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Building your PLN – the how and why of sharing your work

Building your PLN – the how and why of sharing your work. PLATO workshops, August & September 2012. Introductions. About Regional Support Division, DEECD About this workshop Part 1: Building your PLN – the why and how of sharing your work

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Building your PLN – the how and why of sharing your work

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  1. Building your PLN– the how and why of sharing your work PLATO workshops, August & September 2012

  2. Introductions • About Regional Support Division, DEECD • About this workshop • Part 1: Building your PLN – the why and how of sharing your work • Part 2: Twitter – a practical guide to sharing online • Which social networks do you use? • Do you use Twitter? Use #VicTPL to join the conversation (and follow @innovatehere)

  3. About Professional Learning Networks • YourPLN is all the people and resources you engage with (online and face to face) • Build your online PLN like you build your face to face networks: slowly, with respect and passion • Use your PLN as a resource: • Search for information • Ask questions • Share your projects and ideas • Sharing online with your PLN is easy!

  4. Why share? • Opportunity to gain feedback • Reflection and professional growth • Collaboration • Promote further sharing and spark more ideas • Celebrate your hard work • Allows others to adapt and enhance your ideas • Improved outcomes - Ultimately, sharing our ideas will allow the profession to build future practice that is better than the past!

  5. About our online community • History of Innovate Here • Social media is part of a broader commsstrategy • What we do • KISS principle • We use a hub and spoke model • Our hub is the Innovate Here website • Our spokes are social media platforms: • Educators’ Guide to Innovationning community • @innovatehere on Twitter • Ultranet Collaboration Space #143611365

  6. Why is social media so popular? • Timeliness • Reach • Feedback • Learning and reflection • Building momentum • Keeping up with current news & trends • Connecting with existing and new networks • Contributing to a global conversation • Accessible by anyone, anywhere, any time • Sending people to your website or other resources and tools

  7. How you can use social media • Do you want to use it for professional or personal purposes? • In joining the #VicTPLconversation we assume it’s for professional purposes… Ask yourself • What is my professional purpose for using #socmed? • Is this the most appropriate tool for this purpose? • What are the potential risks of using #socmed? • What policiesor guidelines does my workplace have to guide me? (eg: the Dept’s Social Media Guide)

  8. How you could use your PLN/ online community • I have an idea… • Share on a microblogging platform eg: Twitter • Post on your ACEP page • Share on Ultraneteg: Innovate Here ‘sandpit’ space • I’ve just started & am looking for feedback/collaborators… • Share on a blog (eg: Global2) or microblog (eg: Twitter) • Share via Ultranet or other ‘private’ community such as a ning • I’d like to share my project with a small group/my school… • Share via a ningcommunity, a Wiki or collaboration platform • Share with Innovate Here as a case study/ digital story • I’d like to share my idea with the world… • Nominate yourself as an Innovate Here Innovator of the Month • Any of the above methods & more!

  9. How you can use the Innovate Here website • I’m just getting started… • Identify a tangible need using the 5 Whys (Getting Started) • Check outquotes, videos and more (Inspire Me) • I’d like to see what others have done… • Check out Examples of Innovation and Innovator of the Month • I’m planning a trial… (Planning Your Trial) • Use Innovate Here’s Project Planning guides • Find tools for collecting & evaluating data, managing change and issues, engaging your community, and accessing support • I’d like to share my idea… • Check out suggestions of How to Share • I’d like some theory please… • Check out Leadership for Innovation & the Department’s Innovation Model

  10. Questions? • … Stay tuned for workshop part two: Twitter • If you would like any further information, please contact: • Innovation mailbox: innovation@edumail.vic.gov.au • Karen Dowling: dowling.karen.a@edumail.vic.gov.au • Nyunkia Tauss: tauss.nyunkia.n@edumail.vic.gov.au • Please follow us on Twitter: • @innovatehere • @DEECD

  11. Twitter– a practical guide to sharing online PLATO workshops, August & September 2012

  12. Introductions • About this workshop • About Twitter & why it is so popular • How you can use Twitter • How to sign up and how to Tweet • Which social networks do you use? • Have you downloaded the Twitter app?

  13. About Twitter • Twitter is a real-time information network of people, ideas, stories and news • Each post is called a Tweet • Each Tweet is 140 characters long – can include photos, videos, web links and conversations • You don’t need to have an account to read Twitter • You need to have an account to post or ‘Tweet’ • You can access Twitter anywhere, anytime!

  14. Why is Twitter so popular? • Timeliness • Reach • Feedback • Learning and reflection • Building momentum • Keeping up with current news & trends • Connecting with existing and new networks • Contributing to a global conversation • Accessible by anyone, anywhere, any time • Sending people to your website or other resources and tools

  15. How you can use Twitter • Do you want to use it for professional or personal purposes? • In joining the #VicTPL conversation we assume it’s for professional purposes… You should ask yourself • What is my professional purpose for using Twitter? • Is this the most appropriate tool for this purpose? • What are the potential risks of using Twitter? • What policiesor guidelines does my workplace have to guide me? (eg: DEECD’s Social Media Guide)

  16. How to Tweet – a brief guide • Use acronyms, abbrevs & short synonyms • omg, bbq, PLN, we are/ we’re, discussion/ chat • Use clipping • Short forms of common words (eg, &, etc) • Try removng the vowel, or cuttin non-essent punctuation/ letters • Use verbs to give a call to action • Check out, read, look at, sign up, find out more • Use web links • Give people a teaser and the web link for them to read more • Join an existing conversation & build your following • Hashtag used for this program: #VicTPL • Use the @ symbol to talk to others: @DEECD @innovatehere • Retweet (RT) or Direct Message (DM) others

  17. How to use your Twitter account • Go to your Twitter app or www.twitter.com • Click sign in (or sign up) • Account: [youraccountname]  choose something professional • Password: [yourpassword]  choose one you’ll remember! • Write something in the ‘what’s happening’ Tweet window (or click this button to open a Tweet window) • Compose your message introduce yourself/ say hello! • Click Tweet to publish your message • Remember: • Any tweet you post in this window can be seen by anyone! • The only private messages are ‘Direct Messages’ • Tip: use #, @, RT, web links, action verbs…

  18. How you could use Twitter today • Quoting presenters or RT others • ‘You are what you share’ – Charles Leadbeater#VicTPL • RT @Innovatehere Hello & welcome all at #VicTPLtoday! • Asking questions • @innovatehere will preso slides be available after #VicTPL? • Commenting on presentations • Thanks for the tips on how to use Twitter @innovatehere – I learned a lot! #VicTPL#innovchat • Sharing relevant things you’ve heard or read • What do you think of @innovatehere’s suggestions for how to share online? http://bit.ly/HyzLF2#VicTPL • Don’t forget: use #VicTPLto join the conversation!

  19. Questions? • If you would like any further information, please contact: • Innovation mailbox: innovation@edumail.vic.gov.au • Karen Dowling: dowling.karen.a@edumail.vic.gov.au • Nyunkia Tauss: tauss.nyunkia.n@edumail.vic.gov.au • Please follow us on Twitter: • @innovatehere • @DEECD

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