Establishing Your    Lisa Thumann @lthumann   Liz Davis @lizbdavis Personal Learning Network BLC10 Thursday, July 16, 2010
Search Twitter for #BLC10 http:// search.twitter.com
  What? What is an  Personal Learning Network? What is Twitter? So What? Why is it helpful?  Why do I care? Now What?  What can you do to build your PLN?
What?
 
 
 
"No one knows everything,  everyone knows something,  all knowledge resides in humanity." Lévy 1997 Image: Peace by Cayusa via flickr
So What?
Advice for Teachers New to Twitter
1. Go to Settings/Profile  and   fill out your Bio !
2. Tweet a few things   share a link, an idea, a resource, a blog post, anything.
3. Managing your Privacy
4. Use your real name & your real picture.
    7 Steps To a Twitter Makeover
Mentions @
Retweeting
Direct Messages
URL Shortening
Twitter Clients
Etiquette Table Setting  http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracyhunter/121601422/
Follow Someone From Today
They Tweet Out Their Blog Post Next Week
Their Post Refers To...
A Video of an event…
Applications, tools, ideas…
Another Blog You Are Interested in Reading
You Read That Person's Blog and Start Following Them on Twitter  
A Few Days Later That Person Tweets out a Link to...
Now What?
The positive spiral of social networks tschaut ’ s photos Contribution Reciprocity Accumulation Value
Where To Find Your Tweeps Twitter4Teachers Educational Hashtags Educators on Twitter  Twitter Lists http://delicious.com/lizbdavis/blc10twitter
1. Sign up for  Twitter 2. Fill out your 2 cards as best you can. 3. Find one person you don't know - introduce yourself and exchange cards. 4. Repeat #2 two more times.  5. Continue the conversation. Here’s what to do:
 
 
May Vary  http://www.flickr.com/photos/dacran/2596478381/
 

BLC10 - Using Twitter to Establish your Personal Learning Network

Editor's Notes

  • #2 Introduce each other Liz - should we include our school affiliations here? Reading Memorial High School
  • #3 Screen capture during the day.
  • #4 Liz
  • #5 Liz or Danja?
  • #6 Real life connections Danja
  • #7 Danja
  • #8 Danja Twitter Stream
  • #9 Liz image of the earth Image: Peace by Cayusa via flickr Not sure I love the layout, but the hands floating in space without the color box behind it seemed weird.
  • #10 Liz
  • #11 Liz
  • #12 Liz
  • #13 Liz
  • #14 Liz
  • #15 Danja Change image 
  • #21 Fix layout of white box (maybe one box in background of all.
  • #22 Professional Space Think about why you are using Twitter
  • #32 Stand up if you are a Science teacher Secondary teacher Language teacher etc.
  • #37 Put the oxygen mask on yourself first then put it on the children. What is your Oxygen? How are you getting it? How pure is it? What do you love to learn about? Your PLN can support you in all of this.