Personal Learning Environments And Personal Learning Networks Symposium

Social Media Tools for Personalized Professional Development Lucy Gray University of Chicago Center for Elementary Mathematics and Science Education Personal Learning Environments & Personal Learning Networks

What is a PLN ? Wi" Richardson, Personal Learning Networks

What is social media ? “Online technologies and practices that people use to share opinions, insights, experiences, and perspectives with each other.” “Social media are works of user-created video, audio, text or multimedia that are published and shared in a social environment, such as a blog, wiki or video hosting site.”

Media and Tools Photos Audio Video Bookmarks Information Networking Flickr iTunes YouTube del.icio.us Twitter Facebook Apple Photobucket Podomatic Teacher Tube Diigo Slideshare Learning Interchange iStockPhoto Odeo Vimeo StumbleUpon Scribd LinkedIn Blogger Ning

My Web 2.0 Story

My Web 2.0 Story Pre 2000 Attended Illinois Computing Educator events, Classroom Connect conferences

My Web 2.0 Story Pre 2000 Attended Illinois Computing Educator events, Classroom Connect conferences 1999 Started Technology in Education graduate program at National Louis University

My Web 2.0 Story Pre 2000 Attended Illinois Computing Educator events, Classroom Connect conferences 1999 Started Technology in Education graduate program at National Louis University 2000 Started Friday 5 list of educational resources • Began using Backﬂip to organize bookmarks • Became an avid user of the ED TECH listserv among other pre-Web 2.0 online • Attended NECC, MACUL conferences for the ﬁrst time

My Web 2.0 Story Pre 2000 Attended Illinois Computing Educator events, Classroom Connect conferences 1999 Started Technology in Education graduate program at National Louis University 2000 Started Friday 5 list of educational resources • Began using Backflip to organize bookmarks • Became an avid user of the ED TECH listserv among other pre-Web 2.0 online • Attended NECC, MACUL conferences for the first time 2005 Became an Apple Distinguished Educator • Introduced to the joys of RSS feeds and NetNewsWire • Attended my first ADE Institute (Alan November presented introduced to podcasting, Skype,Technorati, Creative Commons) • Started blogging and exploring web-based apps

My Web 2.0 Story

My Web 2.0 Story 2006 Participated in Google focus group • Wrote global awareness curriculum for Apple in Europe • Started blogging for Inﬁnite Thinking Machine • Started volunteering on ICE conference committee

My Web 2.0 Story 2006 Participated in Google focus group • Wrote global awareness curriculum for Apple in Europe • Started blogging for Inﬁnite Thinking Machine • Started volunteering on ICE conference committee 2007 Helped with the Google Teachers Academy • Introduced to Facebook and Twitter • Started to listen to EdTechTalk content • Started using ThinkQuest.org with students

My Web 2.0 Story 2006 Participated in Google focus group • Wrote global awareness curriculum for Apple in Europe • Started blogging for Inﬁnite Thinking Machine • Started volunteering on ICE conference committee 2007 Helped with the Google Teachers Academy • Introduced to Facebook and Twitter • Started to listen to EdTechTalk content • Started using ThinkQuest.org with students 2008 Helped with Chicago GTA • Bought an iPhone • Visited Singapore

My Web 2.0 Story 2006 Participated in Google focus group • Wrote global awareness curriculum for Apple in Europe • Started blogging for Inﬁnite Thinking Machine • Started volunteering on ICE conference committee 2007 Helped with the Google Teachers Academy • Introduced to Facebook and Twitter • Started to listen to EdTechTalk content • Started using ThinkQuest.org with students 2008 Helped with Chicago GTA • Bought an iPhone • Visited Singapore 2009 Served on NMC’s K12 Horizon Report Advisory Board • C0-wrote search curriculum for Google • Started using web conferencing tools such as Elluminate and Adobe Connect • Became interested in the idea of nurturing PLNs with students

The Point ? 1. Developing a PLN is a progression. 2. Your work ﬂow will change. 3. Your access to information and people will increase.

Tried & True Photos Audio Video Bookmarks Information Networking Flickr iTunes YouTube del.icio.us Twitter Facebook Apple Diigo Slideshare Learning Interchange Scribd LinkedIn Ning

How to Start Microblo&ing using Twitter Finding community via Ning Reading weblogs organized in a newsreader Discovering images and groups in Flickr Finding and sharing resources via social bookmarking

Why Twitter ? Connect with others Stay current in your areas of interest Share and co"ect resources Get spontaneous responses 'om your network Directly access experts and high proﬁle people

Try Following... http://twitter.com/cnansen http://twitter.com/josie'aser http://twitter.com/AngelaMaiers https://twitter.com/Downes http://twitter.com/paulawhite https://twitter.com/gsiemens http://twitter.com/mwesch https://twitter.com/GrahamAttwe" http://twitter.com/teach42 https://twitter.com/WelshClo&y http://twitter.com/Riptide_Furse https://twitter.com/johnthole http://twitter.com/mscoﬁno https://twitter.com/suewaters http://twitter.com/alexanderrusso https://twitter.com/speters http://twitter.com/brkthrulearning

Why Ning ? Build customized social networking sites Serves as a repository for videos, audio, and text Structure adds to community building Find a ning for every educational topic Keep your Ning public or private

A Few Favorite Nings Classroom 2.0 TeacherLibrarianNing Independent School Educators Network The Global Education Co"aborative

Why Blogs ? Reﬂect on professional practice Record ideas Showcase best practices and examples Provide feedback Inspire others Engage in dialogue Share resources

A Few Favorite Blogs Langwitches Always Learning Weblo&-ed Practical Theory Box of Tricks Passionately Curious High Techpectations

Why Flickr ? Share and store photos Create stuﬀ with your images Organize photos using tags Join aﬃnity groups Geotag photos

A Few Flickr Favorites Field Guide: Birds of the Smarthistory World Popular Tags in Flickr Te" a Story in Five Frames Interesting Things Calendar Classroom Displays Flickr Clock Atrocious Apostrophe’s The Commons Encyclopedia of Life World Map In Numerical Order

Why Social Bookmarking ? Method of sharing and organizing online resources Vetted by other social bookmarkers Accessible 'om any internet connected computer Subscribe to tags of interest Fo"ow like-minded people through a network

Delicious & Diigo favorites People to add to your network in Delicious: http://delicious.com/ cchausis http://delicious.com/ cnansen http://delicious.com/ brasst

Delicious & Diigo favorites Groups to join in Diigo Google in Education Resources for Languages Classroom 2.0 21st Century Stuﬀ list

Worthy of a Mention Scribd Slideshare Chat Skype iChat

Organizing It All Use a newsreader or news a&regator

Suggested Readers Netvibes Google Reader Bloglines NetNewsWire (Mac) FeedDemon (Windows)

Taking Charge Guidelines Pick ONE tool to meet a particular professional development need or interest. Rea"y learn that tool we". Utilize third party tools that enhance the functionality of your tool of choice, i.e. browser bookmarklets. Find an informal online mentor to help you on your PD journey.

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