(PLN)

What do you think of...

when you see...?

when you see...?

Or?

Or?

Social Networks
Put this term in the...

Social Networks
Put this term in the...

Personal Learning
Networks (PLN)

How many are there?

(i.e. lots)

Top Three for Educators

Top Three for Educators
#1 twitter.com

Top Three for Educators
#1 twitter.com
#2 Classroom20.com
(Ning.com)

Top Three for Educators
#1 twitter.com
#2 Classroom20.com
(Ning.com)
#3 delicious.com (Social
Bookmarking Site)

#2

#2
Classroom20.com - part
of Ning.com

#2
Classroom20.com - part
of Ning.com
Search the Forums

#2
Classroom20.com - part
of Ning.com
Search the Forums
Here you’ll find
some awesome
folks to connect
with

#1
Aggregator

Why Should I Care?

Chat Room

Chat Room
Blog

Chat Room
Blog
Search Engine

Chat Room
Blog
Search Engine
Email

Chat Room
Blog
Search Engine
Email
Resource

Chat Room
Blog
Search Engine
Email
Resource
News Reader

Chat Room
Blog
Search Engine
Email
Resource
News Reader
And much much more!!

Imagine

Imagine

Imagine
You were a spy in the CIA,
except all you did was listen to
the conversations of other
educators.

My Story

Three Twitter Activities

Three Twitter Activities
#1 Search Public Profiles for
like-minded educators. Read
conversations. Look for links.

Three Twitter Activities
#1 Search Public Profiles for
like-minded educators. Read
conversations. Look for links.
#2 Search for hashtags (#)
#science #educhat #math
using search.twitter.com

Three Twitter Activities
#1 Search Public Profiles for
like-minded educators. Read
conversations. Look for links.
#2 Search for hashtags (#)
#science #educhat #math
using search.twitter.com
#3 Look for @replies.

Activity #1 Public Profiles
Go to twitter.com/nnorris
Also twitter.com/coolcatteacher

Activity #2 Hashtag Search

Activity #2 Hashtag Search
Go to search.twitter.com
Search for #science
#educhat
#earthday
Great hashtag search:
http://hashtags.org/

Activity #3 @replies
Use @username to send
messages AT someone. (*)
User DM to send folks private
messages. (email, basically)

Let’s Try It!
1. Sign Up for Twitter
2. Tweet using the hashtag #fremontschool
3. Have a chat using #fremontschool
4. Search @nnorris @jenwagner
5. Look at her followers, see anyone
interesting? Any interesting conversation?

Growing Your Network
1. Searching people’s Public Timeline
http://twitter.com/jenwagner
2. Doing searches for terms using hashtags. (#) #science
#educhat search.twitter.com
3. Joining the conversation. Share your ideas, your
thoughts. Help other people. You might want to gain some
followers of your own!

Favorite Twitter Moment?

Favorite Twitter Moment?

Favorite Twitter Moment?

Follow
Helpful people
@djakes
@nnorris
@lkolb
@jenwagner

Summary
Classroom20.com
search forums
twitter.com
look at public profiles for like-minded twitter followers
do searches by hashtags (#) at search.twitter.com
Download www.tweetdeck.com for a super experience.