Building Your PLN: Twitter and Blogging
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Building your PLN: Twitter and Blogging By: Hugh McDonald @hughtheteacher Gallit Zvi @gallit_z
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A fun and easy to learn presentation about the benefits of twitter and blogging in building your personal learning network (PLN) and making your learning more visable for others. We live in a connected world and our students are yearing to learn more about how they can you use these tools to help them personalize their learning. Through modeling teachers have the power to do this. Enjoy! Gallit Zvi and Hugh McDonald
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Building your PLN:Twitter and Blogging
By:
Hugh McDonald @hughtheteacher
Gallit Zvi @gallit_z
Shape of Day
o Twittero Twitter Exploration Timeo Why Blog?o Blogging Exploration Time using Kidblog
All this…
Thank you @courosa
Can Now be found Here!
Gaming
Thank you @courosa
Two Players
Thank you @courosa
Connections have Evolvedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMH0bHeiRNg&list=FLnYZoKqsu4pKrxdqyjnrNdw&index=9&feature=plpp_video
Are we where our students are?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkhpmEZWuRQ&feature=
youtu.be
Thank you @gcouos
Web 2.0: What it is?
• Participation
• Collaboration
• Changing the way internet can be used in the classroom
• Knowing, Wondering, Learning, & Sharing
• Twitter, Blogging, Facebook, Google Docs, wikis, youtube etc…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OBlgSz8sSM
What it isn’t?• Just consuming information from
websites for content
Why Twitter?
• “Twitter in 60 Seconds”
http://www.slideshare.net/CatherineRitz/twitter-for-professional-development
Why Twitter?• Connections: Create your own Personal Learning Network (PLN)
• Collaboration: Share resources and ideas with like minded teachers & students
• Live Chats (#hashtags)
• Research: Search for resources you need
• Impress your students
• Use new sites and resources even they haven’t heard of
http://www.slideshare.net/CatherineRitz/twitter-for-professional-development
Benefits of a Twitter PLNhttp://linoit.com/users/mrsdkrebs/canvases/Joining%20the%20Conversation
Where are you joining the Conversation?
• 1. I'm not interested. I don't get it. In fact, how did I get into this session anyway?
• 2. I've been thinking about it, considering joining in.
However, I don't know how.
• 3. I'm ready to go! Just point me in the right direction. • 4. I've already joined the conversation, and I'm having lots
of fun and making connections
Denise Krebs https://sites.google.com/site/iowajoiningtheconversation2012/inspiration
Let’s get started!
Add more “tweeps”
Starting Your Twitter PLN
FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Hashtag
Some Education Hashtags We Use
• #sd36learn• #edchat• #bced• #1stchat, 5thchat etc…• #kinderchat• #geniushour• #choose2matter• #youmatter• #learn365• #elemchat• #edtech
Why Blog with Students?
• Authentic Audience
• Increased Intrisic Motivation for the task
• Engaged Learners
More Reasons to Blog
• Share thoughts, ideas, and opinions, & support them with details that make understanding easy. –Pictures, captions, videos
• Will learn to communicate effectively
Become better writers, both in content and mechanics.
Become better readers, improving comprehension and the
ability to read critically.
Blog to a Worldwide Audiencehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgZ3X0e67Tc&feature= player_embedded
Use Web 2.0 technology as a tool to publish their work to share with
their peers, family, and friends.
Blogging Platforms
*Personal Weebly Blog if Students created own E-Portfolio website.
