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Starting the Conversation: Social Networking to Enhance
Communication
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Thanks to my social networks
TwitterNINGFacebook SpeakersiteWEMTA Listserv
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Social Networking
“No one knows everything, everyone knows something, all knowledge resides in humanity.” Levy 1997
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Back Channel Chat
A back channel chat is basically a “side conversation” with every member in our workshop today or extended to a global audience.Sharing of “aha- moments” or instant connections made to a personal or professional experience(s).
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Back Channel Chat
http://todaysmeet.com/SouthAfrica
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How do social networks make up personal/professional learning networks?
Will Richardson ~ http://weblogg-ed.com
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PLN’s can be........Families, friends, colleagues and acquaintances
Reference books and textbooks we refer to in the past or present
The television and radio stations we tune into on a regular basis
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PLN’s can also be....Professional and personal periodicals we subscribe to Connecting with people and information through the digital realm
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Collective IntelligenceShared voice of knowledge and collaborative expertiseInterests and themesCommon goal to assist and empower the community
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Continuous Share Session of Information
Tried and true best practices Lesson plan/thematic unit developmentCurrent events and technology trendsNew opportunities with new expertise Finding answers and solutions
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Three types of PLN’sPersonally maintained synchronous connections.
Personally and socially maintained semi-synchronous connections
Dynamically maintained asynchronous
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Personally maintained synchronous connectionsTraditional method of networking with your groups of friends: go to for answers, questions, solve problems, and accomplish goals.
PLN of tools to enhance above method: chat, instant messaging and text messaging, teleconferencing (Skype or Ustream), or Twitter and virtual worlds.
http://www.ustream.tv
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SKYPEFree calls, video calls and instant messaging over the internet. Plus great value calls to phones anywhere in the world.
1. Download Skype at www.skype.com
2. Set up a user account and username
3. Launch Skype and search for friends you know
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Skype Video
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http://www.commoncraft.com
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TWITTER ChallengeTwitter For TeachersTwitter 2009 ToolsTwitter ChallengeTweet Deck or Twirl
http://twitter.com
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Replicated StudyWhat is your favorite PLN tool- besides Twitter?Two hour time frame in April 20 respondents from 13 locations from around the world
Results: 4 Delicious, 3 Google Forms/Docs, 3 Google Reader, 3 Ning, 2 Diigo, 2
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Times are a changin’Information communication technologies (ICT)Repositories of open source applicationsFreed content from print to an electronic means
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Times are a changin’Giving voice to ideas to the peopleReshaping of information experiences to meet our needs
Bogs ~ Wikis ~ Podcasts ~ Oh My!
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Importance of PLN’sHarnessing new technologies to create and grow your own PLN’sImperative for educators to stay connectedIntroducing a changing world to our students
www.nibco.com
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Personally & socially maintained semi-synchronous connections
Texting through a string of chat windows open while doing homework, and adding the occasional comment to the chat.
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Personally & socially maintained semi-synchronous connections
Semi-synchronous refers to the idea that collaboration doesn’t have to happen in real time.
Conversations that are not exactly conversations
Questions directed toward a single friend, or a community of people, because of their interests and expertise, are in a position to help you do your job.
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A place o create your own social network & join and participate in other networks
Upload and share digital content made public and or private to your community members
Threaded discussion forums, applications, and blogs
Host online events, webinars and trainings
Blogs, Wikis, & Social Web Presence
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David Warlick QuoteTechnology has inspired a shift from a hunting-and- gathering information economy to the domestication of the information landscape.
http://davidwarlick.com/2cents
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Dynamically maintained asynchronous connections
Content sources that we have identified as valuable.
Dynamically maintained asynchronous connections is the RSS aggregator.
Google Reader, Bloglines, Netvibes, and Pageflakes are at the core of many educators’ PLNs.
These aggregators bring us information that helps us do our jobs.
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ESSENTIAL Tool ~ RSS
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ESSENTIAL Tool ~ RSSSubscribe to tagged photos, videos or podcasts through an RSS feed through you aggregator of choice
Training all this information to organize and deliver itself to you
Refer to “Keep it Simple Handout” and “Mining for Gold” for reference
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Readers
BloglinesGoogle ReaderiGooglePageflakes
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Social Bookmarking
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Social Bookmarking
DeliciousDiigoStumbleUponSB Tools - UK
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BIG PICTURE OVERVIEW
www.iste.org
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Cultivate Your Social Network
Working your PLN involves a great deal of responsibility because you are almost certainly part of someone elseʼs network. David Warlick, 2009
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What is your favorite PLN tool?
What is your new PLN educational tool of choice?How will you use it in your classroom?How will the PLN tool improve your own PD?How will the PLN tool impact student achievement?
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Website ResourcesTodays Meet http://todaysmeet.com
Common Craft Video Collection www.commoncraft.com
Syke www.skype.com
Go2web20 www.go2web20.net
ISTE: Learning and Leading with Technology March/April 2009
Will Richardson: http://weblogg-ed.com
David Warlick:http://davidwarlick.com/2cents
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Website Resources
Twitter 4 Teachers: http://twitter4teachers.pbwiki.com
Twitter 2009 Tools: http://www.sociableblog.com/2008/12/29/top-twitter-tools-2009
Tweet Deck: http://www.tweetdeck.com/beta
Twirl: www.twirl.org
Using the Power of Twitter: http://thumannresources.com/2009/03/16/twitter
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Website ResourcesBloglines:http://www.bloglines.com
iGoogle: http://www.google.com/ig
Google Reader: http://www.google.com/reader
Page Flakes: http://www.pageflakes.com
Delicious: http://delicious.com
Diigo: http://www.diigo.com
Stumble Upon: http://www.stumbleupon.com
SB Tools UK: http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/Directory/Tools/bookmarking.html
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Contact InformationNaomi Harm
Innovative Educator Consulting295 South Marina DriveBrownsville, MN 55919507.750.0506 (home)
608.769.0547(cell)Twitter: nharm
Email: [email protected]: http://blog.innovativeeducator.us
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