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Learning in 140 Characters: Microblogging for professional learning amongst educators Carol Skyring LearnTel @carolskyring carolskyring.com http://flic.kr/p/5uhL7d

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Presentation at the Social Media in Higher Education conference 27 June

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Page 1: Learning in 140 Characters:Microblogging for professional learning amongst educators

Learning in 140 Characters:Microblogging for professional

learning amongst educators

Carol SkyringLearnTel

@carolskyringcarolskyring.com

http://flic.kr/p/5uhL7d

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Which describe you?

1. Social networking is for the birds2. I dabble with social networking 3. I tweet, therefore I am4. I have a PLN5. I’d have a PLN if I knew what it was

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Microblogging:

• A form of social networking

• Say what you’re doing in 140 characters

• Share thoughts, ideas, resources

• Ask for help

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Get the T-Shirt at http://www.despair.com/somevedi.html

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Social networking is not new

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What’s new are the tools

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which have enabled new patterns of networking – across distance and time

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which have enabled new ways of learning

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Warlick, D. (2009). Grow your personal learning network Learning & Leading with Technology, 36(6), p. 15)

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What is a PLN?

• Collection of people who contribute to your learning

• A global network• Available anytime,

anywhere• Connected virtually

http://www.flickr.com/photos/courosa/344832591/

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Why is a PLN valuable?

• It’s there anytime you want it.

• It’s anywhere you are.• Connect with peers

worldwide.• Connect with experts.• Harness the collective

intelligence.

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My PLN

Twitter769

Plurk248

Facebook240

Ning5

LinkedIn350

G+192

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Evolution of Twitter

Let me sell you this……

You might find this useful

Who can help?

Oh look… celebritiesI’m having

coffee with MumHello

world

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Sharing a curation

Sharing a blog post

Self indulgence

Sharing a report

Sharing a thought

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18 Responses

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Harness the power of microbloggingSome responses to a callout to the Twitterverse:

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Conference back channel

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Sydney Opera House broadcasts Shakespeare live to students in Port Macquarie and they tweet questions/comments

In schools

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Hashtag meetups

http://teacherbootcamp.edublogs.org/2009/07/30/what-is-edchat/

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Professional learning is changing

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Thanks – questions & comments

[email protected]

@carolskyring