Quick Bytes: Become a Better Educator without leaving your Desk

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BECOME A BETTER EDUCATOR WITHOUT LEAVING YOUR DESK

Amy BakerProgram Resource Director

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EXTENSIONShort Attention Span Theater

Encouraging and supporting intra-organizational learning

AN ONLINE ENRICHMENT COURSE COMING JANUARY 2012

DEVELOP A PROFESSIONAL LEARNING NETWORK ONLINEQUICK BYTE #1

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Premise Maintaining connections is needed to facilitate continual

learning

Why? Ideas, energy, opportunities, support, perspectives,

friendship

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Do it online! Connecting, collaborating, problem-solving with colleagues

VIRTUALLY A far-flung network is possible Using tools of Web 2.0: wikis, twitter, skype, blogs,

facebook…

You don’t have to love the technology to love the community

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ParticipateLearn

eNrich

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My PLN

DEVELOP A PROFESSIONAL LEARNING NETWORK ONLINE

My comfort zone

Things & people that make my

profession worthwhile

and interesting

Adapted from “why do we connect?” by Shelly Terrell

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Find where conversations are happening and join in Blogs Message boards Ning sites Facebook Twitter chats Skype chats (video-conferencing)

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TWITTER

1. Get your own twitter account Add people you know Add people they follow who look relevant Add from compiled lists (search google)

2. Ease in: Retweet, live tweet events, reply to tweets, ask questions

3. More advanced: tweet found links, original material, links to own material

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1. Setup a feedreader

2. Search google and find 5 blogs relating to your profession

3. Follow them

4. Leave comments

5. Explore their links and blogrolls

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ICK BYTES • UPDATE/CREATE YOUR PROFESSIONAL ONLINE PRESENCE GOOGLE YOURSELF! You know you want to.

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STEP 1 Fill out your Google profile page.

Photo Experience/expertise Contact info Links to your other

online profiles

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STEP 2 Update other online profiles

LinkedIn Twitter Facebook Moodle

Update regularly with professional info on new projects or interests

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STEP 3

Create extendr.compage

ONE PAGE TO RULE THEM ALL!!

Link to this in: Other profiles Emails Presentations

http://amybaker.extendr.com

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SHARE YOUR PRESENTATIONS ON SLIDESHARE

Upload presentations—free unlimited public presentations

You can make an mp3 recording and sync it up Embed in a website, Tweet the link Add your slideshare feed to LinkedIn and FB profiles

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IDEAS Get colleagues’ comments on your presentations Use it as a presentation library for your team Archive event presentations (like Program Conference!)

EXPLORE ALTERNATIVES TO THE TRADITIONAL LECTUREQUICK BYTE #4

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ICK BYTES • EXPLORE ALTERNATIVES TO THE TRADITIONAL LECTURE Spice it up! Prezi presentation

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TAKE AN ONLINE COURSE

What is an online course? An online course is curriculum that is delivered mostly or

completely online. There are typically no face-to-face meetings. The online learning experience includes all the educational components of a well-planned traditional-format course, but delivered in an alternative manner to allow for flexibility in location and timing.

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Most instructor-led online courses offered by real colleges are cost- and time-prohibitive

Look for online classes that include an instructor (these are actually quite hard to find!) Learnable.com, LERN.org

Try looking for something else you’re passionate about Things that are not really an online course:

Recorded lectures Khan academy

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Be prepared to set aside considerable time Be organized Read and post to the discussion board or comments Do the assignments, even if they are just suggestions

EXTENSIONShort Attention Span Theater

Encouraging and supporting intra-organizational learning

AN ONLINE ENRICHMENT COURSE COMING JANUARY 2012

QUESTIONS

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