Using tech to support your Using tech to support your Graduate Associate Graduate Associate positionpositionBy Sam Taylor06 August 2014

Overview of session:Overview of session:

Three parts to this session:

1.Experience & develop:Opportunities available to you (CPD/Staff dev)

2.Capture & log:myPortfolio – for capturing and reflecting on development

3.Network & share:Social Media for networking and building your personal brand

1) Experience & develop1) Experience & develop

Portal:•Event pages: http://portal.solent.ac.uk/events •Career events: http://portal.solent.ac.uk/careers •Teaching & Learning: http://portal.solent.ac.uk/teaching-and-learning

Lynda.com•Info: http://mycourse.solent.ac.uk/Lynda-staff •Request a log-in: Lynda.com@solent.ac.uk

Free online courses•‘MOOCs ‘

Coursera: https://www.coursera.org/Futurelearn: https://www.futurelearn.com/Open2study: https://www.open2study.com/

1) Experience & develop1) Experience & develop

Activity 1 (10 mins):

Think of your last few years here as a student. On your worksheet, answer the following:

1. What events, training and initiatives did you attend outside of class?

2. Could you have attended more? If so, what stopped you?

3. What do you know now about Personal Development that you didn’t know before this session?

Now, if you could travel back in time and visit yourself as a ‘Fresher’, what 3 bits of advice would you tell yourself about Personal Development? Write your 3 things on your worksheet and on a post-it (to be shared with the group)

2) Capture & Log2) Capture & Log

myPortfolio – the place to store all of your learning

See example page: http://mahara.solent.ac.uk/view/view.php?id=83583

Ingredients:•CPD log book – to log hours and notes from training (online and in class)

•Image gallery – to show pictures that you’ve taken (events, awards etc)

•Blog/journal – to record notes from events, training and new skills acquired:

1. Intro to post

2. Positives & negatives

3. Lessons learned/next steps/what you will do next time

Share your page with your line manager & Lisa

Support site: http://myPortfolio.solent.ac.uk/help

2) Capture & Log2) Capture & Log

Activity 2 (20mins):

Using your worksheet, think back to the GA Induction you had on Monday and fill in the sections:

1. Fill out the 3 reflection stages

2. What evidence did you capture?

3. What else could/should you have captured?

Write on your worksheet and post-it note 3 types of evidence you will collect from this session that will help you to reflect and remember what was covered (to be shared with the room)

Here, have a badge!Here, have a badge!

All attendees will receive an Open Badge for participating in this workshop

3) Network & share3) Network & share

Having a strong Personal Learning Network can help you with your career – FACT!

The web can help create connections with•Like-minded people•Businesses•Movers & shakers/experts

‘You don’t know what you don’t know’

Get your ‘brand’ up-and-running – great for PR!

3) Network & share3) Network & share

Case study:

‘Brand Sam’ – the Learning Technologist

Website: http://kabybins.wix.com/sam-taylor

Blog: http://samwiseblt.wordpress.com/

Networking sites:https://twitter.com/samwisefoxhttp://about.me/samwisehttps://www.facebook.com/SamTaylorEduTech https://www.linkedin.com/in/samtayloruk

Curation sites:http://www.pinterest.com/samwisefox/http://www.slideshare.net/samwisemosshttps://solent.academia.edu/SamTaylorhttp://www.scoop.it/u/samantha_taylor

I ♥ Twitter!!!I ♥ Twitter!!!

Curation toolsCuration tools

3) Network & share3) Network & share

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3) Network & share3) Network & share

3) Network & share3) Network & share

Activity 3 (20 mins):

On your worksheet, fill out the following sections:

1. What is your ‘name’? (eg: Sam, Samantha, Sammy?)

2. Who are you? (eg: Social Media Consultant , Web Content writer (ie: not ‘student’ – think like a professional!)

3. What professional sites do you currently use?

On your worksheet & postcards, write down 3 action points that you will try and complete before 1st September 2014. Write your name on the front!

Thank you!Thank you!

Sam.Taylor@solent.ac.ukSam.Taylor@solent.ac.uk