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For Texas VTC November 11, 2010TRANSCRIPT
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Scott MerrickscottmerrickdotnetResistance is Futile
VTC Conference, November 11, 2010
Professional Networking for
Lifelong Learning
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Common Foundations:
Our schools are what they should be.
Preserving traditional schools = Serving students responsibly.
Technological tools are available that were available so a single decade ago.
We understand and make best use of these new tools in our teaching practice and in our own learning?
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Do you agree or disagree?
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New Tools are for:
Collaboration
Community
Creativity
Communication
and they’re all in the cloud
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Incorporating New Tools:
• Steps to build your PLN:
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Try this:
Begin with Twitter
Educators on Twitter Googledoc
25 Important Guides and Apps for Teachers
Twitter4Teachers
and, of course, Twitter!
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And here’s a bonus download for you: Mastering Twitter .pdf
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What’s the big deal about Facebook?
• http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics
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Try this:
“Educize”your Facebook
Read “Establishing a PLN on Fb”
Look at “Best Practices for Educators Using Facebook”
Read “Social Media in Education: The Power of Facebook”scottmerrickdotnet
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Are your charges “students” or are they “learners?”
• (David Warlick’s blog post on the topic)
An important ?:
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Want more? Try these:
Blogger.com
Blog posts at Classroom20.com (48,801 members)
Huffpost Education
The Bloggers Hut in Second Life (requires override)
The ReadWriteWebscottmerrickdotnet
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What’s the big deal about Immersive Environments?
• KZero Q3 slideshow about the current state of 3D worlds
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Common Foundations:
I hardly have time for my “first life.” Why would I want a Second Life?
Immersion is for a bath or a swimming pool, not for a classroom.
I can’t get to these things in my school.
I get it.
I don’t get it.
Do you agree or disagree?
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Incorporating New Tools:
•Steps toward your 3D immersive experience:
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Try these:
Second Life
Virtual Environments Education Videos
Open Simulator
ReactionGrid
VenueGen
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and these:
ISTE Special Interest Group for Virtual Environments (SIGVE)
SIGVE walkthrough at ISTE 2010 in Denver, CO
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What have YOU learned today?
microblogging?Google Apps?
Ning?social
bookmarking?whiteboards?
chat?screencasting?
Glogster?Plurk?
YouTube?Flickr?RSS?VOIP?
what...?