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MAKE CONNECTIONS!Increase Your Professional Learning Network with Technology
Session 332
Alabama Educational Technology Conference 2013
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Your Hosts• Dr. Reenay Rogers
Assistant Professor
Educational Research & Instructional TechnologyDepartment of Instructional Leadership & SupportThe University of West Alabama
• Dr. Susan Cordell, NBCT
Assistant Professor
Library Media & Educational ResearchDepartment of Instructional Leadership & SupportThe University of West Alabama
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Are you a member of a network? Probably!Do you routinely use. . .
• Facebook?• Twitter?• Skype?• Facetime?• Email?• Text?
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No? Do you. . .• Talk on the telephone?• Chat in the hallway, lounge or at ballgames?• Help teachers find things?• Collaborate on lesson planning?• Watch/share the daily news?• Talk in your sleep?• Sing in the shower?
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Congratulations!• You have what it
takes to join a Professional Learning Network (PLN)!
• Now, if only you had the time. . .
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What is a professional learning network?
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How does this PLN thing work?
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PLN: Can I really manage this?
www.edublogs.com
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How does Debbie do it?
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Where do I find a PLN?
It’s easier than finding Waldo!www.whereswaldo.com
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PLNs come in many forms.
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Blog
“a Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer”
Merriam-Webster Online
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Educational Blogs• Educators can use blogs to network with colleagues, find
resources, showcase their classrooms, and more.
www.educatorstechnology.com
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General Education Blogs• Edudemic- provides innovative ideas for using social
media http://www.edudemic.com/• The Innovative Educator- ht
tp://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/• Technology Blog for Teachers-
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/
http://thespian70.blogspot.com/
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Educator Blogs• Special Ed Blog
http://digitalanthology.blogspot.com/
http://specialedlaw.blogs.com/• Library Media Specialists
http://blog.cathyjonelson.com/
http://www.trycuriosity.com/
http://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com/
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Educator Blogs• Primary Grade Blog
http://theorganizedclassroomblog.com/
http://mscassidysclass.edublogs.org• Principal’s Blog
http://lynhilt.com/• Science Blog
http://www.sciencefix.com/
http://scienceblog.com/• Math Blog
http://blog.hoodamath.com/
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Educator Blogs• Language Arts Blog
http://interactivelanguagearts.com/• U.S. History Blog
http://ushistoryeducatorblog.blogspot.com/• World History Blog
http://worldhistoryeducatorsblog.blogspot.com/• Art Teachers Blog
http://www.theartofed.com/
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Get Started Blogging!• Create your own educational blog
Get Started with EduBlog! • http://edublogs.org/curriculum-corner-class-blogs/
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Wiki
“a web site that allows anyone to add, delete, or revise content by using a web browser” (Dictionary.com)
http://cyber-kap.blogspot.com/2011/05/top-10-sites-for-creating-wiki.html
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Educational Wikis
Educators are using wikis to post lesson plans, resources, etc. Take advantage of the free resources available.
Extensive list of education Wikis found here:• http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Examples+of+edu
cational+wikis
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Network with Twitter• Use Twitter to collaborate or learn from educators around
the world• @We Are Teachers-teacher social network• @TeachHub- K-12 teacher resource• @Edutopia- Educational resource• #Educhat:
http://thecleversheep.blogspot.com/2009/03/launch-of-educhat.html
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How to Get Started with Twitter?• Twitter for Librarians:
http://oedb.org/ilibrarian/a-guide-to-twitter-in-libraries/• Twitter Guide for Teachers:
http://www.edudemic.com/2010/06/the-ultimate-twitter-guidebook/
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Use the most popular social media to network!Education Facebook Groups:• Educators Using Facebook• Teachers Sharing Ideas and Resources
for the Classroom• Educators Network• Five Ways to Make Facebook Work for T
eachers
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Other…• Edmodo- allows teachers to collaborate, send notes, post
assignments, conduct polls, etc. in a safe environment http://www.edmodo.com/
• Special Interest Groups (SIGS)- http://www.iste.org/connect/special-interest-groups
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Why join professional learning networks?
• For personal and social growth• For professional growth• To access the expertise of others• To provide your expertise to others• To share issues and solve problems together• To stay abreast of current trends and issues• To collaborate and play well with your colleagues• To improve your teaching• To embrace all the new technologies your students
already know, and use them to their benefit• To be cool!
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Who needs a PLN?
Actually, who doesn’t?
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Who ultimately benefits?
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Let’s review. . .
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Now go out and make connections with your own PLN!
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