he goal for this session is for all participants to begin using several social networking tools which will facilitate the development of a personal, online professional development network. If your participation in this session is successful, within 3-6 months after the session, you will have an online network of 50-100 professional colleagues with whom you can exchange ideas, share resources, poll/survey informally, and/or engage in dialogue on a regular basis and at your leisure. The session will explain underlying concepts of and how to use Google Reader (an RSS reader/aggregator) and Twitter a microblogging tool, and then begin actively building a personal, professional networks. Time permitting, we will discuss and explore other tools in which the group may have interest and/or expand the discussion to include possible classroom uses of the same technologies. Only a fundamental level of proficiency using the internet is necessary, and this professional network will benefit greatly from diverse levels of experience within the group. Begin early by contacting Chris at http://www.twitter.com/cmduke or http://tinyurl.com/cmdukeshared or http://www.cmduke.com In short, through the workshop, I plan to share what I've learned about using Google Reader, Twitter and other tools to create my own personal learning space and network through social tools. 2:00 to 2:15 Introductions & Getting Started (survey - results) 2:15 to 3:15 Twitter 3:15 to 3:30 Break/Discussion 3:30 to 4:30 Google Reader 4:30 to 5:00 Discussion, Other Tools, Wrap-Up (survey - results) Others: Liveblogging: CoverItLive |