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1. Audience: All
Format: Hands-On Lab (1 hr. 45 min.)
“Become a
‘Connected’ Educator”
Description: This session for
LACUE 2012 will help you create
a Personal Learning Network that
you can rely on for resources
and advice. During this session
you will explore: Twitter,
Facebook, Blogs, ePortfolios,
online business cards, ways to
collect and store resources and
Do It Yourself Professional
Development. Connected
Valerie R. Burton, M. Ed. Educators
@MsBisOnline
2. Being connected
means to be in
contact with
people who
tweet, blog,
discuss and share
resources,
activities and
educational news
bits.
3. What is a Networking
Connected
Educator?
A teacher who
recognizes, embraces
and utilizes the new and
emerging web
technologies that
connect us all in ways
never before possible.
4. How do I
corral and
display my
digital
footprints?
5. Do my
Facebook
friends really
want to know
what I had for
dinner?
6. How can I
use ePortfolios to
document and provide
evidence of what you
do in the classroom?
13. If you DO get it,
think about the
ideas and
resources that
you want to
share.
14. How can you connect with
other educators?
Find Read
Mentors and
Respond
Take
classes
Chat
and Be a
Collaborate
Mentor
15. Let me help you to sort it all out
Twitter Facebook
Do It Yourself
Professional
RSS Development
16.
17.
18. Microblogging
Twitter
at its finest
Twitter allows you to send out
quick, brief messages from your
computer or mobile device.
● Twitter’s “tweets” are microposts of a
maximum of 140 characters.
● Tweets may contain links videos and
photos to stay within the character
limits.
● Today you will create an account (if
needed) and follow teachers within your
discipline.
● Click here for your Twitter Assignment
19.
20. Posting for Facebook
“your friends”
● Post a “Tool of the Week” or “Article
of the Week” on your page Facebook is not
just for personal
● Use the “Events” feature of Facebook
to invite students or teachers to
use.
participate in events
● Use Facebook to remind everyone of
upcoming deadlines and due dates for
class/school goals Communicate with
students, parents, teachers or
administrators
● Click here for our Facebook
Assignments
21.
22. Edublogs
Edublogs supports
Educational Bloggers.
One of the best ways to build your
personal learning network is to become a
blogger and use your blog to network with
others who write and share online.
● Most blogs use RSS to notify readers of new
content. If you already use a Reader (like Google The Teacher
Reader, Bloglines or NetVibes) either: Challenge
● Copy and paste the URL into your Reader involves free 30
day professional
● Or in the right side menu, click on the link for
Subscribe by Feed Reader. development
challenges where
● Or, if you aren’t using a Feed Reader I suggest
participants are
you try Google Reader.
stepped through
● Click here for our Blogging Assignments weekly tasks.
23.
24. Online
Gather your sites together, Profiles
package them and
make them look pretty You work hard so
Online ePortfolios allow you to SHOW IT OFF.
showcase your best practices.
With ePortfolios you can house your
lesson plans, materials, curriculum
guides and share them with
colleagues
Online business cards supply people
with your worksites. These can
either be sites for your PLN or Class
Sites.
25.
26. You have lots of Collect &
resources…. What now? Store
Use a variety of sites to help
you organize your documents,
links and other resources. You can collect,
store
Delicious.com - to collect and AND share.
organize bookmarks
Dropbox.com/ - to store
documents
PBWorks.com - to create an Install bookmarklet
buttons to your browser's
online file cabinet Bookmarks Toolbar so
Evernote.com - to collect, store you can easily save links
and organize resources to Delicious.
Click here for our assignments
27.
28. D-I-Y pd
Stuffy old conferences are
in the past.
Do-it-yourself Professional Development
allows you to get what you want out of the
experience.
● Twitter and Blogs can give you more
information than a boring lecture.
● Online communities allow you to Webinars,
connect with other people and try
new things.
Blogs,
● Webinars are available when you want Online
on any subject that you want to learn Communities
about.
● Design your learning experience to be
and Twitter…
what must benefits you.
Oh my
● Click here our Do It Yourself
29. You decide how and
what to share
Some educators choose to reserve Facebook
for the sharing of personal information and
pictures with only close friends and family.
Be comfortable in the
On the other hand, for many, Twitter is the
self-promoting and
place to share and exchange professional sharing of your hard
information and pictures. work and that of your
Regardless of your preference, start using students!
these tools today and connect with other
educators.
Share your successes. Share your failures.
Think about sharing your
Let us learn from your mistakes and
favorite blogs, Web 2.0
successes. We can all be inspired with how
tools, books, online
you are forging ahead and making a
interactives, classroom
difference.
activities, etc.
