community via a p l n n c t e thursday

Community Via a PLN

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Why community via SN?

O Need daily affirmation and information

O Reaches beyond own borders/walls

O Exposure to many different ideas/viewpoints

O Is open 24/7

So I turn to social media

TWITTER

Some Tweet FactsO Strongest growth in any social network

surpassing Pinterest, Reddit, and LinkedInO Used by 2 X as many women as menO 25-55 year olds is largest demographicO “poor man’s social network”O 60% of all users have some college educationO Use has doubled in the past 12 months

O MediaBistro, August 2012

Usage 2007-2012http://www.ignitesocialmedia.com/social-media-stats/2012-social-network-analysis-

report/

Here is what Twitter says about online PD/community

All you need to do is ask…

Following @donalynbooks would net you hundreds of others to follow, connect you to #nerdybookclub and #titlechat and get links to @educationweek and other blogs

Connecting with @readingjunkee gets connections to @yalsa, nets more people to follow in the library field, and will also shake out book titles as must reads.

@utalaniz is the queen of RTs. If you miss something, she will catch it for you. Interesting links in her posts.

Why Twitter?

ODecreased funding for PDODistance to eventsOTime away from workOCan meet like-minded

individualsOMakes connections across

country and world

And here is @FrankiSibberson asking us what we are reading on Mondays. Another community!

And here is Sara’s tweet about Banned Books Week so we can see what her students do every day to celebrate the Freadom to Read.

Resources Available on Twitter

Other communitiesO LibrariansO TeachersO University folksO OrganizationsO AuthorsO Publishers

How and Where to Start

My Approach

Assignment for my YA Literature Classes

FollowO one literacy organizationO one YA authorO one teacherO one librarianO one professor

Literacy organizationO@YALSA

O@NCTE

O@ALAOIF

O@EDUCATIONWEEK

O@KIDSNEEDTOREAD

Author

O @libbabray

O @flamelauthor

O @Laurelsnyder

O @studiojjk

O @neilhimself

Teacher O @donalynbooks

O @paulwhankins

O @andersongl

O @jenansbach

O @heisereads

O @franksibberson

Librarian O @frootjoos

O @lbraun2000

O @magpielibrarian

O @scouri

O @mrschureads

O @lizb

O @catagator

O @sophieb

Professor O @doctordea

O @karinlibrarian

O @dianeravitch

O @professornana

O @texaspageturner

O @skajder

Publishers O @lbschool

O @harperteen

O @randomhousekids

O @scholastic

O @candlewick

Twitter Starter Packwith Sophie Brookover

Name Twitter Handle

Gretchen Colderup librarified

Buffy Hamilton buffyjhamilton

Jennifer Lagarde jenniferlagarde

Karyn Silverman infowitch

Jennifer Hubert-Swan readingrants

Beth Saxton bethreads

Sarah Couri scouri

Erin Downey Howerton hybridlib

Liz Burns lizb

Melissa Rabey mrabeyKathy Ishikuza kishikuza

Teri Lesesne professornana

Sophie Brookover sophiebiblio

Linda Braun lbraun2000

Joyce Valenza joycevalenza

Monica Edinger medinger

Angie Manfredi misskubelik

Justin Hoenke justinlibrarian

Patrick Ness Patrick_Ness

YALSA yalsa

Beth Friese librarybeth

Neil Gaiman neilhimself

Kirkus kirkusreviews

ALAN ALANorg

Pew Research pewresearch

Kelly Milner Halls KellyMilnerH

Anita Silvey anitasilvey

School Library Journal sljournal

jenbigheart

Tammy Blackwell Miss_Tammy

bkshelvesofdoom

John Green realjohngreen

Roger Sutton rogerreads

The Horn Book hbook

Betsy Bird fusenumber8

Diane Ravitch dianeravitch

Brian Selznick brianselznick

Books on Tape/Listening Library BOTLibrary

Amy Alessio amyalessio

Joanna Axelrod textinglibrarian

catagator

Building out a PLNO Follow followers

O Follow links

O Follow suggestions

Following followersO @Donalynbooks (9200+ followers)

O @colbysharp (1000+ followers)O Augustascattergood

O @paulwhankins (almost 4000 followers)O @katsok

So, if I follow Donalyn and Paul and Colby, I have the potential for reaching 15K people with my tweets.

Not just people, links

Links

Links

Joining Tweet ChatsMaking more connections

Titletalk

OLast Sunday of every monthO7-8 PM CSTOHosted by @donalynbooks and

@colbysharpOTopic announced in advanceOOpen to allOChat is always archived

Readadv

OThursdays from 7-8 PM CSTOHosted by @lizb and

@catagator and @sophiebibOVarious aspects of readers’

advisory is themeOChat is archived

Other chatsO Engchat

O MondaysO Satchat

O Saturdays O 4thchat, 5thchat

O Grade level chatsO Sschat

O Social studies community

Virtual conference attendance

https://twitter.com/search?q=yalit12&src=typd

http://sfy.co/aAmO Twitter and Instagram.

Some final adviceO Tailor your PLN to suit your needs

O Be active in order to form the community

O Invite others to join you

O Develop diversity