Web 2.0 Technology Workshop

Andrew Seibel, PrincipalBrian Carter, Assistant Principal

Moorestown High School

Blogs

www.movingforward.wikispaces.com  • Administered by Dr. Scott McLeod (@mcleod), Director of

the UCEA Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (CASTLE)

 • Collection of great educational blogs sorted by content area.

Creating a PLN can help you stay connected

PersonalLearningNetwork

Personal Learning Network

• Differentiated • Ongoing• Self-paced• Immediate• Global

Ways to connect with your PLN

Netvibes: RSS Aggregator

A Resource Hub

Micro-Blogging

• 140 character limit• Connect with like-minded individuals • Links to blogs, articles, pictures• Get answers to questions• Informal poll or survey• Begin dialogue• Discuss use of technology• Get a feel for what others around the world are

thinking

Twitter

apps

Creating a PLN using Twitter

Create an account www.twitter.com 

Creating a PLN on Twitter Prezi

Participate in hashtag events (#edchat)

Follow other educators

Twitter Skills

Retweet

Hashtag Events

Highlight blog posts/articles

Website Address Shorteners

Social Bookmarking & Blogging

Stages of PLN adoption

• Immersion• Evaluation• Know-it-all• Perspective• Balance

 taken from The Thinking Stick blog by Jeff Utecht (@jutecht)

Wordle-State of the Union 

Jing

Screen shots

or

video

guidanceturnstilecheckout.mp4

Prezi

The zooming presentation editor

Xtranormal

Moodle

http://mtps.mrooms2.net/

Links• www.twitter.com• www.edmodo.com• prezi.com• voicethread.com • www.jingproject.com• www.edupln.ning.com• www.netvibes.com• www.diigo.com• www.del.icio.us.com• www.wordle.net• www.xtranormal.com• www.movingforward.wikispaces.com

• wiki by Scott Mcleod  • The Thinking Stick

• blog by Jeff Utecht • Nebraska Change Agent

• blog by Beth Still