Making the Internet Work for You!

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Making the Internet Work for You!

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Making the Internet Work for You!. The Rapids. Search for Resources/ ideas. Ever feel like the internet is laughing at you?. Why Blogs?. The information is out there and easy to access. It comes to you when using a feed reader. (no searching) - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Making the Internet Work for You!

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The Rapids

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Search for Resources/ ideas

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Ever feel like the internet is laughing at you?

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Why Blogs?The information is out there and easy to access.

It comes to you when using a feed reader. (no searching)

You can see the thoughts and actions of educators around the country.

It does not take much time .

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Powerful Lessons

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Quick PD on what interests you

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Sites with more Resources

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Sites with different kinds of resources

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How?Choose a feed reader.Sign up.Start adding blogs.

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I currently use feedly, which has a very good app for tablets, but I am starting to use wordpress.

Feedly.comWordpress.com

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Twitter!? Really?Discuss educational ideas quicklyChat with educators around the globe

Find articles and other resources in your feed.

Hear the opinion of Educational “Rock Stars” (or not, your choice)

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Twitter ideasGo to twitter.com and sign up.Follow educators from your discipline. I started with famous ones or ones from blogs.

Participate (or lurk) in an educational chat. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiftIdjCeWSXdDRLRzNsVktUUGJpRWJhdUlWLS1Genc#gid=0