooms: Ning - http://www.ning.com Twitter – http://www.twitter.com SKYPE – http://www.skype.com Teachers can create social bookmarking accounts that allow them to follow or be followed and share resources and links. http://delicious.com http://www.digg.com http://www.technorati.com http://www.diigo.com

Short Term Goals (Be slow but firm with resolve)

• Staff email usage daily. Use planning period to

at least read and reply. It must be viewed as part of the job.

• Staff should be given a model, instructions, training, and the expectation to have a profes-sional looking profile and class webpage com-pleted, updated and maintained.

• Introduce Educational Blogs • Create Google accounts and learn to use

iGoogle and “Google Tools for Educators”