community via a p l n n c t e thursday
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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
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