Slides for my presentation at the 2010 Connecticut Educators Computer Association (CECA) conference. It's a narrative of my beginning use of social media tools to make connections and find resources.

1. The Story of my
(Connected) Life
Ben Wildeboer /name/
http://bit.ly/connectedlife /presentation resources/
@WillyB /twitter/
blog.benwildeboer.com /blog/
Fitch High School /school/
Groton, CT /city/
9th grade Integrated Science Teacher /career/

2. NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center.

3. NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center.

5. Image source: http://www.horizon-engineering.com/hea_site/portfolio/k_12/whitmore_lake_high/images/big_00.jpg

6. 1

7. 0

9. Image courtesy of Danny McDonald

14. Rule #1.
Learn.

15. Image: Lappy cart, day 52, a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike (2.0) image from manchesterlibrary's photostream

18. RSS

19. Rule #4.
RSS
Figure it
out as you
go.

23. Rule #6.
You don’t
need to
read it all.

26. Image Credit: Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

28. Rule #3.
Jump in.
Play around.

29. http://blog.twitter.com/2010/02/measuring-tweets.html

31. Made using: http://sxoop.com/twitter/mosaic.pl

32. Rule #9.
Follow
people of
interest.
Made using: http://sxoop.com/twitter/mosaic.pl

33. “¡Imbecil!”, a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No-Derivative-Works (2.0) image

34. Rule #7.
Be patient
“¡Imbecil!”, a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No-Derivative-Works (2.0) image

35. “¡Imbecil!”, a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No-Derivative-Works (2.0) image

36. Rule #5.
Share.
Don’t be shy.
“coffee talk” a Creative Commons Attribution (2.0) image

37. Smart People
Twitter Blogs email Communities Flickr
Me
Diagram by D’Arcy Norman:
http://edtechpost.wikispaces.com/PLE+Diagrams#norman

39. http://aliceproject.wordpress.com/

40. Project
Climate

43. Map & data provided by: http://www.clustrmaps.com/

44. 1,028 visits
as of October 13, 2010
Map & data provided by: http://www.clustrmaps.com/

45. 58 countries
as of October 13, 2010
Map & data provided by: http://www.clustrmaps.com/

46. Rule #8.
Reply.
Converse.
“I have a question” from The U.S. Army’s Flickr stream

47. “I have a question” from The U.S. Army’s Flickr stream

49. Rule #4.
Figure it out as you go.

50. Rule #4.
Figure it out as you go.
Rule #6.
You don’t need
to read it all.

51. “In mesh,” a Creative Commons Attribution (2.0) image from elsie's photostream

53. Screenshot from: http://ideasandthoughts.org/2010/05/07/its-personal/

54. Rule #8.
Screenshot from: http://ideasandthoughts.org/2010/05/07/its-personal/
Reply. Converse.

56. Rule #3.
Jump in. Play around.

57. Rule #10.
You don’t
have to do
it all.

58. From: http://blog.benwildeboer.com/2008/social-networking-sites-pose-dangers-for-educators/

59. From: http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/01/18/ohio-education-association-gives-bad-advice-on-social-networking/

60. Rule #5.
Share. Don’t be shy.
From: http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/01/18/ohio-education-association-gives-bad-advice-on-social-networking/

62. We need to belong to some
“community” –
to be part of a shared effort
– [...] a source of comfort,
excitement, even pleasure!
-Deborah Meier
As quoted by Dina Strasser. Source: http://theline.edublogs.org/2009/05/12/words-of-wisdom/

63. We need to belong to some
“community” –
to be part of a shared effort
– [...] a source of comfort,
excitement, even pleasure!
-Deborah Meier
As quoted by Dina Strasser. Source: http://theline.edublogs.org/2009/05/12/words-of-wisdom/

64. We need to belong to some
“community” –
to be part of a shared effort
– [...] a source of comfort,
excitement, even pleasure!
-Deborah Meier
As quoted by Dina Strasser. Source: http://theline.edublogs.org/2009/05/12/words-of-wisdom/

65. http://101studiostree.com/wordpress/

67. http://blog.benwildeboer.com/2010/citations-tracked-classes-sbg-questions/

69. Rule #8.
Reply. Converse.

70. “coffee talk” a Creative Commons Attribution (2.0) image

71. Rule #2.
It’s about
relationships.
“coffee talk” a Creative Commons Attribution (2.0) image

72. The Story of my
(Connected) Life
Ben Wildeboer /name/
http://bit.ly/connectedlife /presentation resources/
@WillyB /twitter/
blog.benwildeboer.com /blog/
Fitch High School /school/
Groton, CT /city/
9th grade Integrated Science Teacher /career/

73. The Story of my
Rule #11.
(Connected) Life
There /name/
Ben Wildeboer are
no rules.
http://bit.ly/connectedlife /presentation resources/
@WillyB /twitter/
blog.benwildeboer.com /blog/
Fitch High School /school/
Groton, CT /city/
9th grade Integrated Science Teacher /career/

74. The Story of my
(Connected) Life
Ben Wildeboer /name/
http://bit.ly/connectedlife /presentation resources/
@WillyB /twitter/
blog.benwildeboer.com /blog/
Fitch High School /school/
Groton, CT /city/
9th grade Integrated Science Teacher /career/