A connected teacher utilizes various online tools and platforms to engage in professional learning networks and collaboration. This includes participating in virtual conferences and unconference events like Teachmeets; using social bookmarking sites, video conferencing, blogs, wikis and forums; listening to educational podcasts; interacting on Twitter; and sharing resources through sites like Flickr and Imagebank. Connected teachers actively read, write and communicate online to enhance their teaching practice through interaction with colleagues globally.

1. Connected teacher

3. Typical networked teacher Very much take and not give mode Interaction is with either colleagues or family Very low interaction with official channels

6. A connected teacher A read write Web (web 2.0) has enabled more communication amongst teachers

7. Conferences Subject Associations annual Conference CESI 5 th Feb Portlaoise (ICT) Tipp Inst Education Conf late May Thurles D.C.C Dunshaughlin March ??

8. UK conferences BETT 12/14 Jan London Channel 4 Summer Ed early June London Scottish Learning Festival Late Sept Glasgow (midweek) TEDx events Teachmeets Virtual conferences

9. Teachmeet An unconference usually broadcast through Flashmeeting or Elluminate Teacher practice shared with other teachers 7min slots / 2min slots 15 round table Suitable for school inservice TMBETT (flagship event) CESIMEETs

10. http://teachmeet.pbworks.com/w/page/33278594/Teachmeet-uksnow

12. Social Bookmarking Diigo http://www.diigo.com/user/edtechroundup/ http://groups.diigo.com/group/ed-tech-crew Delicious http://www.delicious.com/johnmayo/ http://www.delicious.com/loretonavan http://www.delicious.com/eirepreneur James Corbett http://www.delicious.com/russeltarr Use RSS feeds to keep track on new additions

13. Video conferencing Teachmeet events Classroom 2.0 http://www.learncentral.org/ Interviews with Education heavy hitters weekly Ed Tech Round Up Sunday Vital Teachshare http://www.vital.ac.uk/community/course/category.php?id=81

15. Blogs TeachNet Learning Blog http://blog.teachnet.ie Moving at the Speed of Creativity http://www.speedofcreativity.org Around the Corner-MGuhlin.org http://www.mguhlin.org/ Cool Cat Teacher Blog http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/ danah boyd | apophenia http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts Dangerously Irrelevant http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org Digital Mavericks http://digitalmavericks.blogspot.com/ dy/dan http://blog.mrmeyer.com Integrating ICT into the MFL classroom: http://joedale.typepad.com/ Inside View from Ireland http://www.insideview.ie/irisheyes / Educational Origami http://edorigami.edublogs.org Educational Technology - ICT in Education http://www.ictineducation.org

16. Wikis/forums (Tech) http://www.edugeek.net/ http://www.technibble.com/ http://search.techsupportguides.com/ http://www.asktheadmin.com/ http://www.geekstogo.com/ http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/ http://forums.techguy.org/

19. Podcasts Teachnet blog.teachnet.ie Ed Tech Crew http://www.edtechcrew.net/ PC Live Podcast http://www.pcliveradio.ie/ Guardian Tech http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/series/techweekly Inside Education http://insideeducation.podbean.com/

20. Twitter Do you need to ask?

21. Social Networks (PLN) Facebook HTAI on Facebook Ning http://www.classroom20.com/ Edmodo http://www.edmodo.com/community/socialstudies

22. Photo and resource sharing Imagebank www.imagebank.ie Flickr www.flickr.com Teachnet.ie www.teachnet.ie NDLR http://www.ndlr.ie/ (third level but can be open to sharing if you ask)

23. Popular media Ted Talks www.ted.com Poptech www.poptech.org Youtube channels http://www.youtube.com/user/ScienceGallery http://www.youtube.com/user/innovativeteach http://www.youtube.com/user/GoogleTechTalks