PLN4LL
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The document discusses using new technological tools for professional networking and lifelong learning. It provides guidance on incorporating tools like Twitter, Facebook, blogs, and virtual environments into one's professional learning network (PLN). Specific recommendations are given for getting started with Twitter and Facebook. Potential objections to using new tools are addressed, and additional resources are suggested for exploring immersive environments like Second Life. Throughout, the presenter encourages attendees to expand their tool usage for collaboration, community, creativity, and communication.
PLN4LL
- 1. Scott Merrick scottmerrickdotnet Resistance is Futile VTC Conference, November 11, 2010 Professional Networking for Lifelong Learning
- 2. Common Foundations: Our schools are what they should be. Preserving traditional schools = Serving students responsibly. Technological tools are available that were available so a single decade ago. We understand and make best use of these new tools in our teaching practice and in our own learning? scottmerrickdotnet Do you agree or disagree?
- 3. New Tools are for: Collaboration Community Creativity Communication and they’re all in the cloud scottmerrickdotnet
- 4. Incorporating New Tools: • Steps to build your PLN: scottmerrickdotnet
- 5. Try this: Begin with Twitter Educators on Twitter Googledoc 25 Important Guides and Apps for Teachers Twitter4Teachers and, of course, Twitter! scottmerrickdotnet And here’s a bonus download for you: Mastering Twitter .pdf
- 6. What’s the big deal about Facebook? • http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics
- 7. Try this: “Educize”your Facebook Read “Establishing a PLN on Fb” Look at “Best Practices for Educators Using Facebook” Read “Social Media in Education: The Power of Facebook” scottmerrickdotnet
- 8. Are your charges “students” or are they “learners?” • (David Warlick’s blog post on the topic) An important ?: scottmerrickdotnet
- 9. Want more? Try these: Blogger.com Blog posts at Classroom20.com (48,801 members) Huffpost Education The Bloggers Hut in Second Life (requires override) The ReadWriteWeb scottmerrickdotnet
- 10. What’s the big deal about Immersive Environments? • KZero Q3 slideshow about the current state of 3D worlds
- 11. Common Foundations: I hardly have time for my “first life.” Why would I want a Second Life? Immersion is for a bath or a swimming pool, not for a classroom. I can’t get to these things in my school. I get it. I don’t get it. Do you agree or disagree? scottmerrickdotnet
- 12. Incorporating New Tools: • Steps toward your 3D immersive experience: scottmerrickdotnet
- 13. Try these: Second Life Virtual Environments Education Videos Open Simulator ReactionGrid VenueGen scottmerrickdotnet
- 14. and these: ISTE Special Interest Group for Virtual Environments (SIGVE) SIGVE walkthrough at ISTE 2010 in Denver, CO scottmerrickdotnet
- 15. What have YOU learned today? microblogging? Google Apps? Ning? social bookmarking? whiteboards? chat? screencasting? Glogster? Plurk? YouTube? Flickr? RSS? VOIP? what...?