Living and Learning OnlineAn introduction to using online communities for

professional learning

Claire AmosEmail: claireamosnz@gmail.comTwitter: @claireamosnz

Why Twitter?O It is a

personalised newsfeed

O It comes to you!O It’s bite-sizedO It is a quick way

to get a sense of what current issues and ideas are out there.

Two ways of learning: following and hash tags

O Following people or companies that share your interests is an effective way to learn about what you are interested in.

O Consider following NZ and international educators and NZ and International Education Sector groups

O Alternatively you can search for hash tags – it is common practice for people to tag their tweets with related keywords eg. #edtech or #BYOD

NZ EducatorsO Fiona Grant @FionaGrantO KarenMelhuishSpencer @

virtuallykarenO Jacqui Sharp @sharpjacquiO Dorothy Burt @dorothyjburtO Rochelle Jensen @rjensenO Derek Wenmoth @dwenmothO Allanah King ADE @AllanahkO Suzie Vesper @suzievesperO Barbara Reid @barbs1O Sam Cunnane @samcunnaneO Toni Twiss @tonitonesO Rachel Boyd @rachelboydO Noeline Wright @enriteO tessagray @tessagrayO dakinane @dakinane

O Tara TJ @taratjO Stephanie @traintheteacherO DK @justadandakO Mark Osborne @mosborne01O Jo Fothergill @dragonsinger57O carolynstuart @carolynstuartO Chris Bradbeer @ChrisBradbeerO Pam Hook @arti_chokeO Stephen Lethbridge @

stephen_tpkO Jo Fothergill @KiwiJoe90O mark treadwell

@marktreadwell1O Allan Alach @allanalachO Joyce Seitzinger @

catspyjamasnz

NZ Ed SectorO Hooked on Thinking @

hooked_on_thinkO CORE Education @CoreEducationO Ulearn @ULearnNZO NZCER Press @NZCERPressO Learning Network NZ @learningnzO Shifting Thinking @shiftingthinkngO INTERFACE Magazine @

InterfacemagO Digital New Zealand @DigitalNZO NetSafe NZ @netsafeNZO Te Kete Ipurangi @tkinewzealandO Teachers@ PPTA @PPTAWebO MinEducationNZ @MinEducationNZO EDtalks NZ @edtalksO Enabling e-Learning @

enablelearningO Emerging Leaders NZ @

eduleadersnzO National Library NZ @NLNZO Libraries & Learning @L2_S2SO NEAL Education @NEALnz31O CORE Ed Research @

COREedResearchO eTV New Zealand @etvnzO Educational Leaders @edleadersnzO Creative Commons NZ @

CC_AotearoaO NetHui @NetHuiNZO New Zealand Museums @

nzmuseumsO NZHistory @NZHistoryO NZ Book Council @nzbookcouncilO Any Questions NZ @

anyquestionsnz

International Educators / Bloggers

O Gary Stager, Ph.D. @garystager

O Ewan McIntosh @ewanmcintosh

O Sir Ken Robinson @SirKenRobinson

O Steven W. Anderson @web20classroom

O Richard Byrne @rmbyrneO stephen heppell @

stephenheppellO Vicki Davis @

coolcatteacherO Steve Wheeler @

timbuckteeth

O Scott McLeod @mcleodO Sylvia Martinez @

smartinezO Phil Shapiro @philshapiro O stevewheeler @

stevewheelerO Simon Breakspear @

SimonBreakspearO Kevin Honeycutt @

kevinhoneycuttO Christian Long @

ChristianLongO Lee Crockett @leecrockettO Seth Godin @

ThisIsSethsBlog

International Educational Sector

O k12online @k12onlineO eLearning Learning @elearningPostsO Education Week @educationweekO Web News 2.0 @WebNews20O TEDTalks Updates @tedtalksO ReadWriteWeb @RWWO Classroom 2.0 @classroom20O TED-ED @TED_EDO 21st Century Teacher @21stCenturyTchO iTunes U @iTunesU

Hash tags to follow

Educational Technology #edtech#elearning#mlearning#web20#flipclass#edchat#BYOD

Virtual Learning Network

VLN Community: A network of school clusters and educational institutions collaborating to

provide online access to a broad range of curriculum learning opportunities for students.

Enabling e-learning

Enabling e-Learning: The Ministry of Education’s online ‘hub’ for ICT-related

education resources and programmes in New Zealand. 

Other VLN groupsThere are over 470 groups on the VLN – any educator can join and create a group. Some groups are closed and private, but many are public.

Some of the most popular groups are listed below:O iPad/iPod User GroupO e-Learning: Teaching Explore how and why we use ICTs as part of

effective teaching and learning.O e-Learning: Leadership Exploring leadership for change, vision,

policy and strategy that integrates ICTs into learning.O ePortfoliosO Managed Learning Environments (MLE's) Online learning

environmentsO Software for LearningO ICT PD Online In addition to ICT PD Online in Centre 4, this network

hub will provide a space for clusters on the ICT PD programme to connect together.

RSS Feeds and subscribing to blogs by email

O There are two ways you can subscribe to a blog for free so you automatically receive new posts. This way you don’t have to keep on coming back here to check for new content.

O One way is by receiving each new post by email or the other is by signing up for an RSS Feed…

What is an RSS Feed?RSS Rich Site Summary RSS feeds can be read using software called an "RSS reader", "feed reader", or "aggregatorThe RSS reader checks the user's subscribed feeds regularly for new work, downloads any updates that it finds, and provides a user interface to monitor and read the feeds. RSS allows users to avoid manually inspecting all of the websites they are interested in, and instead subscribe to websites such that all new content is pushed onto their browsers when it becomes available.

RSS feed vs. subscribing by email?

O Blog subscription sends an email to the reader, while RSS updated that persons feed reader, like Google Reader. Blog subscription would be useful if you (the reader) did not use an RSS reader, but still wanted to keep up with the blog.

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Blogs to follow:O Free Technology for TeachersO TED: Ideas worth spreadingO Dangerously IrrelevantO 21st Century Fluency ProjectO The Committed SardineO Derek's BlogO Link to 2011 Edublog Award Winners

Get going!

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