1. Social Networking Sites for Professional Development Marian Thacher mthacher@otan.us

2. How has the Web changed in the last 5 years? Easy to create a Web site Easy to have a blog Comment on each other’s blog posts, photos, videos, bookmarks “Watch” what other people are doing, thinking, reading, talking about Your network now includes strangers!

3. What is a Social Networking Site? A Web site that allows users to connect, communicate and/or share information with each other By Moonjazz, http://www.flickr.com/photos/moonjazz/651498439/

4. Examples of Social Networking Blogs, Vlogs, Miniblogs, Microblogs Del.icio.us, Magnolia, Diigo Facebook, MySpace Yahoo Groups, Ning Flickr, YouTube, TeacherTube RSS, Google Reader LibraryThing, Shelfari FriendFeed, SocialThing From premiardeigo, http://www.flickr.com/photos/9119028@N05/591163479/

5. Your Personal Learning Network Think about how you learn new things –? Think about how you learned things 10 yrs ago –? Any differences?

6. David Warlick’s PLN http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/

7. My PLN 10 Years ago Teacher Coordinator Presenter Mom Lesson Plans Reports Work- shops Articles Class Activities Parenting Students Supervisors Friends Colleagues Prof. Groups Journals Books Web Pages Conferences Classes Site Workshops

8. My PLN Now Web site Reports Work- shops Articles Blogs Grand- parenting Supervisors Friends Colleagues Prof. Groups Journals Books Web Pages Conferences Classes Site Workshops Administrator Presenter Blogger Grandma Blogs Social Networks Listservs Podcasts Aggregators Twitter Online Network

9. Viral Professional Development We learn on our own with support from each other You don’t need a large training staff – just a few enthusiastic early adopters Build a network! Share everything – tape it, blog it, tag it, post it Celebrate and get the word out up and down the food chain

10. Viral Professional Development Jennifer Jones, Injenuity.com http://injenuity.com/archives/66 A viral post on viral PD

11. Blogs What is a blog? Go to the WikiWiki

12. Wikis What is a wiki? Go to the wikiwiki http://www.flickr.com/photos /cogdog/19490596/

13. Can you use these? Are you blogging? Are you using a wiki? How might you use either for professional development?

14. Bookmarking and Tagging How you save sites now Bookmarking Tagging Tag clouds Go to the wikiwiki

15. When I say Social Networking… What’s the first thing that comes to mind?

16. “Traditional” Social Networking MySpace – OBT example Facebook – Used more by college students –500 groups related to ESL! Yahoo Groups From mattkeefe - http://www.flickr.com/photos/fil/3151423/

17. New Social Networking Ning –A list of social network sites for educationlist –English teachers in MexicoMexico –Classroom 2.0Classroom 2.0 –Go to the wikiwiki

18. Sharing Media Flickr YouTube TeacherTube Ustream Go to the wikiwiki

19. Sharing Books Shelfari LibraryThing From Phil Moore - http://www.flickr.com/photos/fil/3151423/

20. Keeping up with your network Aggregators, Feeds My Yahoo Google Reader Jaiku, Friendfeed, SocialThing Go to the wikiwiki

21. GO FORTH AND MULTIPLY!