Professional Learning Networks - iSummit

Developing Professional Learning Networks Lucy Gray University of Chicago Center for Elementary Mathematics and Science Education Monday, July 6, 2009

What is a PLN? Monday, July 6, 2009

What are 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. Monday, July 6, 2009

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 Monday, July 6, 2009

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 Monday, July 6, 2009

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 2008 Helped with Chicago GTA • Bought an iPhone • Visited Singapore 2009 Served on NMC’s K12 Horizon Report Advisory Board • Co-wrote Google Search Lessons • Presented at iSummit! Monday, July 6, 2009

The Point? This process has profoundly changed my professional life and the way that I work. Remember... our focus is on PD. Monday, July 6, 2009

Tried & True Photos Audio Video Bookmarks Information Networking Flickr iTunes YouTube del.icio.us Twitter Facebook Apple Diigo Slideshare Learning Interchange Scribd LinkedIn Ning Monday, July 6, 2009

Lucy’s Top 5 Microblo%ing using Twitter Finding community via Ning Reading weblogs organized by a newsreader Discovering images and groups in Flickr Finding and sharing resources via social bookmarking Monday, July 6, 2009

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 we&-known people in your ﬁeld Monday, July 6, 2009

Try Following... http://twitter.com/cnansen http://twitter.com/AngelaMaiers http://twitter.com/paulawhite http://twitter.com/mwesch http://twitter.com/teach42 http://twitter.com/Riptide_Furse http://twitter.com/mscoﬁno http://twitter.com/alexanderrusso Monday, July 6, 2009

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 Monday, July 6, 2009

A Few Favorite Nings Classroom 2.0 TeacherLibrarianNing Independent School Educators Network The Global Education Co&aborative Monday, July 6, 2009

Why Blogs? Reﬂect on professional practice Record ideas Share resources Showcase best practices and examples Inspire others Monday, July 6, 2009

A Few Favorite Blogs Langwitches Always Learning Weblo%-ed Never Ending Search Digital Ethnography Monday, July 6, 2009

Why Flickr? Share and store photos Create stuﬀ with your images Organize photos using tags Join aﬃnity groups Geotag photos Monday, July 6, 2009

A Few Flickr Favorites Field Guide: Birds of the Popular Tags in Flickr World Interesting Things Te& a Story in Five Calendar Frames Flickr Clock Classroom Displays The Commons Atrocious Apostrophe’s World Map Monday, July 6, 2009

Why Social Bookmarking Method of sharing and organizing online resources Accessible 'om any internet connected computer Subscribe to tags of interest Fo&ow like-minded people through a network Monday, July 6, 2009

Delicious & Diigo favorites People to add to your network in Delicious: http://delicious.com/ cchausis http://delicious.com/ cnansen http://delicious.com/ brasst Monday, July 6, 2009

Delicious & Diigo favorites Groups to join in Diigo Google in Education Resources for Languages Classroom 2.0 21st Century Stuﬀ list Monday, July 6, 2009

Worthy of a Mention Scribd Slideshare Chat Skype iChat Monday, July 6, 2009

Organizing It All Use a newsreader or news a%regator Monday, July 6, 2009

Suggested Readers Netvibes Google Reader Bloglines NetNewsWire (Mac) FeedDemon (Windows) Monday, July 6, 2009

Taking Charge Guidelines Pick ONE tool to meet a particular professional development need or interest. Rea&y learn that tool and develop conﬁdence around it. 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. Monday, July 6, 2009

Follow You, Follow Me Lucy Gray elemenous@gmail.com iChat, Skype, Flickr, delicious, Youtube etc: elemenous Blog: http:lucygray.org Monday, July 6, 2009

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