This is my portion of the presentation given at the 2011 Colorado Transition Leadership Institute. I was fortunate to be able to collaborate with Maureen Melonis and Donna Miers.

1. Networked Learning
• Website
Moodle • eLearning
• Course Management
• Training
• Website
Wikis • Collaboration
• Organization/Planning
• Training

2. Hansel & Gretel

3. The Personal & Professional Learning
Network (PLN)
THE BIG IDEA
Social media has allowed people to communicate important messages through powerful
real-time images (Japan earthquake 2011, Osama bin Laden 2011). With Twitter,
Facebook, and YouTube alone we have the ability to spread a message and connect to an
audience of millions worldwide.
Can a purposeful & practical message on
education & community based outcomes be
spread in this same way?
Without question!! It’s all about Networked Learning.

4. What is anyway
Online Messaging Service
in 140 Characters or less
One Message - Many People
Follow others messages
Communication – Connection – Conversation

5. The Essential Question

7. Let’s reframe the question…
What’s happening?
…in Education
…in Special Education
…in Transition
…in Assistive Technology

8. So, what can twitter do for me?
• Connect me with those doing similar work and
who share my interests.
• Connect me to current trends and research in
transition & beyond.
• Connect me with my colleagues.
• Connect me with the community.
Networked learning is a process of developing and maintaining
connections with people and information, and communicating in
such a way so as to support one another's learning.

9. Tips & Tricks
Links to research
Links to resources

10. “Real Time” (Instant) Communication
Parents Students Colleagues District Community

11. Twitter Terminology
Tweet
Follow
Mention
Retweet (RT)
Direct Message (DM)
Hashtag (#)

13. In the end…
It’s not so much about this
It’s about this

15. Matt Vannice
Thompson School District
Email: matthew.vannice@thompsonschools.org