1. Gail Braddock
St. George’s
Independent
School
Memphis, TN
LGbraddock@gmail.com
http://gbraddock.wikispaces.com
http://gbraddock.blogspot.com/
2. Please fill out the
form
http://tinyurl.co
m/laptopPLN09
LGbraddock@gmail.com
http://gbraddock.wikispaces.com
http://gbraddock.blogspot.com/
Will Richardson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mghGV37TeK8
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4. PLN Tools
Photos Audio Video Bookmarks Information Networking RSS
Flickr iTunes YouTube Delicious Twitter Facebook Google
Reader
Photobucket Podomatic Teacher Diigo Slideshare Apple Netvibes
Tube Learning
Exchange
Picassa Odeo Vimeo StumbleUp Scribd LinkedIn Bloglines
on
iStockPhot EdTech Ustream CoveritLive Ning
o Live Or Chatzy
Shutterfly Blogger Discovery
Educator
Network
7. Information
Conduit
Travis Grey http://flickr.com/photos/tgray/50136529/
8. What is a
Personal Learning Network?
• Think-Pair-Share:
– How would you define a personal learning network?
• Web definitions:
– A collection of resources to go to when you want to
learn new ideas, strategies, and information.
– A group of people who can guide your learning, point
you to learning opportunities, answer your questions,
and give you the benefit of their own knowledge and
experience.
• Think-Pair-Share:
– How do you learn new things?
Source: Building your Personal Learning Network http://www.tobincls.com/learningnetwork.htm
9. PLN 1.0 – Now PLN 2.0 – Future
•Staff development workshops •Podcasts
•Graduate school courses •Social Bookmarking
•Books •Blogs
•Journals •Wiki’s
•List servs •Micro-Blogging (Twitter)
•Face to face conferences •Ning
•Usually involves spending $$ •Video / web streaming
fees/purchases/tuition •Free!
Source:http://www.slideshare.net/buffyjhamilton/librarian-20-personal-learning-networks-presentation/
10. How has my Personal Learning
Network helped me?
• Anytime, anywhere learning
• Share and network with other professionals
• Learn from “diverse” resources and different experts
• Stay on the cutting edge
– Hear about new resources
– Hear about new blog posts
– Hear about upcoming live and virtual conferences and
events
• Find colleagues at conferences
• Create a backchannel (side discussion) during a speaker
presentation Twitter using TweetDeck or Cover it Live
• Measure up to the National Educational Technology Standards
for Teachers - NETS-T (3)
• Teachable moments
11.
12. EduBloggers
Wings to Fly (Gail Braddock)
NeverEndingSearch (Joyce Valenza)
Not So Distant Future (Carolyn Foote)
Infomancy (Chris Harris)
CoolCatTeacher (Judy Davis)
Weblogg-ed (Will Richardson)
ThinkingStick (Jeff Utecht)
Edublogger (Sue Waters)
E-Learning Journeys (Julie Lindsey, Qatar Academy)
Google Connections
Blogger (log in with Gmail log in)
Google Reader
38. Guided Tour of Twitter
• Followers
• Public vs. Protected profiles
– Log in to Twitter
– Click Settings
– Scroll down and check the box next to "Protect my
Updates"
– SAVE your changes.
• Tweeting
• @replies
• Direct messages (DM)
• Favorites
• Nudge
• Following someone
39.
40. Twitter Resources
Twitter in Plain English
http://www.commoncraft.com/Twitter
David Lee King: Twitter explained for Librarians or 10 ways to use Twitter
http://tinyurl.com/2ljtmr
Newbie’s guide to Twitter
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-9697867-2.html
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42. Let’s get you started using Twitter!
• www.twitter.com
• Create a new account –
• Settings – Profile is very important!
• Sending tweets – remember your limited
to 144 characters
• Finding friends
– “Find People”
– www.twitter.com/gbraddock
– twitter4teachers.pbwiki.com
43. Twitter Engagement Formula
70-20-10
• Share Resources (70) - Successful learning in the 21st
Century is not what you know, but what you share, so
70% of my Twittertime is spent sharing others voices,
opinions and tools;
• Collaborations (20) - 20% of my Tweets are directly
responding, connecting, collaboration, and co-creating
with like-minded Twitter colleagues. From these
important tweets, lifelong professional and personal
relationships have been forged.
• Chit-Chat (10) - 10% of my Twittertalk is “chit-chat-
how’s-your-hat” stuff. It is in these “trivial” details
shared about working out, favorite movies, politics, and
life in general that I connect with others as a human
being. These simple chit chats are what have allowed
me to know that I am never alone, and there is support
whenever, wherever, and however I need it! Angela Maiers
44. The “P o w e r ” of a Personal
Learning Network is AMAZING!
Twitter!
Think of the ways this could
help you teach and learn!
45. More Ideas for using Twitter
• Personal vs. Professional use
• Share good work-related things you’ve discovered (a good article,
website, idea, etc.). Whenever possible, include a link (if it’s too
long, use TinyURL to shorten it with one click).
• Retweet something interesting somebody else has Twittered. Show
respect though by giving that person credit.
– Simply start your message with “Retweeting@username” and
then paste in the original message (the @ symbol is the Twitter
convention for responding or referring to other users).
• Communication tool
46. Final thought……
• Do you love to learn?
• What new things do you want to learn or
work on this school year?
• What is your personal learning goal?
Don’t wait to go to a conference or
workshop! Create your Personal Learning
Network today!
47. Taming
the flow
Madmaxx http://flickr.com/photos/warpedvisions/17308628/
