Social Networking Tools How to get the best out of them! An overview session on using social networking tools for professional knowledge management purposes. Coach Carole

Tool shed This session will be like a ‘tool shed’ where you can experiment with a few of the tools and discuss how you may wish to implement them into your practices. We’ll make use of online breakout rooms and shared desktop applications.

This session will be like a ‘tool shed’ where you can experiment with a few of the tools and discuss how you may wish to implement them into your practices. We’ll make use of online breakout rooms and shared desktop applications.

Outcomes At the end of the session you will be able to: Explore relevant social networking tools for specific purposes Compare the attributes of popular social networking tools Gather information about a variety of tools Discuss best practices in embedding your selected tools

At the end of the session you will be able to:

Explore relevant social networking tools for specific purposes

Compare the attributes of popular social networking tools

Gather information about a variety of tools

Discuss best practices in embedding your selected tools

Explore Social Networking Tools! Category 1: Personal organiser pages and Aggregators Category 2: Podcast, Videocast and Image Albums Category 3: Calendars, Schedulers and Event managers Category 4: Blogs, Wikis and Eportfolios Category 5: Online Meeting spaces and Classrooms Category 6: Personal learning spaces and Virtual Worlds

Category 1: Personal organiser pages and Aggregators

Category 2: Podcast, Videocast and Image Albums

Category 3: Calendars, Schedulers and Event managers

Category 4: Blogs, Wikis and Eportfolios

Category 5: Online Meeting spaces and Classrooms

Category 6: Personal learning spaces and Virtual Worlds

What would entice you to use a social networking tool? 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Where to go to learn about them http://plcmcl2-things.blogspot.com/

Make it a habit http://www.plcmc.org/public/learning/player.html Habit 7 ½: Play Habit 7: Teach and mentor others Habit 6: Use technology to your advantage Habit 5: Create your own learning toolbox Habit 4: Have confidence in yourself as a competent effective learner Habit 3: View problems as challenges Habit 2: Accept responsibility for your own learning Habit 1: Begin with your goal in mind 7 ½ HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL LIFELONG LEARNERS

Learn a new strategy Solve a problem Build personal capability Improve learning outcomes

My Learning Contract I will by . Below is a list of some obstacles I may face and how I will overcome those obstacles: Obstacle? How I can overcome the obstacle? Things I need for my “toolbox”:  Item  Item

I will by .

Below is a list of some obstacles I may face and how I will overcome those obstacles:

Obstacle?

How I can overcome the obstacle?

Things I need for my “toolbox”:

 Item

 Item

How to choose and use tools smartly Research widely Consider ease of use and time to learn Compare attributes e.g. http://www.wikimatrix.org/ Look for tips from respected researchers http://www.masternewmedia.org/social_networking.htm Trial for a while & share with a group Look for the resonance that works for you Gather your tools into your Toolbox Embed the tool into your daily practices Teach or mentor someone else

Research widely

Consider ease of use and time to learn

Compare attributes e.g. http://www.wikimatrix.org/

Look for tips from respected researchers

http://www.masternewmedia.org/social_networking.htm

Trial for a while & share with a group

Look for the resonance that works for you

Gather your tools into your Toolbox

Embed the tool into your daily practices

Teach or mentor someone else

Time to explore collaboratively Select your preferred breakout room Use the polling tool to select your preference Everyone will be teleported to their room Select the highlighted tool to explore from the grid Explore that tool for 5 minutes Discuss best features of that tool Add some notes to the whiteboard there Return to main room and tell us your findings Everyone will be teleported back to the main room after 5 minutes has elapsed

Select your preferred breakout room

Use the polling tool to select your preference

Everyone will be teleported to their room

Select the highlighted tool to explore from the grid

Explore that tool for 5 minutes

Discuss best features of that tool

Add some notes to the whiteboard there

Return to main room and tell us your findings

Everyone will be teleported back to the main room after 5 minutes has elapsed

Calendars, Schedulers and Event Managers Google, Outlook Planzo Trumba Blogs, wikis and eportfolios Blogger, Wordpress Wikispaces, Wetpaint Eduspaces, Eport Personal organiser pages and aggregators iGoogle , NetVibes Protopage, Pageflakes De.li.cious Podcasts, Videocasts and Image Albums Podomatic You Tube, Teacher Tube Flickr, Bubbleshare Slideshare, Slidestory

Calendars, Schedulers and Event Managers

Google, Outlook

Planzo

Trumba

Blogs, wikis and eportfolios

Blogger, Wordpress

Wikispaces, Wetpaint

Eduspaces, Eport

Personal organiser pages and aggregators

iGoogle , NetVibes

Protopage, Pageflakes

De.li.cious

Podcasts, Videocasts and Image Albums

Podomatic

You Tube, Teacher Tube

Flickr, Bubbleshare

Slideshare, Slidestory

Online Meeting spaces and Classrooms Moodle Skype Elluminate Live Adobe Acrobat Connect Horizon Wimba Live Personal learning spaces and Virtual Worlds My Space Face book Second Life

