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1. Creating a Twitter PLN/PLE and Social bookmarking Frank, Divergent Learner Creative Commons Licensed Stephanie Dulmage
2. Session Goals: Define PLN and PLE Benefits of PLNs and PLEs Creating a PLN/PLE on Twitter 3 Elements of a PLN Using Twitter, Tweetdeck, and Twitterfall to Manage Your PLN Social Bookmarking - Diigo, Pocket, Evernote Twitter PLN/PLE Resources Stephanie Dulmage
3. What Is a PLN or PLE? PLN is an acronym for personal learning network PLE is an acronym for the tool that you create your personal learning environment in – Twitter, Moodle, Ning, Diigo, Google Reader, Blogs, Wikis Characteristics of a PLN A Personal Learning Network (PLN) is the collection of people with whom you engage and exchange information. They are the group of people who contribute to your knowledge and understanding of topics in your field and beyond. Personal Learning Networks extend your learning through increased reflection, while enabling you to learn as part of a global community. Networking online and finding individuals with whom you share connections or whose interests you share in common Stephanie Dulmage
4. PLN Vs. PLE Stephanie Dulmage
5. Benefits of PLNs Supports knowledge construction through networks Empowers learners to be self-led, independent knowledge seekers and creators Allows for customization of learning specific to individual learning needs or interests. highly collaborative, reflective, and inspirational Fosters engagement with like-minded professionals Meaningful professional development Stephanie Dulmage
6. Google Chrome Firefox Google + Read it Later Stephanie Dulmage
7. Stages/Levels of Involvement in PLN Social Network Knowledge Construction Identify - What’s Out There? Lurk - How Do Things Work Here? Contribute – What Can I Construct? Create – What Can I Offer? Lead – How Can I Lead or Mentor Others Stephanie Dulmage
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9. 3 Elements of a Strong PLN Blogs/Microblogging Twitter Edublogs, Social Bookmarking Diigo, Pinterest, Read it Later Groups and Forums Educator’s PLN Classroom 2.0 Stephanie Dulmage
10. Creating Twitter PLN Set Up a Twitter Account http://www.twitter.com Stephanie Dulmage
11. Choose an avatar – photo of yourself or other logo Create and post a bio Add a link to your blog or web site Find people/friends to follow Stephanie Dulmage
12. Finding People to Follow Join @teachingquality on Sept 20 (8:30-9:30pm ET) for #teaching2030 chat Follow "hashtags“, "searches“ or people Follow who your followers follow Popular education hashtags/tweetchats: #edchat, #edtech, #edreform, #mathchat, #gtchat, #ntchat, #passiondriven, #nlearning, #scichat, #stem,#mathchat, #spedchat, #k12, #elemchat, #midleved, #cpchat Stephanie Dulmage
13. Using Twitter Twitter: Log In Post comment in the “What’s Happening?” Box Comments need to be clear, concise, and 140 characters Click Tweet Other Twitter Functions: Favorite, Reply, Delete Stephanie Dulmage
14. Managing Tweetchats/Twitter Tweetdeck Tweetdeck is a platform for organizing Twitter and Twitter followers and much more: TweetDeck is your personal browser for staying in touch with what’s happening now, connecting you with your contacts across Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and more. TweetDeck you to customize your Twitter experience with columns, groups, saved searches and automatic updates helping you to stay updated with the people and topics you care about. Tweetdeck allows you to tweet, share photos, videos or links. Stephanie Dulmage
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16. Twitterfall Twitterfall Twitterfall is a Twitter client specializing in real-time tweet searches. New tweets fall into the page. Allows you to follow the stream of a hashtag or tweetchat. Effective when participating in a webinar or tweetchat. Stephanie Dulmage
17. http://www.twitterfall.com Stephanie Dulmage
18. Social BookMarking Social bookmarking is a method for Internet users to organize, store, manage and search for bookmarks of resources online. In a social bookmarking system, users save links to web pages that they want to remember and/or share. Bookmarks are usually public, and can be saved privately, shared only with specified people or groups, shared only inside certain networks, or another combination of public and private domains. Stephanie Dulmage
19. Examples of social bookmarking Platforms Diigo Pocket Twitter StumbleUpon Trunk.ly Symbaloo Pinterest Stephanie Dulmage
20. Diigo Diigo Capabilities: Bookmarks Highlights and Sticky Notes Public and Private Groups Tags and Lists Share and Network Networking and Community Stephanie Dulmage
21. http://www.diigo.com/index Stephanie Dulmage
22. Getting Started Set up a Twitter Account Create a Profile/Bio Choose People to Follow Set up a Tweetdeck Follow a Hashtag or Tweetchat Set up Twitterfall to manage Tweetchats Identify, Lurk, Contribute, Create and… Stephanie Dulmage
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24. What are your plans for creating a PLN? How do you think this will benefit you? What applications do you see for your colleagues and students? How will this transform teaching and learning? How will you use this to be a change agent in your classroom, school, district? Stephanie Dulmage
25. Questions and contact Information Live Binder Resources: http://livebinders.com/edit?id=90248 http://livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit/34291 http://livebinders.com/edit?id=51890 http://livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=23331 Contact Information: Stephanie Dulmage dulmage@wbsd.org Blog: http://educationvisionleadership.edublog.org Twitter:@stephe1234 Stephanie Dulmage