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This document discusses how educators can use social media tools for personalized professional development. It defines social networking and professional learning networks. It then provides examples of various social media tools like Flickr, iTunes, YouTube, and social bookmarking sites and how they can be used. The document shares the author's experience with social media over time and emphasizes finding one's own path with personalized learning. It concludes by providing tips for using social media effectively like following thought leaders, using hashtags, and developing a critical mass of connections.
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- 1. Social Media Toolsfor Personalized Professional Development Lucy Gray Summer 2012
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- 3. What is aPLN?
- 4. What is socialmedia? “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.”
- 5. Media and Tools PhotosAudio Video Bookmarks Information Networking Flickr iTunes YouTube del.icio.us Twitter Facebook Picasa Podomatic Teacher Tube Diigo Slideshare LinkedIn iStockPhoto iPadio Vimeo StumbleUpon Scribd Ning Blogger Quora
- 6. Take charge ofyour own professional development and model learning for co$eagues and students. By developing a PLN, you can investigate best practices and target your needs and interests.Anytime, anywhere. Our students are networking and we need to understand the spaces created by social media as we$ as how to engage kids. We need to see ourselves as curators and creators of content. Why?
- 7. What’s your web2.0 story?
- 8. My Web 2.0Story 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 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 (now called ISTE), MACUL conferences for the first time Pre 2000 Attended Illinois Computing Educator events, Classroom Connect conferences 1999 Started Technology in Education graduate program at National Louis University
- 9. My Web 2.0Story 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, Twitter and Ning • Started the Global Education Collaborative 2008 Helped with Chicago GTA • Bought an iPhone • Visited Singapore 2009 and 2010 Served on NMC’s K12 Horizon Report Advisory Board • Starting consulting work • Launched Global Education Conference •Travelled to Bahrain for the Education Project Conference 2011 NMC’s K12 Horizon Report Advisory Board • CoSN’s Leadership for Mobile Learning Initiative 2012 ?
- 10. The Point? Personalized learning! Otherswill have other sets of experiences. Your aha moments should be different than mine. Collaboration via technology has profoundly changed my professional life and the way that I work.
- 11. Tried & True PhotosAudio Video Bookmarks Information Networking Flickr iTunes YouTube del.icio.us Twitter Facebook Diigo Slideshare LinkedIn Scribd Ning Quora
- 12. Lucy’s Top 5 Microblo%ingusing Twitter Networking and community building via Ning Reading weblogs organized by a newsreader Discovering images and groups in Flickr Finding and sharing resources via social bookmarking
- 13. Serendipity the occurrence anddevelopment of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way
- 14. Why Twitter? Connect withothers 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
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- 17. Why Ning? Build customizedsocial 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 Pearson is providing &ee Ning Minis for educators
- 18. A Few FavoriteNings Classroom 2.0 TeacherLibrarianNing Independent School Educators Network The Global Education Conference Network Pearson sponsoring Nings for educators Alternatives to Ning
- 19. Why Blogs? Reflect onprofessional practice Record ideas Share resources Engage in conversations with other professionals Showcase best practices and examples Inspire others
- 20. A Few FavoriteBlogs Langwitches Always Learning Weblo%-ed Never Ending Search Huffington Post Education Teach Like it’s 2999 Multiple Pathways
- 21. Why Flickr? Share andstore photos Create stuff with your images Organize photos using tags Join affinity groups Geotag photos
- 22. A Few FlickrFavorites Field Guide: Birds of the World Te$ a Story in Five Frames Classroom Displays AtrociousApostrophe’s Popular Tags in Flickr Interesting Things Calendar Flickr Clock The Commons World Map Flickr Toys
- 23. Why Social Bookmarking? Method of sharing and organizing online resources Accessible &om any internet connected computer Subscribe to tags of interest Fo$ow like-minded people through a network
- 24. Delicious & DiigoFavorites People to add to your network in Delicious: http://delicious.com/ cchausis http://delicious.com/ cnansen http://delicious.com/ brasst
- 25. Delicious & DiigoFavorites Groups to join in Diigo Google in Education Resources for Languages Classroom 2.0 21st Century Stuff list iPad, iPod, iPhone Users Group Leadership for Mobile Learning
- 26. Worthy of aMention Document sharing Scribd Slideshare Chat Skype iChatAV Face Time
- 27. Organizing It All Usea newsreader or news a%regator
- 28. Suggested Readers Netvibes Pageflakes Google Reader NetNewsWire(Mac) FeedDemon (Windows)
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- 30. Tip #1: Understandtags Tags are simply keywords determined by users: #globaled #tedxnyed #edchat #PBL #biepbl #4thchat #isedchat
- 31. Tip #2: Followthought leaders and organizations in your field Principal Chris Lehmann Librarian Joyce Valenza Teacher Lisa Parisi Tech Coordinator Silvia Tolisano Education historian Diane Ravitch Joan Ganz Cooney Center
- 32. Chris Lehmann Blog Twitter School website Apple in Education Profile
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- 36. Joan Ganz CooneyCenter Blog Twitter Web Site
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- 38. Tip #3: Leveragesearch Create searches in Twitter for topics of interest and see what pops up “Everyday Math” “Steve Hargadon” earthquake NSTA Fo$ow people found in these searches that seem to share your interests
- 39. Tip #4: Selecta handle Create a common username to use in various online communities Establishes your digital footprint Makes you recognizable across communities and forums
- 40. Tip #5: Developcritical mass You won’t be able to take advantage of the information flowing through social media unless you fo$ow a signifiant number of people Don’t try to keep up Utilize lists in Twitter
- 41. Taking Charge Guidelines PickONE tool to meet a particular professional development need or interest. Rea$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
- 42. Follow You, FollowMe Lucy Gray elemenous@gmail.com iChat, Skype, Flickr, delicious, Youtube etc: elemenous Blog: http://www.lucygray.org