Online Meeting spaces and Classrooms

Moodle

Skype

Elluminate Live

Adobe Acrobat Connect

Horizon Wimba Live

Personal learning spaces and Virtual Worlds

My Space

Face book

Second Life

Social Networking Tools Matrix - your recommendations

A dozen of the best Read a few blogs then set up one of your own Create a series of postings for your blog and share with someone Access a few wikis then set up one of your own Create some pages of interest in your wiki and share with others Visit a Flickr site and search for images Set up your own account in Flickr and upload some images Capture some images with your digital camera Upload to Bubbleshare as an album and share with family and friends Setup your own web based calendar or schedule share with your group, colleagues or learners Create your own Elluminate V Room Do some research about Personal organiser pages and set up one of your own Create and customise your home page with relevant links Upload some of your own PowerPoint slides to Slideshare Share these by sending the URL to someone or embedding the code Create a 30 second voice recording and upload it to Podomatic Share this by sending the URL to someone or embedding the code Create a 3 minute digital story and upload the movie to Teacher Tube Share with others by sending the URL or embedding the code Subscribe to an RSS feed Create an account at My Space or Second Life

Read a few blogs then set up one of your own

Create a series of postings for your blog and share with someone

Access a few wikis then set up one of your own

Create some pages of interest in your wiki and share with others

Visit a Flickr site and search for images

Set up your own account in Flickr and upload some images

Capture some images with your digital camera

Upload to Bubbleshare as an album and share with family and friends

Setup your own web based calendar or schedule

share with your group, colleagues or learners

Create your own Elluminate V Room

Do some research about Personal organiser pages and set up one of your own

Create and customise your home page with relevant links

Upload some of your own PowerPoint slides to Slideshare

Share these by sending the URL to someone or embedding the code

Create a 30 second voice recording and upload it to Podomatic

Share this by sending the URL to someone or embedding the code

Create a 3 minute digital story and upload the movie to Teacher Tube

Share with others by sending the URL or embedding the code

Subscribe to an RSS feed

Create an account at My Space or Second Life

A: Calendars and Schedules Calendars, Schedulers and Event Managers Google www.google.com Planzo www.planzo.com Trumba www.trumba.com

Calendars, Schedulers and Event Managers

Google www.google.com

Planzo www.planzo.com

Trumba www.trumba.com

B: Blogs and wikis Blogs, wikis and eportfolios Blogger www.blogger.com Wetpaint www.wetpaint.com Eduspaces eduspaces.net

Blogs, wikis and eportfolios

Blogger www.blogger.com

Wetpaint www.wetpaint.com

Eduspaces eduspaces.net

C: Personal organisers Personal organiser pages and aggregators iGoogle http://www.google.com.au/ig Protopage http://www.protopage.com Del.icio.us http://del.icio.us/

Personal organiser pages and aggregators

iGoogle http://www.google.com.au/ig

Protopage http://www.protopage.com

Del.icio.us http://del.icio.us/

D: Podcasts and Albums Podcasts, Videocasts and Image Albums Podomatic www.podomatic.com You Tube www.youtube.com Teacher Tube www.teachertube.com Flickr flickr.com Bubbleshare www.bubbleshare.com Slideshare www.slideshare.net Slidestory www.slidestory.com

Podcasts, Videocasts and Image Albums

Podomatic www.podomatic.com

You Tube www.youtube.com

Teacher Tube www.teachertube.com

Flickr flickr.com

Bubbleshare www.bubbleshare.com

Slideshare www.slideshare.net

Slidestory www.slidestory.com

E: Virtual Worlds Personal learning spaces and Virtual Worlds My Space www.myspace.com Face book www.facebook.com Second Life http://www.secondlife.com/

Personal learning spaces and Virtual Worlds

My Space www.myspace.com

Face book www.facebook.com

Second Life http://www.secondlife.com/

F: Online Classrooms Online Meeting spaces and Classrooms Moodle www.moodle.org Skype http://www.skype.com/intl/en/helloagain.html Elluminate Live www.elluminate.com Adobe Acrobat Connect http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatconnectpro/ Horizon Wimba Live http://www.wimba.com/

Online Meeting spaces and Classrooms

Moodle www.moodle.org

Skype http://www.skype.com/intl/en/helloagain.html

Elluminate Live www.elluminate.com

Adobe Acrobat Connect http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatconnectpro/

Horizon Wimba Live http://www.wimba.com/

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