Quick Bytes: Become a Better Educator without leaving your Desk
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This document provides tips for educators to develop a professional learning network and online presence without leaving their desk. It encourages connecting with colleagues virtually through tools like wikis, Twitter, Skype and blogs to facilitate continual learning. Educators are advised to search for themselves online, update profiles on sites like LinkedIn and Twitter, and create a central extendr.com page to share information. Presentations can be uploaded to Slideshare for comments and to create an online presentation library. Online courses are suggested for flexible learning, though real college courses can be prohibitive. The overall message is that maintaining connections through virtual tools supports ongoing education.
Quick Bytes: Become a Better Educator without leaving your Desk
- 1. QUICK BYTESBecome a better educator without leaving your deskAmy BakerProgram Resource Director
- 2. EXTENSIONShort Attention Span TheaterEncouraging and supporting intra-organizational learningAN ONLINE ENRICHMENT COURSE COMING JANUARY 2012
- 3. QUICK BYTE #1Develop a Professional Learning Network Online
- 4. Develop a Professional Learning Network OnlinePremiseMaintaining connections is needed to facilitate continual learningWhy?Ideas, energy, opportunities, support, perspectives, friendship
- 5. Develop a Professional Learning Network OnlineDo it online!Connecting, collaborating, problem-solving with colleagues VIRTUALLYA far-flung network is possibleUsing tools of Web 2.0: wikis, twitter, skype, blogs, facebook…You don’t have to love the technology to love the community
- 6. Develop a Professional Learning Network OnlineParticipateLearneNrich
- 7. Develop a Professional Learning Network OnlineMy comfort zoneThings & people that make my profession worthwhile and interestingMy PLNAdapted from “why do we connect?” by Shelly Terrell
- 8. Develop a Professional Learning Network OnlineFind where conversations are happening and join inBlogsMessage boardsNing sitesFacebookTwitter chatsSkype chats (video-conferencing)
- 9. Develop a Professional Learning Network OnlineTWITTERGet your own twitter accountAdd people you knowAdd people they follow who look relevantAdd from compiled lists (search google)Ease in: Retweet, live tweet events, reply to tweets, ask questionsMore advanced: tweet found links, original material, links to own material
- 10. Develop a Professional Learning Network OnlineBLOGSSetup a feedreaderSearch google and find 5 blogs relating to your professionFollow themLeave commentsExplore their links and blogrolls
- 11. QUICK BYTE #2Update/create your professional online presence
- 12. Update/Create your Professional Online PresenceGOOGLE YOURSELF! You know you want to.
- 13. Update/Create your Professional Online PresenceSTEP 1Fill out your Google profile page.PhotoExperience/expertiseContact infoLinks to your otheronline profiles
- 14. Update/Create your Professional Online PresenceSTEP 2Update other online profilesLinkedInTwitter FacebookMoodleUpdate regularly with professional info on new projects or interests
- 15. Update/Create your Professional Online PresenceSTEP 3Create extendr.compageONE PAGE TO RULE THEM ALL!!Link to this in:Other profilesEmailsPresentationshttp://amybaker.extendr.com
- 16. QUICK BYTE #3Share your presentations on slideshare
- 17. Share Your Presentations on SlideshareUpload presentations—free unlimited public presentationsYou can make an mp3 recording and sync it upEmbed in a website, Tweet the linkAdd your slideshare feed to LinkedIn and FB profiles
- 18. Share Your Presentations on Slideshare
- 19. Share Your Presentations on SlideshareIDEASGet colleagues’ comments on your presentationsUse it as a presentation library for your teamArchive event presentations (like Program Conference!)
- 20. QUICK BYTE #4Explore Alternatives to the traditional lecture
- 21. Explore Alternatives to the traditional lectureSpice it up!Prezi presentation
- 22. QUICK BYTE #5Take an Online Course
- 23. Take an Online CourseWhat is an online course?An online course is curriculum that is delivered mostly or completely online. There are typically no face-to-face meetings. The online learning experience includes all the educational components of a well-planned traditional-format course, but delivered in an alternative manner to allow for flexibility in location and timing.
- 24. Take an Online CourseARMSTORSOLEGS
- 25. Take an Online CourseMost instructor-led online courses offered by real colleges are cost- and time-prohibitiveLook for online classes that include an instructor (these are actually quite hard to find!)Learnable.com, LERN.orgTry looking for something else you’re passionate aboutThings that are not really an online course:Recorded lecturesKhan academy
- 26. Take an Online CourseBe prepared to set aside considerable timeBe organizedRead and post to the discussion board or commentsDo the assignments, even if they are just suggestions
- 27. EXTENSIONShort Attention Span TheaterEncouraging and supporting intra-organizational learningAN ONLINE ENRICHMENT COURSE COMING JANUARY 2012
- 28. Questions
Editor's Notes
- #6: Make a PLN the easy way!
- #7: The key here is that it starts with participate!
- #8: May be the edge of your comfort zone
- #9: Just a few places to think about when searching out conversations
- #11: You can have a separate google reader with your work account.
- #12: Professional online presence, not just for job hunters!
- #13: See what shows up, update it, try to fix up what you’d like to show up but doesn’t
- #14: These rank highly in google searches (if filled out with a little info)
- #16: Here is an idea for a cohesive online presence, make lots of your profiles reference an extendr.com page.
- #18: Slideshare pages rank very well on GoogleThe free version only allows for public uploadsThe mp3 audio feature may be something to consider as UMPresenterdies the slow death.
- #19: --download (optional, here it is grayed out, will download whatever original format was), --embed code (always available), --speaker notes are the notes from your powerpoint--comments, favorites, views, link to speaker’s profile
- #20: If you think about it too hard, it is easy to talk yourself out of slideshare. But it can be good for a lot of reasons!
- #22: This is a link to a prezi presentation to demonstrate an alternative format. Also includes info on chime-in.
- #24: Extension is being asked to offer online courses, by the University and by clientele, but first we have to really understand what it is.
- #25: Analogy: clothing designer asked to create a space suit. You don’t just put a suit in space! You adapt it FOR space. But it still has the basics: arms, legs, torso.Online course: don’t just put a course online. Adapt it. But it is still essentially a course, and you’re all used to that. (instead of legs, arms, torso, it has subject presentation, activities, and discussion) But why not TAKE one so that we’ve all seen a space suit!!This might be the most ridiculous slide I’ve ever made.
- #26: We’re not trying to put on those kind of college courses anywayLOOK FOR COURSES THAT INCLUDE INSTRUCTOR INVOLVEMENT AND CLASS INTERACTION!!! If you do not find anything, try looking for something else you’re passionate about. Languages, hobbies, photography, writing, the point here is to expose yourself to the online courseThings that are not… hundreds of university courses (namely MIT and Yale) are available online for free, these are recorded lectures and are not a course just like Science Friday on NPR is not a courseKhan academy is awesome. If you haven’t heard of it, go there as soon as you get home. But it still isn’t an online course!
- #27: Just because it’s online doesn’t mean it won’t take a bunch of time to read/watch and participateBe organized about what parts you’ve completed, and when you’ll carve out time to be online and do any assignments or activitiesThe discussion board is where the most active part of the class will take place, usually with other students posting links and the instructor giving feedback. This is why instructor-led is so important.