Classroom 2.02024-03-29T07:07:46ZChristy Prudencehttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/ChristyPrudencehttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1950377317?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://www.classroom20.com/group/socialmedia101/forum/topic/listForContributor?user=3osdrofch7uue&feed=yes&xn_auth=noBlog vs Facebooktag:www.classroom20.com,2014-07-21:649749:Topic:10219812014-07-21T01:52:21.004ZChristy Prudencehttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/ChristyPrudence
<p>It appears that Twitter, blogging, and other professional learning networks are here to stay. As educators, we owe it to our students and ourselves to become familiar with social media to enhance our instruction. Today’s students enjoy technology and interacting via all types of media; many of my students check Facebook and Twitter several times a day. Now is the time to adapt our instruction to target our current learners. I recently created a blog for a course I am taking using the…</p>
<p>It appears that Twitter, blogging, and other professional learning networks are here to stay. As educators, we owe it to our students and ourselves to become familiar with social media to enhance our instruction. Today’s students enjoy technology and interacting via all types of media; many of my students check Facebook and Twitter several times a day. Now is the time to adapt our instruction to target our current learners. I recently created a blog for a course I am taking using the Google app Blogger. The app is easy to use and may be accessed from almost anywhere. I am considering creating a blog for my Allied Health adult learners where they can share clinical experiences. My co-workers and I have also discussed creating a class Facebook page, but I believe that a blog is more professional. Does anyone have any experience incorporating blogs or other professional learning networks into his or her classroom instruction? All suggestions and ideas are welcome.</p> Day 3 - Explanations and future directionstag:www.classroom20.com,2010-04-11:649749:Topic:4609682010-04-11T00:45:24.007ZChristy Prudencehttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/ChristyPrudence
Glad to see so many make it through our course on Social Media! I've just a few thoughts before we go. <div><br></br></div>
<div>First, how did you like the book? If you would, please add a reply to this discussion board including (1) a meaningful quote you liked and (2) an explanation of how that quote represents something you've learned over the course of this professional development experience. I'll be sure to add mine once I've finished this post.</div>
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Glad to see so many make it through our course on Social Media! I've just a few thoughts before we go. <div><br/></div>
<div>First, how did you like the book? If you would, please add a reply to this discussion board including (1) a meaningful quote you liked and (2) an explanation of how that quote represents something you've learned over the course of this professional development experience. I'll be sure to add mine once I've finished this post.</div>
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<div>Second, I'd like to provide some explanation of one bit of technology that really connects all these websites (and people) together: RSS. I've embedded a video explanation below, one in a series produced by "The CommonCraft Show." If you're ever wondering how to explain (or understand) something involving the Web, I'd highly recommend their work. RSS makes the connective web what it is, allowing us to know what's happening with each other and around the world. The video directly relates to blogs, but many social applications, including Facebook, are built around similar concepts. </div>
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<div>Third, I'd like to share another video, this one by "digital ethnography" professor Michael Wesch that displays a bit of the "back stage" elements of this technology and its implications for our work. It moves pretty fast, but the main message is that information is now not bounded to one website alone - that it be moved, reformatted, reshaped, and combined in ways that make the web an entirely unique world - one that will change the way we interact with information and connect with one another. </div>
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<div>And last, I'd like to recommend a few resources for the question "Where do I go now?"</div>
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<li><b>Managing Twitter</b>: As you use Twitter more frequently (and I hope you will!), you'll probably notice fairly quickly the need to manage your contacts. I do that through lists (on the website you can create these to "categorize" your contacts into meaningful groups -- I check in on different groups for different purposes) and through a separate program that I've installed on my computer, called <a href="http://www.tweetdeck.com/desktop/">Tweetdeck</a>. There are some great tutorials online. Just Google "using Tweetdeck." <br/><br/></li>
