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Photo credit: KTSDesign

Passionate to Participate: Plan Your PLN(a.k.a. Rock, er, I mean, Blog Your World!)

Photo credit: KTSDesign as cited at http://goo.gl/kuJD5

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Edutopia’s Edublogs We Love: Ten Top Stops for Internet InteractionThese Web sites are the cornerstones of a vast online educational community.

Source: James Daly, Editor-in-Chief, Edutopia, www.edutopia.org

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Autographs after this session ONLY.Source: http://goo.gl/i87WO

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dWhere’s Miguel Guhlin?• mguhlin.org• mguhlin.net• moodlemayhem.org• Texas4TEE.net

Connect with “mguhlin” on any or all of elearning platforms and/or media tools:

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dBRAIN = Brilliant Resources At Instant’s NoticeSource: Dan Rezac, Adventures in EdTech

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“This group of educators I engage with every day are a living, organic, knowledge base. They are real people with real experiences, and a wealth of knowledge. When I reference my network of educators I call them my ‘brain trust.’"

BRAIN = Brilliant Resources At Instant NoticeSource: Dan Rezac, Adventures in EdTech

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Where is your virtual space?

Source: http://goo.gl/Z3ExQ

Wiki (share your address)

Blog (share your address)

Photo Sharing?

Social Networking Tools(e.g. Facebook, Twitter)

All?

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No matter what tools you use to connect, you are the message you send.

How do you go deep?

Source: http://goo.gl/91o6t

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why blog?

Source: http://goo.gl/7Q7pH

Tips and suggestions will

appear in orange.

More details on each tip appear

later in the preso.

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4 reasons for blogging

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6 technical tips for bloggers

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1) Writing flows from a moment captured by the voyager; I am he.

“Every experience in our lives is worth writing about.” - Nanci Atwell, In the Middle

Selfhood derives from the sense that one can initiate and carry out activities on one’s own.

Even the simplest narratives are built around an agent-self as a protagonist.

Any system of education or theory of pedagogy that diminishes the school’s role in nurturing its pupils’ self-esteem fails at one of its primary functions.

Personhood implicates narrative.--Jerome Bruner

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“Every experience in our lives is worth writing about.” - Nanci Atwell, In the Middle

Please share in the chat ONE SENTENCE or PHRASE that sums up an experience in your professional work that is worth writing about.

Tip #1 - If you’re not a writer, be a podcaster or vidcaster. (we’ll explore this in more detail in a moment)

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2) I blog to transform my experiences.

The act of creation embodied in this blog, in everything I write, are powerful antidotes to the poison I encounter in the wilderness of despair, of fear, and hypocrisy. Blogging allows me to transform them, like the dragon in one of my favorite stories, St. George and the Dragon and The Quest for the Holy Grail by Edward Hays (http://goo.gl/YX7UB)..

Source: http://goo.gl/DdGkf

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How do you transform your negative experiences in ways that empower you to share your insights with others?

Tip #2 - Start with another’s experience, book quote, blog entry, series of tweets, and then make a connection between your experience and their’s.

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3) Dare to contribute for you are beautiful as well.

When I write, you'll find I'm in the story. When I see something, such as a technical problem, I am any one of the following: 1) An ignorant newbie to linux writing about how he solved a problem, recording it for the future so I won't forget what I've learned along the way; 2) A bridge-builder who labors for those who come behind him; 3) A peacock who faces anger with truth; 4) A turkey who cannot control its temper.

Source: http://goo.gl/DdGkfSource: http://goo.gl/KDZ9W

Tip #3 - Build your virtual nest using free or hosted web services. Blogger, Posterous and Tumblr are places to start.

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Bloggers must wrestle with their ideas, their emotions, the world around them and bring order to it. We need to speak to that struggle, tell when we fail, when we succeed...and find how to best share failures.

Source: http://goo.gl/DdGkfSource: http://goo.gl/KDZ9W

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Want to connect with others?

Source: http://goo.gl/DdGkfSource: http://goo.gl/KDZ9W

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the read/write web is a massive

playground of information bits that are shared, remixed openly into a fluid and participatory

tapestry.

--Don Tapscott and Anthony Williams, Wikinomics

Source: http://goo.gl/hq2QG

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d6 Technical Tips to Blogging Success

Source: http://goo.gl/DdGkfSource: http://goo.gl/KDZ9W

Source: http://goo.gl/yDMTx

Tip #1 - Write or speak

Tip #2 - Make connections

Tip #3 - Build your virtual space

Tip #4 - Robot-size with RSS

Tip #5 - Divert the flow

Tip #6 - Play with Stats

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Source: http://goo.gl/DdGkfSource: http://goo.gl/KDZ9W

Tip #1 - Write OR Speak.If you’re not a writer, be a podcaster or vidcaster.

bit.ly/podcastpizzazzbit.ly/podcastpizzazz

http://goo.gl/RVvjw

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Source: http://goo.gl/DdGkfSource: http://goo.gl/KDZ9W

Tip #2 - Make Connections Start with another’s experience, book quotes, blog entry, series of tweets, and make a connection.

http://www.diigo.com

http://www.diigo.com

http://diigo.com http://evernote.com

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Source: http://goo.gl/DdGkfSource: http://goo.gl/KDZ9W

Tip #2 - Make Connections Start with another’s experience, book quotes, blog entry, series of tweets, and make a connection.

EdTech Bloggershttp://bit.ly/mgedtechfeed

Moodle Bloggershttp://bit.ly/mgmoodlefeed

GoogleApps for Ed Bloggershttp://bit.ly/mggctfeed

Need a quick Professional Learning Network? Start with mine....

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Source: http://goo.gl/DdGkfSource: http://goo.gl/KDZ9W

Tip #3 - Build Your Virtual Space Build your virtual spaces using free web services.

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Source: http://goo.gl/DdGkfSource: http://goo.gl/KDZ9W

Source: http://goo.gl/yDMTx

Tip #4 - “Robot-size” with RSSUse Real Simple Syndication (RSS) to spread the word (or your content).

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Source: http://goo.gl/DdGkfSource: http://goo.gl/KDZ9W

Tip #5 - “Divert the FlowTake advantage of social networking/media tools to help others see your work.

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Source: http://goo.gl/DdGkfSource: http://goo.gl/KDZ9W

Tip #5 - “Divert the FlowTake advantage of social networking/media tools to help others see your work.

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Source: http://goo.gl/DdGkfSource: http://goo.gl/KDZ9W

Tip #6 - Play with Stats.Track your visitors and “hits.”

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Statcounter.comStatcounter.com

Tip #6 - Play with Stats.Track your visitors and “hits.”

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Source: http://goo.gl/DdGkfSource: http://goo.gl/KDZ9WLinks:http://clustrmaps.comSome alternatives: http://goo.gl/dBImA

Tip #6 - Play with Stats.Track your visitors and “hits.”

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Source: http://goo.gl/DdGkfSource: http://goo.gl/KDZ9W

Tip #6 - Play with Stats.Track your visitors and “hits.”

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What will it take for you to share what you’re

learning, while you’re learning it, with others?

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more importantly...

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...what will it take for you and your peers to model how to learn and share

with your students, then help them do the same?

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dSee you online!• mguhlin.org• mguhlin.net• moodlemayhem.org• Texas4TEE.net

Connect with “mguhlin” on any or all of elearning platforms and/or media tools:

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