May+31

If you have any particular questions you would like addressed today, feel free to give a heads up by adding them below.


 * YOUR QUESTIONS: **
 * Dave and Colleen, please share with the group the ways in which you have used web based technology in your classrooms? I had difficulty getting nurses to engage on "go to meeting". (Marie)


 * Sharing**
 * Visit the Edmodo group, review the shared links and comment on as many that interest you. What concepts or topics would you like to share in class?media type="youtube" key="JKkeS8gpndM" height="315" width="560"
 * Sree's Social Media Guide


 * Reading**
 * For today, you read //Chapter 6// (//How Using the Web Mindfully Can Make You Smarter//). For the chapter, share 1 topic, passage or resource. We'll do this in pairs and then as a whole group.
 * What are some of the strategies outlined in this chapter for developing the 5 media literacy skills that make up Rheingold's framework?
 * We will share our PLNs and post to the wiki pages linked to the left.
 * Each of you will have a chance to share how your RSS reader, Twitter account and Facebook pages are developing. I also thoroughly enjoyed reading your blog entries. Excellent writing, engaging ideas, deep reflection and commenting. Very impressed!
 * This was posted last week (via Will Richardson). What are your thoughts on this? I'd like to take a few minutes to hear your opinions.
 * 1) Can you identify the fifty smartest or most accomplished people who share your passion or interests, regardless of where you reside?
 * 2) How many of these people are currently in your professional/personal networks?
 * 3) How many of these people have you been able to engage actively in an initiative related to your shared passions or interests?
 * 4) To how many of these people would you feel comfortable reaching out and mobilizing in a new initiative related to your shared passions and interests?
 * 5) For these fifty people, how effectively are you using social media to increase your mutual awareness of each other's activities?


 * New Technology**
 * iTunes U
 * YouTube


 * Upcoming Projects/Assignments** - start these now and submit when completed, prior to the final class, June 21.
 * __Portfolio representing your PLN__ - //Develop a new diagram of your PLN (assuming it has developed). Post it somewhere - either your wiki page, blog, a Google doc, Google site, etc. Write a reflective piece focusing on at least one question for each bullet point questions (in increasing complexity) about what you have done.//
 * What did I do?
 * What was important about what I did? Did I meet my goals? Do I understand the tools? Do I see how they fit into a PLN?
 * Where could I use my PLN? Do I see connections in either content, product or process of the PLN with what I do by day? Where could I use what I did in my life - personal or prefessional?
 * Do I see any patterns or relationships in what I did? Were the strategies, skills and procedures I used effective? Do I see any patterns in how I approached my work? What were the results of the approach I used? Was it efficient, or could I have eliminated or reorganized steps? Did any concepts/strategies in the //Net Smart//text assist me?
 * How well did I do? What worked? What do I need to improve? How is what we are learning important to me? What have I learned about my strengths and areas in need of improvement? How am I progressing as a learner?
 * What should I do next? What is my plan?
 * How does the development of a PLN alter my conceptualization of teaching and learning?
 * __Paper slide video__ - How to make a paper slide video?
 * This assignment is designed to share how you are learning through your new, expanded PLN.
 * Think about how your PLN has changed (or not changed) how you learn.
 * Put this into the form of an engaging story that will last from 2-3 minutes when reading. You will need to write out your story.
 * Find images to go along with your story. (This will take some time and careful consideration!)
 * Practice telling your story along with your images (as in the example linked above).
 * Secure a video camera. Shoot your video in one shot - your voice narration and images on paper - no editing.
 * Publish the video - using Dropbox, Teacher Tube, YouTubeor some other form of sharing.
 * Link the video along with your Portfolio representing your PLN. Here is an example. Another.


 * Assignments for Tuesday, June 5**
 * Two (2) general sharing items posted to Edmodo.
 * Blog post on your favorite technology tool - What about the tool do you like? Is it at the center of your PLN? What can you do to spread the goodness of the technology tool you chose? Tweet out the post when complete. Add a hashtag if you think it's appropriate (i.e. #edchat, #techchat, etc.) **OR** Blog about one of the five net literacies, what you have done to develop it and how you might share what you've learned about the net literacy (or literacies) with a colleague, friend or family member.
 * Start working on your portfolio and your paper slide video.

** Next Meeting: Tuesday, June 5 - 5:00-8:00 PM**