<li><b>Finding "real" blogs</b>: We experienced blogging through this community. That's a better experience because there's an increased chance that you'll bump into someone outside our district. However, "blogging" here is not quite the same as owning and managing a blog of your own. You can check out the blogs of other educators at <a href="http://www.supportblogging.com">SupportBlogging.com</a> . If you like what you see and would like to start your own, just drop me or your TIS a note. We'd be happy to help!<br/><br/></li>
<li><b>Keeping track of it all</b>: One you begin adding to your own network by belonging to a variety of services, it would be nice if you could keep track of it all. To do this, I'd recommend an "aggregator" - a personal home page where updates come to you rather than you checking multiple websites. Personally, I use <a href="http://blog.netvibes.com/dashboard-everything-the-answer-to-the-real-time-web/">Netvibes.com</a> and have been quite pleased with their service, but maybe you've already started one of these with iGoogle or MyYahoo. Poke around this service looking for the words "Add a Feed" or "Add a widget" to find out how you can push your services from multiple websites all to one convenient place. </li>
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<div><br/></div> What are some benefits and challenges to using Twitter as a tool to engage and/or develop your PLN?tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-04-10:649749:Topic:4609362010-04-10T22:45:21.205ZChristy Prudencehttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/ChristyPrudence
We've been talking a lot about various ways to contribute to and benefit from the conversations happening around the world through social media tools, specifically those conversations that enrich our knowledge as educators. What are some benefits and challenges you experienced with Twitter, especially as a tool to engage and develop your personal/professional learning network?
We've been talking a lot about various ways to contribute to and benefit from the conversations happening around the world through social media tools, specifically those conversations that enrich our knowledge as educators. What are some benefits and challenges you experienced with Twitter, especially as a tool to engage and develop your personal/professional learning network? Day 2 - Adding Twitter as a tool to grow your PLNtag:www.classroom20.com,2010-03-28:649749:Topic:4551812010-03-28T21:47:19.547ZChristy Prudencehttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/ChristyPrudence
If you've had a chance to visit the two discussion threads where I asked a question about finding balance in participating in a PLN (both here on <a href="http://www.classroom20.com/forum/topics/how-do-you-make-time-for-your">Classroom 2.0</a> and at the <a href="http://edupln.ning.com/forum/topics/how-do-you-make-time-for-your?xg_source=activity">Educator's PLN</a>), you may have noticed that Twitter is the tool of choice for many educator to build and maintain their PLNs. For this half of…
If you've had a chance to visit the two discussion threads where I asked a question about finding balance in participating in a PLN (both here on <a href="http://www.classroom20.com/forum/topics/how-do-you-make-time-for-your">Classroom 2.0</a> and at the <a href="http://edupln.ning.com/forum/topics/how-do-you-make-time-for-your?xg_source=activity">Educator's PLN</a>), you may have noticed that Twitter is the tool of choice for many educator to build and maintain their PLNs. For this half of our course, let's delve into how other teachers are using this tool to learn, share, and, above all, connect. <div><br/></div>
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<li>Feel free to watch my introduction from class, embedded below.</li>
<li>I've found two articles that give a nice summary of <a href="http://jasonrenshaw.typepad.com/jason_renshaws_web_log/2009/07/twitter-for-teachers-why-you-should-start-tweeting.html">why</a> use Twitter as a teacher and <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/rheingold/detail?blogid=108&entry_id=39948">how</a> to use it well. Please read them.</li>
<li>Set up your Twitter account. I'd recommend you use either your full name or a variant that's close and recognizable (e.g. someone already had 'DrewMcAllister', so I took 'drewmca'). <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/maggiev">Maggie Verster</a> has put together a WONDERFUL step-by-step resource for setting up your own Twitter account and using it well. That presentation is embedded below. Please use it as a guide as you set up your account.<br/></li>
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<li>Follow <a href="http://www.twitter.com/drewmca">me</a> on Twitter. I'll pull everyone's accounts together and then share those with the group.</li>
<li>Follow everyone else who is in the course. </li>
<li>Compose <b>2 original tweets</b> and <b>2 replies</b> (the @ symbol) to at least 2 other people in the course. Bonus points for RT, using a hash tag (#), or replying to people outside our group!</li>
<li>Read <b>2 chapters</b> in the book that look interesting to you. I highly recommend chapters 4 and 7 for a better understanding of our work with PLNs and Twitter. </li>
