Creating your Personal Learning Network (PLN)
Using twitter and RSS feeders
We all have a PLN who is in yours now?
Who is in your learning network?
Who do you learn from on a regular basis?
Who do you turn to for your own professional development?
PLN BasicsWhat is a digital PLN?How would that help me?How do I create one?
Really Simple Syndicate (RSS)
Pull Technology
Digital Networking
ConnectContributeConverseRequestBe PatientBe Authentic
Totally IndividualizedSubject matterGradeTopic or interest
No one knows everything about anything, but a lot of people know something
Let’s Set Up an Account
Twitter Teacher
Twitter Set UpConfirm your account through your emailCreate your profile
Privacy settingsSeparating work and personal twitterUsing your real name and photo for
professional use
Create Your Profile
The Lingo
@mentionsRetweetsDM direct
messageUsing
#hashtags
@mentions
Retweets (RT)
Direct Messages (DM)
#hashtags
Favorites: a way to file resources
Twitter Search
Finding Tweeps
Shortening Your URL
Top 21 Twitter Clients
Tweet Deck
Twitter Etiquette http://heidicohen.com/twitter-etiquette/
Find Some People to FollowYour address book to find people you knowHash tags # to find interestsLook at people associated with someone you
resonate with @donnaromanFollow and unfollow to tailor your PLN
RSS ReaderRSS in Plain English
Google Reader
Set up Your ReaderCreate a google accountClick on ReaderStart with 3-5 blogs to followLet’s start finding blogs
Edublog 2011 winners
In order to teach students about the power of social networking by learning to:
Navigate Be safeLeverage their participationAct ethically Use effectively
We have to understand it ourselves
They are already engaged in networking, but there are not many people teaching them
So, what did you end up with?
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