4. What is social media?
“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
Photos Audio 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 of your 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?
8. My Web 2.0 Story
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 2.0 Story
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!
Others will 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
Photos Audio Video Bookmarks Information Networking
Flickr iTunes YouTube del.icio.us Twitter Facebook
Diigo Slideshare LinkedIn
Scribd Ning
Quora
12. Lucy’s Top 5
Microblo%ing using 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
14. Why Twitter?
Connect with others
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
17. Why Ning?
Build customized social 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 Favorite Nings
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 on professional practice
Record ideas
Share resources
Engage in conversations with other professionals
Showcase best practices and examples
Inspire others
20. A Few Favorite Blogs
Langwitches
Always Learning
Weblo%-ed
Never Ending Search
Huffington Post Education
Teach Like it’s 2999
Multiple Pathways
21. Why Flickr?
Share and store photos
Create stuff with your
images
Organize photos using
tags
Join affinity groups
Geotag photos
22. A Few Flickr Favorites
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$ow like-minded people through a network
24. Delicious & Diigo Favorites
People to add to your
network in Delicious:
http://delicious.com/
cchausis
http://delicious.com/
cnansen
http://delicious.com/
brasst
25. Delicious & Diigo Favorites
Groups to join in Diigo
Google in Education
Resources for Languages
Classroom 2.0
21st Century Stuff list
iPad, iPod, iPhone Users
Group
Leadership for Mobile
Learning
26. Worthy of a Mention
Document sharing
Scribd
Slideshare
Chat
Skype
iChatAV
Face Time
30. Tip #1: Understand tags
Tags are simply keywords determined by users:
#globaled
#tedxnyed
#edchat
#PBL
#biepbl
#4thchat
#isedchat
31. Tip #2: Follow thought leaders and
organizations in your field
Principal Chris
Lehmann
Librarian Joyce
Valenza
Teacher Lisa
Parisi
Tech Coordinator
Silvia Tolisano
Education
historian Diane
Ravitch
Joan Ganz
Cooney Center
38. Tip #3: Leverage search
Create searches in Twitter for topics of interest and see what pops up
“Everyday Math”
“Steve Hargadon”
earthquake
NSTA
Fo$ow people found in these searches that seem to share your
interests
39. Tip #4: Select a 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: Develop critical mass
You won’t be able to take advantage of the
information flowing through social media unless you
fo$ow a signifiant number of people
Don’t try to keep up
Utilize lists in Twitter
41. Taking Charge Guidelines
Pick ONE tool to meet a particular professional
development need or interest.
Rea$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