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<div style="padding:5px 0 12px">View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/">presentations</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/maggiev">Maggie Verster</a>.</div>
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</div> What are the benefits and challenges to participating in a PLN?tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-03-28:649749:Topic:4551732010-03-28T21:20:51.218ZChristy Prudencehttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/ChristyPrudence
Write just a couple observations for each -- benefits and challenges. <div><br/></div>
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<div>What has worked for you as you've looked around Classroom 2.0 and blogged a couple times. What have you taken away from participating in this social network? </div>
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<div>Challenges:</div>
<div>What's been difficult about the experience? What are the challenges to participating in a PLN through this website or participation format (i.e. blogging)? </div>
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<div>What has worked for you as you've looked around Classroom 2.0 and blogged a couple times. What have you taken away from participating in this social network? </div>
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<div>What's been difficult about the experience? What are the challenges to participating in a PLN through this website or participation format (i.e. blogging)? </div> Resources for getting around Classroom 2.0tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-02-25:649749:Topic:4394232010-02-25T20:07:51.343ZChristy Prudencehttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/ChristyPrudence
An Introduction to Classroom 2.0<div><br></br></div>
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<div><br/></div> Social Media Resourcestag:www.classroom20.com,2010-02-24:649749:Topic:4391112010-02-24T21:06:22.865ZChristy Prudencehttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/ChristyPrudence
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</div> Day 1 - An introduction to PLNstag:www.classroom20.com,2010-02-21:649749:Topic:4378362010-02-21T03:07:48.176ZChristy Prudencehttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/ChristyPrudence
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This group is for those just beginning to learn about social media and its place in professional learning. During this first part of our time together, we'll be thinking about one aspect of social media in particular (blogging). For those who will be participating online, please<div><ul>
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<li>learn about professional learning networks (peruse the links also below) </li>
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This group is for those just beginning to learn about social media and its place in professional learning. During this first part of our time together, we'll be thinking about one aspect of social media in particular (blogging). For those who will be participating online, please<div><ul>
<li>watch the screen cast from last semester's presentation (should be below)</li>
<li>learn about professional learning networks (peruse the links also below) </li>
<li>establish a profile on Classroom 2.0 and join this group</li>
<li>blog on your first impressions of what a PLN is</li>
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<div>Our assignment over the next few weeks is to be thinking about how networks emerge and operate. There's a bit of required reading (Chapters 1-3 of Clay Shirky's book <u>Here Comes Everybody</u>) and a bit of required writing (2 blog posts beyond the original thought about PLNs, and 2 comments on the postings of others in the group). Feel free to ask questions by replying to this discussion!</div>
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<div>But you certainly don't have to stop there! One reason we've moved "class" to Classroom 2.0 is to blog within an established network, inviting others to read and participate in our conversations. Another reason is to bring members of our community to this one, so feel free to check in with the discussion boards on the front page and leave a comment or two sometime, sharing your knowledge with this rich community.</div>
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<div>Also available via this <a href="http://www.drewmcallister.net/blog/2009/09/reflecting-on-plns/">blog post</a>.</div>
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<div><hr/>Links to PLN resources </div>
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<li>A conversation about PLNs - <a href="http://philly-teacher.blogspot.com/2009/09/why-everyone-needs-great-pln.html">blog post 1</a>, <a href="http://edvisioned.ca/2009/09/10/response-to-why-everyone-needs-a-great-pln/">blog post 2</a> </li>
<li>Some quick <a href="http://whatmyplnmeans.wikispaces.com/">video observations</a> about PLNs </li>
<li>A <a href="http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2009/08/how-to-build-pln.html">presentation</a> about PLNs</li>
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