Scott MerrickscottmerrickdotnetResistance is Futile

VTC Conference, November 11, 2010

Professional Networking for

Lifelong Learning

Common Foundations:

Our schools are what they should be.

Preserving traditional schools = Serving students responsibly.

Technological tools are available that were available so a single decade ago.

We understand and make best use of these new tools in our teaching practice and in our own learning?

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Do you agree or disagree?

New Tools are for:

Collaboration

Community

Creativity

Communication

and they’re all in the cloud

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Incorporating New Tools:

• Steps to build your PLN:

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Try this:

Begin with Twitter

Educators on Twitter Googledoc

25 Important Guides and Apps for Teachers

Twitter4Teachers

and, of course, Twitter!

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And here’s a bonus download for you: Mastering Twitter .pdf

What’s the big deal about Facebook?

• http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics

Try this:

“Educize”your Facebook

Read “Establishing a PLN on Fb”

Look at “Best Practices for Educators Using Facebook”

Read “Social Media in Education: The Power of Facebook”scottmerrickdotnet

Are your charges “students” or are they “learners?”

• (David Warlick’s blog post on the topic)

An important ?:

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Want more? Try these:

Blogger.com

Blog posts at Classroom20.com (48,801 members)

Huffpost Education

The Bloggers Hut in Second Life (requires override)

The ReadWriteWebscottmerrickdotnet

What’s the big deal about Immersive Environments?

• KZero Q3 slideshow about the current state of 3D worlds

Common Foundations:

I hardly have time for my “first life.” Why would I want a Second Life?

Immersion is for a bath or a swimming pool, not for a classroom.

I can’t get to these things in my school.

I get it.

I don’t get it.

Do you agree or disagree?

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Incorporating New Tools:

•Steps toward your 3D immersive experience:

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Try these:

Second Life

Virtual Environments Education Videos

Open Simulator

ReactionGrid

VenueGen

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and these:

ISTE Special Interest Group for Virtual Environments (SIGVE)

SIGVE walkthrough at ISTE 2010 in Denver, CO

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What have YOU learned today?

microblogging?Google Apps?

Ning?social

bookmarking?whiteboards?

chat?screencasting?

Glogster?Plurk?

YouTube?Flickr?RSS?VOIP?

what...?