Social Media Tools for Personalized Professional Development
1. Social Media Tools for
Personalized
Development
Lucy Gray
Connecticut Educators ComputerAssociation Conference
October 18, 2010
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3. What is social media?
“Online technologies and practices that people use to share
opinions, insights, experiences, and perspectives with each
other.”
“Social media are works of user-created video, audio, text
or multimedia that are published and shared in a social
environment, such as a blog, wiki or video hosting site.
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4. Media and Tools
Photos Audio Video Bookmarks Information Networking
Flickr iTunes YouTube del.icio.us Twitter Facebook
Photobucket Podomatic Teacher Tube Diigo Slideshare
Apple
Learning
Interchange
iStockPhoto Odeo Vimeo StumbleUpon Scribd LinkedIn
Blogger Ning
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6. My Web 2.0 Story
2005 Became an Apple Distinguished Educator • Introduced to the joys of RSS
feeds and NetNewsWire • Attended my first ADE Institute (Alan November
presented introduced to podcasting, Skype,Technorati, Creative Commons) •
Started blogging and exploring web-based apps
2000 Started Friday 5 list of educational resources • Began using Backflip to
organize bookmarks • Became an avid user of the ED TECH listserv among other
pre-Web 2.0 online • Attended NECC (now called ISTE), MACUL conferences
for the first time
Pre 2000 Attended Illinois Computing Educator events, Classroom Connect
conferences
1999 Started Technology in Education graduate program at National Louis
University
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7. My Web 2.0 Story
2006 Participated in Google focus group • Wrote global awareness curriculum for
Apple in Europe • Started blogging for Infinite Thinking Machine • Started
volunteering on ICE conference committee
2007 Helped with the Google Teachers Academy • Introduced to Facebook and
Twitter
2008 Helped with Chicago GTA • Bought an iPhone • Visited Singapore
2009 and 2010 Served on NMC’s K12 Horizon Report Advisory Board • Starting
consulting work • Travelled to Bahrain for the Education Project Conference •
Attended CECA !
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8. The Point?
This stuff has profoundly changed
my professional life and the way
that I work.
Everyone will have a different Ah
Ha moment with social media.
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9. Tried & True
Photos Audio Video Bookmarks Information Networking
Flickr iTunes YouTube del.icio.us Twitter Facebook
Diigo Slideshare
Apple
Learning
Interchange
Scribd LinkedIn
Ning
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10. Lucy’s Top 5
Microblo$ing using Twitter
Networking and community building via Ning
Reading weblogs organized by a newsreader
Discovering images and groups in Flickr
Finding and sharing resources via social bookmarking
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11. Why Twitter?
Connect with others
Stay current in your areas of interest
Share and co%ect resources
Get spontaneous responses &om your network
Directly access experts and we%-known people in your
field
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13. Why Ning?
Build customized social networking sites
Serves as a repository for videos, audio, and text
Structure adds to community building
Find a ning for every educational topic
Keep your Ning public or private
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14. A Few Favorite Nings
Classroom 2.0
TeacherLibrarianNing
Independent School Educators
Network
The Global Education
Co#aborative
Pearson sponsoring Nings for
educators
Alternatives to Ning
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15. Why Blogs?
Reflect on professional practice
Record ideas
Share resources
Showcase best practices and examples
Inspire others
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16. A Few Favorite Blogs
Langwitches
Always Learning
Weblo$-ed
Never Ending Search
Huffington Post
Education
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17. Why Flickr?
Share and store photos
Create stuff with your
images
Organize photos using
tags
Join affinity groups
Geotag photos
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18. A Few Flickr Favorites
Field Guide: Birds of the
World
Te% a Story in Five
Frames
Classroom Displays
AtrociousApostrophe’s
Popular Tags in Flickr
Interesting Things
Calendar
Flickr Clock
The Commons
World Map
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19. Why Social Bookmarking ?
Method of sharing and organizing online resources
Accessible &om any internet connected computer
Subscribe to tags of interest
Fo%ow like-minded people through a network
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20. Delicious & Diigo favorites
People to add to your
network in Delicious:
http://delicious.com/
cchausis
http://delicious.com/
cnansen
http://delicious.com/
brasst
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21. Delicious & Diigo favorites
Groups to join in Diigo
Google in Education
Resources for
Languages
Classroom 2.0
21st Century Stuff list
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22. Worthy of a Mention
Document sharing
Scribd
Slideshare
Chat
Skype
iChat
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25. Taking Charge Guidelines
Pick ONE tool to meet a particular professional
development need or interest.
Rea%y learn that tool and develop confidence around it.
Utilize third party tools that enhance the functionality of
your tool of choice, i.e. browser bookmarklets.
Find an informal online mentor to help you on your PD
journey
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