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    1. Developing Personal Learning NetworksUsing RSS Feeds
      Betsy MacDonald
      ECA – Caracas, Venezuela
    2. Personal Learning Network (PLN)
      • Facilitate professional growth:
      • Read & share ideas with peers
      • Discover trends & innovations
      • Connect with others to collaborate and interact
      • Follow educational technology leaders
    3. PLN Web 2.0 Tools
      • Blogs
      • Micro-Blogs
      • Social bookmarking sites
      • Online communities
      • Wikis
      • Podcasts
      • Webinars
    4. Micro-Blogs
      • Follow other teachers
      • Receive and share ideas and links
      • Converse in 140 characters or less
      • Use any of the following tools:
      • Twitter
      • Plurk
      • Tumblr
    5. Social Bookmarking Sites
      • Store ‘favorites’ or ‘bookmarks’ online
      • Available from any computer
      • Tag to categorize
      • Share your own & explore others’
      • Popular bookmarking services:
      • Del.icio.us
      • Digg
      • Diigo (dEEgo)
    6. Online Communities
      • Social networks customized for education
      • Join to connect with like-minded teachers
      • Participate in discussions and forums
      • Receive news of webinars
      • Explore many reputable communities:
      • Classroom 2.0
      • ISTE Ning
      • NextGen Teachers
    7. Wikis
      • Collaboratively create and edit web pages
      • Participate in discussions & live conversations
      • Join special interest groups
      • Find a Wiki that fits you:
      • Classroom 2.0 Wiki
      • Webtools4U2Use
      • Educational Wikis
    8. Podcasts
      • Series of digital files released as episodes
      • Listen on demand or subscribe
      • Podcatcher=collects and delivers podcasts
      • Visit one of many sites:
      • iTunes U
      • EdTechTalk
      • Tech Talk 4 Teachers
      • The Education Podcast Network (EPN)
    9. Webinars
      • Web conference for presenting material
      • Some offer opportunity to interact
      • Tune in live or watch archived footage
      • Several good sources:
      • Classroom 2.0 LIVE
      • Education Week Webinars
      • Elluminate
      • Teachers.tv ( )
      Technically not a webinar, but an excellent video resource
    10. Blogs & RSS Feeds
      • RSS=Really Simple Syndication
      • Allows you to subscribe to blogs
      • Read what others are doing
      • Stay updated on trends & innovations
      • Subscribe via an RSS reader (aggregators):
      • Google Reader
      • Bloglines
      • Pageflakes
    11. Using Google Reader
      • Add a Subscription
      • Paste a feed URL or search
      • Manage Subscriptions
      • Unsubscribe, create folders & tags
      • Home
      • Shows new postings
      • Suggests Top Recommendations
      • Search box searches all blogs completely
    12. Reading Blog Posts
      Blog Post in Google Reader
      Blog Post in the Blog
    13. Alternatives to Online Aggregators
      • Receive posts as email
      • Look for a Subscribe by Email link
      • Tabbloid (www.tabbloid.com)
      • Sends a .pdf to your email address of all your chosen feeds
      • RSSOwl (www.rssowl.org)
      • Desktop reader - looks like Outlook but gets blog posts instead of email
      • Flock (www.flock.com)
      • A social network browser that has a built-in reader
    14. Getting Started with Aggregators
      • Setting up an Aggregator
      • Google Reader
      • http://www.google.com/reader
      • Sign in or Sign up
      • Finding blogs to follow
      • http://betsymac.edublogs.org
      • PLN Resources
    15. Subscribing to a Blog
      • Go to the blog
      • Look for and click RSS feed icon
      • On the Blog itself
      • In the address bar of Mozilla Firefox
      • In the toolbar of Internet Explorer (next to the home icon)
      • Look for this icon
      • When (if) it asks, choose ‘Add to Google Reader’
    16. Finding Blogs to Follow
      • Edublog awards highlight excellence
      • http://edublogawards.com
      • Moving Forward suggests several
      • http://movingforward.wikispaces.com/blogs
      • See my PLN Resources page
      • http://betsymac.edublogs.org/plnresources
      • Check blogrolls on your favorite blogs
    17. The End Beginning
      • Enjoy
      • Pass it on
      • See you in cyberspace
      Betsy MacDonald
      MS IT Instructor
      Escuela Campo Alegre
      Caracas, Venezuela
      betsymac@yahoo.com
      http://betsymac.edublogs.org/
      Silhouettes modified from images acquired here:
      Karen Whimsey. Public Domain Images. 2009. (21 September 2009). <http://karenswhimsy.com/public-domain-images>
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