developing a professional presence online cindy duffy director, area iv ltc
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Developing A Professional
Presence OnlineCindy Duffy
Director, Area IV LTC
Developing Professionally
Currently how are you collaborating with other professionals?
How do you utilize your time online?
How can you blend the two?
Personal Learning Network (PLN)
Personal – you design it for yourselfLearning – it is about increasing your knowledge/changing your
practicesNetwork –structure that crosses at regular intervals & is knotted or
secured at the crossings
DEVELOP A POSITIVE DIGITAL FOOTPRINT
Sites to help you organize and share
Symbaloohttp://www.symbaloo.com
A free visual bookmarking site that gives you access to anything you bookmark from any computer by just clicking on a tile.
http://www.symbaloo.com/mix/intc
DiigoSocial bookmarking websitehttp://www.diigo.com
Organize your thoughtsTag – listsHighlight – stickyShare/learn with others
NetworkGroupsCommunity
Commonly used sites
FacebookEducators using Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/groups/7036945291/
Beginning Teachers http://www.facebook.com/groups/2227299043/?ref=ts&fref=ts
Survival Guide for Beginning Primary Teachers
http://www.facebook.com/SurvivalGuideforPrimaryTeachers?ref=ts&fref=ts
Illinois New Teacher Collaborative http://www.facebook.com/pages/Illinois-New-Teacher-Collaborative/239875594767?ref=ts
#ntchatThey meet Wednesdays, 7pm EST.http://tweetchat.com/room/ntchat
#edchat#teachchat
#iled#iledchat
@tesNewTeachers@intc
Used by people around the world. Twitter connects teacherss to thousands of educators around the world with rich backgrounds and experiences that can contribute to professional growth.
PinterestPinterest is a free virtual bulletin board where users pin videos and images captured from around the web. These images are then arranged into different categories on a user's board. Pins are also shared and searchable making thus Pinterest a great tool for virtual learning. Pins are also visible to other Pinterest users and one can easily see the board of others as well.
INTC beginning teachers
my PLN
Education Specific
Live Binders
example
Edutopiahttp://www.edutopia.org/blogs/beat/new-teacher-support
Find advice, resources, and strategies to support new teachers and help them improve their craft.
http://www.edutopia.org/groups/bridges-first-years-practice
Group for new teachers and veterans to connect
Teaching with Soul
The New Teacher Mentoring Project was created by Lisa Dabbs, creator of #ntchatPurpose is to
To collaborate and find best practices To mentor and support new/pre-service teachers in K-12 and higher education institutes of learning worldwide for online and offline learning. To use the New Teacher Mentoring project to help you navigate through your first few years of teaching with a virtual mentor.
http://www.teachingwithsoul.com/new-teacher-mentoring-project
Schoology
Learning management system (LMS) and social network that makes it easy to create and share academic content www.schoology.com
Teachers Net
Teachers.Net was founded on the principle of allowing teacher-users to contribute the content and direct site development and to
utilize the Internet to harness the collective intellect and wisdom of the worldwide
teaching communityhttp://teachers.net/mentors/beginning_teachers
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What are you using?
Online Resources for Beginning
TeachersCindy Duffy
DirectorArea IV LTC