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HARNESSING THE WEB AS A PROFESSIONAL LEARNING TOOL
http://bit.ly/9f63IH - webinar resources
GOAL Explore a range of tools to expand our
professional learning network and harness the potential of the web.
Walk through how they can be used RSS
http://bit.ly/9f63IH - webinar resources
HTTP://BIT.LY/9F63IH - WEBINAR RESOURCES
PERSONAL LEARNING NETWORKS
RSS – GET THE WEB TO COME TO YOU
READERS
Google reader
Pageflakes Netvibes Feedreader 100’s of others
RSS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSPZ2Uu_X3Y
Quality sites
Send updated content to a ‘reader’.
You only have to check one place for all new content.
Organise content in folders
here
HTTP://READER.GOOGLE.COM
HTTP://READER.GOOGLE.COM
Getting started – go to wiki or type in address above
Sign up –optional – can just watch and decide later.
Adding ‘feeds’ Organising feeds
SIGN UP - HTTP://READER.GOOGLE.COM
Click here
If you have a google account then you will have access to reader.
SIGN UP - HTTP://READER.GOOGLE.COM
School email a good idea to start with.
SIGN UP - HTTP://READER.GOOGLE.COM Confirmation screen
Click here
HTTP://READER.GOOGLE.COM
ADD SOME RSS FEEDS
Copy site into here
SOME FEED TO ADD TO BEGIN WITH
See the wiki for some links to get started with.
(Add the wiki as well) http://bit.ly/9f63IH http://delicious.com/tag/pdhpepln
ADD TO IGOOGLE? This link will let you change between igoogle and classic
This link lets you add Reader and lots of other things!
HTTP://DELICIOUS.COM
Social bookmarking
FIND A GOOD SITE
SAVING BOOKMARKS TOOLBAR BUTTONS
SAVING BOOKMARKS
SAVING
NEW POST TO TOP
TAGS DELICIOUS
DELICIOUS NETWORK Can also save from here
SUBSCRIPTIONS
SIGNING UP
SIGN UP YAHOO
SIGN UP FORM
CONFIRMATION
INSTALL ADD ON – BROWSER BOOKMARK
BROWSER BUTTONS
ADD THE BUTTONS
HTTP://DELICIOUS.COM/BMCALLIS/PDHPE
Explore and save some bookmarks
Save own delicious address with the tag pdhpepln and we can all find each other.
Questions / help
http://janeknight.typepad.com/socialmedia/
Sign up for an account
Follow people who share interesting and relevant things for you
Share things yourself
TWITTER INTERFACE
Feeds from the people that follow you
TWEETName of person sending message Resend a message
@ send a message to someone
Tags to find information
JOIN TWITTER
JOIN TWITTER
WRITE A POST WITH A #PDHPEPLN
FIND PEOPLE TO FOLLOW
FIND PEOPLE TO FOLLOW
Click on person’s name
Click on follow button
All the people you follow
Their tweets come into your feed
END NOTE
Will take discipline to establish these systems but once up and running will be invaluable.