My presentation for East Bay CUE Cool Tools, February 6, 2010

1. Teaching 2.0 Connect. Communicate. Collaborate.

2. What Is A PLN?

3. What Is A PLN? Personal

4. What Is A PLN? Personal Hey! That’s me!

5. What Is A PLN? Personal Hey! That’s me! Learning

6. What Is A PLN? Personal Hey! That’s me! Learning That’s something I LOVE to do!

7. What Is A PLN? Personal Hey! That’s me! Learning That’s something I LOVE to do! Network

8. What Is A PLN? Personal Hey! That’s me! Learning That’s something I LOVE to do! Network That sounds like it could be everyone I know…

9. What Is A PLN? Personal Hey! That’s me! Learning That’s something I LOVE to do! Network That sounds like it could be everyone I know… …and, perhaps, everyone they know…

10. What Is A PLN?

11. What Is A PLN? If it’s mentioned in Wikipedia…it must be important!

12. Do I Really Need This?

13. Do I Really Need This? How do you feel about the word…

14. Do I Really Need This? How do you feel about the word… FREE!!

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18. FREE!! Resources FREE!! FREE!!

19. FREE!! Resources FREE!! Assistance FREE!!

20. FREE!! Resources FREE!! Assistance FREE!! Professional Development!

21. “What’s better than free? Free with a rebate, which is what you get with a PLN!” ~Lee Kolbert, aka @TeachaKidd

22. Are you ready? Image from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jutecht/2384289406

23. Let’s make it simple…

24. Let’s make it simple… Step One: Twitter

25. Let’s make it simple… Step One: Twitter Step Two: Blogs

26. Let’s make it simple… Step One: Twitter Step Two: Blogs Step Three: Nings

27. Let’s make it simple… Step One: Twitter Step Two: Blogs Step Three: Nings Step Four: Diigo

28. Let’s make it simple… Step One: Twitter Step Two: Blogs Step Three: Nings Step Four: Diigo Step Five: Have Fun!

29. Tweet With Me

30. Tweet With Me Twitter is more than…

31. Tweet With Me Twitter is…

32. Tweet With Me Twitter is…

33. Tweet With Me Twitter is…

34. Tweet With Me

35. Tweet With Me And my PLN!

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42. Tweet With Me

44. Let’s Blog It Out! Do you have something to say? Do your students?

45. Let’s Blog It Out! Do you have something to say? Do your students? Do you have a passion you can share?

46. Let’s Blog It Out! Do you have something to say? http://thoughtsofmcteach.blogspot.com Do your students? Do you have a passion you can share?

47. Let’s Blog It Out! Do you have something to say? http://thoughtsofmcteach.blogspot.com Do your students? http://seventhgradevoices.wordpress.com Do you have a passion you can share?

48. Let’s Blog It Out! Do you have something to say? http://thoughtsofmcteach.blogspot.com Do your students? http://seventhgradevoices.wordpress.com Do you have a passion you can share? http://mcteachdaybyday.blogspot.com

49. Pick a Blog, Any Blog

50. Pick a Blog, Any Blog Find recommended blogs

51. Pick a Blog, Any Blog Subscribe Find recommended blogs

52. Pick a Blog, Any Blog Subscribe Find recommended blogs And most importantly…

53. Pick a Blog, Any Blog Comment! Keep the conversation going!

54. Time For Some LearNING!

55. Digging Diigo!

56. Digging Diigo!

57. Digging Diigo!

58. Digging Diigo!

59. Any questions?

60. Are you ready to join me? Blogs http://notesfrommcteach.edublogs.org http://thoughtsofmcteach.blogspot.com http://mcteachdaybyday.blogspot.com Wikis http://connectingteachers.wikispaces.com http://365photoproject.wikispaces.com

61. Are you ready to join me? Twitter http://twitter.com/mcteach Plurk http://www.plurk.com/mcteach Diigo http://www.diigo.com/user/mcteach