Building Your Online PLN

Lauren ZuckerQuad District PDSummer 2016

1. Your Name2. School, Grade Level(s), Subject Area(s)3. Favorite Digital Tool or Online Space for Education Resources / A Goal for Today

Introductions

Today’s Agenda

1. What is a PLN? What does mine already look like?

2. Building Your PLN: Overview of Resources

3. Open Time to Play & Explore + 15-minute break

4. Whole Group Share - Share 1-2 resources or spaces with the group

What is a PLN?

Benefits of Being a Connected Educator

My Existing PLN

PLN - a personalized network of all of the people, spaces, and tools that I use to learn

5 min Quick Write - What does your PLN already look like?

Mrs. Zucker’s PLN (created on Padlet)

Your PLN: Tools to Consider

Edublogs Teacher Challenge - Building Your PLNCuration Tools (Evernote, social bookmarking)MOOCs (#CLMOOC)Twitter Chats (see subsequent slides)Podcasts (NPR’s TED Radio Hour, RadioLab)Library resources (e-books, audiobooks, Hoopla)

General Resources on PLN Building

Edublogs Teacher Challenge - Building Your PLNPLN Guide from Edutopia (written by Tom Whitby)Live Binder on PLN BuildingJerry Blumengarten’s Digital Library of Teacher Resources by Topic and Grade Level (@cybraryman1)

Educational Podcasts

For Teachers: Top 36 Educational Podcasts & Teacher’s Guide to Podcasting

For Students:Creating a Podcast with Audacity and Related Resources & Standards-Based Podcast Rubric (by Lauren Zucker and Mary Florio)

Blog Resources (From Dorothy Fox)

Edugblogs- Edublogs is the largest education blogging platform on the web. It's easy, safe and packed with features. Edublog Award Winners- follow these bloggers

Subscribe-- find a blog you love and enter your email to subscribe

Bookmark- bookmark in your browser or use a bookmarking siteDelicious

RSS Feed Reader- Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication An easy way to keep track of blogs you like.Blog aggregators

Bloglovin

Edcamps & Conferences (From Dorothy Fox)Edcamp.org - An organic, participant-driven professional learning experience. A community created by educators, for educators. The leading edge of professional development in education.Local Edcamps: EdcampNYC, EdcampAccessNJ,

EdcampExit8A, EDcamp Wyckoff, 7-11-16Edscape - local education conference ISTE - International Society for Technology in EducationVirtual ISTE Conference 2016

Why Tweet?

Why Tweet?

1. Read a link or two on this Resources Document

https://goo.gl/WXJxDU

2. Add some reasons to the Participant Document

https://goo.gl/NAtsua

The Basics

New to Twitter? Take a deep breath...

Twitter Glossary

Tweet - A 140-character message on the micro-blog, Twitter

@ - This symbol precedes each username (aka “handle”)# - Hashtags precede a word or phrase; if you click a hashtag, you can see other tweets organized by that topic (e.g. #edtech)Follow - Subscribing to someone’s account so you can see everything new they post; not necessarily mutualAdapted from: https://support.twitter.com/articles/166337#hashtag

Twitter Glossary (cont’d)

Like - Click the heart next to a tweet to show you appreciate it Reply - Responding to someone’s tweet (starts with their username)RT (Retweet) - Copying or quoting someone else’s tweet to share with your followers; if you alter it, it’s a modified tweet (MT) *Note: Numbers next to these icons show how many users liked, replied to, or retweeted a tweet.

Adapted from: https://support.twitter.com/articles/166337#hashtag

Twitter Glossary (cont’d)

Profile - The information you share publicly (your tweets, bio, photo)Mention - Including someone else’s username in a tweet to get their attention, or give them credit (e.g. @Beyonce is cool)

DM (Direct Message) - A private message to someone you followPinned Tweet - If you “pin” a tweet to the top of your profile, it appears first (tweets appear in reverse chronological order)

Adapted from: https://support.twitter.com/articles/166337#hashtag

Be Smart

Finding Twitter Chats

Google Calendar - official list of chats for educators19 Twitter Chats for Teachers - great recommendations from ISTE (Int’l Society for Technology in Education)List of Chats- chats for educators, organized by topic

Courtesy of: http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/twitter-teachers

Twitter - follow & connect, schedule a chat, explore lists

*Curate & Organize* your files and resources (Evernote, Drive, Dropbox)

Podcasts - search, listen, download an app

Experiment with a new tech tool

Open Time to Play and Explore!Create a digital visual

representation of your PLN

Explore Videos - Webinars, YouTube, TED-Ed

Research 2016-2017 Conferences (in-person and virtual)

Explore MOOCs (#clmooc; Great Courses on Hoopla)

Whole Group Share

1. Walk us through 1-2 resources, spaces, or tools that you use or discovered today during our open time. These can be general, or subject-specific.

2. What are your next steps for continuing to build your PLN?

3. Do you need any additional resources, workshops, or support from the Quad to continue to build your PLN?

Email (zuckerl@northernhighlands.org) or Tweet me (@LGZreader) with any questions!