social_networking

=Social Networking for PD=

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How does it contribute to Professional Development experiences?
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Asynchronys so that people can contribute when it is convenient for them.

Variety in social networking options, nings, meetup.com coordination, question/answering

Author contribution... expertise

new teachers and their past use of social networking and appropriateness and implications on their occupations

how do we harness power of social networking for their development

success with ning

individual pd (twitter) based on people to follow

learning is a social activity, more better, not contained, maintained in a safe way, modeled (connectivism)

excited with the generation of ideas

lifelong learning, personal professional development

makes appear smarter than I am, twitter, ask and receive

pre-assess, post-assess, colection of resources, throw new stuff out there, product and process of learning

relate to students better, build credibility

always another way, not the way, plan b stands for better, ideas develop and see in a new way

meeting people online, even same people, connections

opens to world of knowledge previously unavailable, personalized, personable, comfort in plugging into a network

How could it contribute to Professional Development experiences?
smaller groups, miles wide to inches deep, similar topics, learn a lot- focus

kids writing their own books about subjects

Secondlife, PD

reteaching teachers in a language kids speak

education for parents, boards,

Across school for smaller districts

promote within professional development, ideas spreading quickly, try new thinks, streamline curriculum through collaboration

conceptually comfortable, adapt

Tom Barrett, to follow

Still rigid, develop flexibility

Which tools do you grab onto

how quickly to find information

collaborate outside of district wihtout having to wait for a conference, real time learning

Sites for Educational Networking for Professional Development
[|Eduspaces] Educational network related to education, technology and social media.

[|Elgg] Open Source software to create your own social network.

[|Classroom 2.0] Educational Social Networking site

[|Ning] Create your own social network on a hosted site.

[|TeachAde] Collaborative space to share resources, lessons, and collaboration

[|Delicious] Social Bookmarking site [|Video]

[|DIIGO] Social bookmarking with sticky notes for webpages

[|portaportle] social bookmarking site

[|Meetup] Social networking for topics

[|wordle] Create tag cloud from document

[|Rasterbator] make a picture large

Additional Resources
Social Networks in Education Wiki with resources

[|Infinite Thinking Machine] Article about the benefits of social networking for PD

[|Social Networking in Education Panel Discussion] Ning with video clip of presentation at California Computer Using Educators Conference