The document discusses building an online presence as a teacher through various social web tools. It outlines objectives of understanding why teachers need an online presence, how to build an effective one, and recognizing the academic and professional value of tools. Several specific tools are then described, including Doppelme for avatars, NetVibes as an aggregator, Diigo and Symbaloo for bookmarking, YouTube for video sharing, Jing for tutorials, Blogger for blogging, and Weebly for websites. The document concludes by suggesting teachers pick a space, brand themselves, and meet students online through surveys.

1. Get Connected!
PERSONALIZING THE
ONLINE
ENVIRONMENT
MACUL PERSONALIZED LEARNING
CONFERENCE
SEPT 25, 2012

2. Carol Glanville glanvillec@grps.org
westmiedtech.com

3. Objectives
 Understand why teachers need an online
presence.
 Learn how to build a effective online
presence.
 Recognize the academic and professional
value of various social Web tools.

4. Warm -Up
 Turn & Talk:
 What do you do to build rapport in F2F
settings?
 What does that look like online?
 Logos Quiz

5. Being There / Presence
 Cognitive Presence:
 Validation of activities – personal goal setting
 Connection of ideas – synchronous & asynchronous
communication
 Social Presence:
 Create a community
 Be a ‘real person’
 Teaching Presence:
 Course materials
 Mentoring, formative feedback, questioning etc.
Boettcher, 2010; Reis, 2010

6. Being There
Cognitive Social
Teaching

7. Presence

8. Doppelme
What:
Avatargenerator
Customize yourself & update
Etc:
Use to teach social v. professional
image

9. NetVibes
What:
 Aggregator –news, twitter, calendar
Etc:
 Veryeasy to start
 Maintains itself
Example site

10. Diigo & Symbaloo
 What: Social Bookmarking
 units
of study, research topics, differentiation, parent
resources
 Diigo:annotated list
 Symbaloo: visual icon link
 Etc:
 Diigo:
customize resources –student accounts
 Symbaloo: visual, variety of resources
 Example Symbaloo

11. YouTube
 What:
 Video cataloging / sharing
 Etc:
 Createa channel with playlists
 Must be linked to a gmail account
 Check out youtube.com/education
 Example

12. Jing
What:
 Create5 minute video tutorials
 Group instruction
 Informal answers to ??
 Narrated show & tell
Etc.
 Students like your voice

13. Blogger
What: Blog
 Create a string of searchable posts
 Classroom discourse
Etc.
 Musthave a Google account
 Monitor comments
Example

14. Weebly
What:
 Website –multiple tabs for organization
Etc:
 Usually free with paid upgrades
 Check for ‘education’ versions
Example

15. Classroom Platforms
 Moodle
 Edmodo
 blog (Blogger)
 Wiki
 PB Works
 Website (Weebly)

16. Next Steps
 Pick a space
 What are you comfortable with?
 What can you & your users access?
 Brand yourself
 Photo / avatar
 Name of your site
 Office hours
 Meet your students
 Tech access survey
 Online personality test

17. Resources & Contact
 Sloan-C workshop on Teaching Presence
 Carol Glanville
 Twitter: @cachiras
 Skype: caglanville
 Email: caglanville@gmail.com | glanvillec@grps.org
 Web: westmiedtech.com
 Feedback
 Student Tech Survey

18. References
 Boettcher, Judith V. "E-Coaching Tip #80."
Designing for Learning. N.p., 24 Aug. 2010. Web. 6
Sept. 2012.
http://www.designingforlearning.info/services/writi
ng/ecoach/tips/tip80.html
 Reis, Rick. "The Role of Presence in the Online
Environment." Tomorrow's Professor Mailing List.
Stanford Center for Teaching and Learning, n.d.
Web. 6 Sept. 2012. http://cgi.stanford.edu/~dept-
ctl/tomprof/posting.php?ID=1081