Umbrella2011

Creating a personal learning network & keeping up to date using social media UMBRELLA 2011 Phil Bradley http://www.netvibes.com

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<Blush>
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And I’m not sure about:
http://digg.com/philbradley

Namechk.com

Why would you want a PLN?
Share information
Ask/Answer questions
Adjunct to training, though not a replacement
A broader and different perspective

Or in other words... 1.8 zettabytes of information

What are the dangers of using social media?
If you get involved in social media you may do something you’ll later regret

What are the dangers of NOT using social media?
You will damage your reputation. Worse, you won’t have a reputation at all.
You will not be taken seriously.
You will not keep up to date.
You will be out of the loop. For good.

The traditional approach

How do you start? How do you start?

Google+

In 3 days...

Growth rate:
Google+ to pass 10,000,000 users 13/07/11
350% increase in 6 days
2.2 million joined in 34 hours
Reach 20,000,000 by 17/7/11

Twitter

Follow the people the people you follow follow!

WeFollow

Twitter search

Great for conferences!

And then...
Start tweeting!
Ask questions
Answer questions
Let people know what you think
Find out what others think
Refine your contacts – follow more people, unfollow others

Social networks
Not ‘social’ ‘PROFESSIONAL’!
Have more than one ‘face’; professional and social
More informal, but never forget the privacy angle!

Facebook
Forget “Friends”
Facebook is becoming a search engine
Facebook pages are slowly replacing the website in some instances
Status updates are like press releases!

Great for conferences!

LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/

CILIP Communities http://communities.cilip.org.uk/

Quora http://www.quora.com/

Yahoo Answers

Other networks http://www.ning.com/ http://www.library20.org/ http://learningplace.com.au/ http://www.lisnpn.spruz.com/

http://www.lostzombies.com/ http://www.zombiefriends.com/ http://www.zombiepassions.com/

Bookmarking Services http://www.delicious.com/network/Philbradley

Diigo groups http://groups.diigo.com/group/classroom20

Teachmeets http://www.teachmeet.org.uk/

Librarian teachmeets http://hudteachmeet.blogspot.com/ http://livlibteachmeet.blogspot.com/ http://www.camlibtm.info/ http://www.ldnlibtm.info/

Mashed Library events
Mashed Library is about “bringing together interested people and doing interesting stuff with libraries and technology.”
Pancakes and Mash (Lincoln) March 2011
Haggis and Mash (Edinburgh) January 2011
Chips and Mash (Huddersfield) July 2010
Liver and Mash (Liverpool) May 2010
http://www.mashedlibrary.com/

Chatrooms http://tinychat.com/ http://www.chatzy.com/

Weblogs
You have something to say, something to share
You don’t have to write every day
Include a wide variety of content
Commenting on other blogs is just as important

Specific blogs/sites http://heartoftheschool.edublogs.org/

Voices for the library http://www.voicesforthelibrary.org.uk/wordpress/

LIS New Professionals network http://www.lisnpn.spruz.com/

RSS to keep on top http://www.google.com/reader/

Use news collation services Flipboard http://flipboard.com/ Pulse news http://www.alphonsolabs.com

http://www.zite.com/ http://www.theflud.com/

Or Netvibes http://www.netvibes.com/

Wikis http://teacherlibrarianwiki.pbworks.com/ http://www.libsuccess.org/ http://uklibraryblogs.pbworks.com/

Sharing documents

Multimedia http://www.slideshare.net/

YouTube http://www.youtube.com/

Photographs

TED Talks http://www.ted.com/talks

Train yourself, train others http://www.mikogo.com/ http://www.wiziq.com

Not forgetting search!

Liking and +1’ing

Because...
Social is the new search
Search will be increasingly based around individuals
Web sites/pages are increasingly less important
“ Thought leaders” are what are going to increasingly be coming to the fore.

Social Search Engines

Icerocket

Blekko

Remember Creative Commons!

It’s not always work!
Washing machines
Abandoned mental hospitals
Though they’re not necessarily mutually exclusive...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/howzey/3463730614/

Final thoughts
Take any and every opportunity
It’s YOUR responsibility
It’s 24/7
Go to where the conversations are
ENJOY!

Credits and thanks to:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/padorange/2580180117/ (conference image)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/smemon/5167671844/ (email image)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dvdmerwe/779224087/ (training course)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/markwalker/3749673425/ (engine start)
http://jurylaw.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/math_blocks_stockxpertcom_id104816_size1.jpg (number blocks)
http://cheezburger.com/View/4558569984 (lolcat)
http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/17ac52cb-fabe-4b3b-ace4-3f8356dafbea.jpg (lolcat)

Umbrella2011

by Phil Bradley on Jul 12, 2011

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