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=**Learning to Network & Networking to Learn: Hands-On Workshop**=

There’s always new web tools, but it’s more important to become part of an online learning network than to master any specific tool. The purpose of this session is to help participants develop the new literacy of joining and growing an online learning network. To that end, the session aims to establish the importance of learning within a social network (based on social constructivist theory) and to help participants see beyond specific tools to discover ways they can build their online learning network over time.

June 16, 2010 [|Mark Wagner, Ph.D.] **
 * CA Business Education Leadership Project Summer Training Summit

**Welcome Activity**

 * Who makes up your learning network?
 * No Fate But What We Make

Overview Slides

 * [|Quicktime Video Format to View or Download]
 * See __Networking to Learn__ (Keynote) for more detailed outlines and links.

**Networking Tools**

 * **Activity 1: Blogs**
 * Example: [|http://edtechlife.com] - And a Story: [|David Warlick commented on my blog]! (In 2005)
 * Read Blogs - Try These Three:
 * [|http://weblogg-ed.com]
 * http://www.davidwarlick.com/2cents/
 * http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/
 * More: http://supportblogging.com/Links+to+School+Bloggers
 * Search: http://blogsearch.google.com
 * Workshop Wiki: http://blogifyoulovelearning.wikispaces.com
 * Get Started: http://www.blogger.com (Log in with your [|Google Account] .)
 * Bonus: Blogger [|video tutorials]!
 * **Activity 2: RSS**
 * Example (Google Reader - Shared): http://www.google.com/reader/shared/user/10649784667868956453/state/com.google/broadcast
 * Workshop Wiki: http://reallysimple.wikispaces.com
 * Get Started: http://reader.google.com
 * **Activity 3: Social Microblogging**
 * Example: http://twitter.com/markwagner
 * Workshop WIki: http://twittermethis.wikispaces.com
 * Get Started: [|http://twitter.com]
 * **Activity 4: Elective**
 * Wikis
 * Example: http://hmtech.wikispaces.com
 * More: http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com
 * Wikis for PD: http://edtechlife.com/workshops/
 * See Also: [|http://www.wikipedia.org] and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting
 * Workshop Wiki: http://wikiwhileyouwork.wikispaces.com
 * Get Started: [|http://wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers]
 * Podcasts
 * Example: http://k12onlineconference.org/
 * More: [|http://www.epnweb.org]
 * Workshop Wiki: http://podcastined.wikispaces.com
 * Get started: [|http://podomatic.com]
 * Google Docs
 * Example:  [|See the presentation slides]
 * Workshop Wiki: http://googled.wikispaces.com/docs2
 * CUE GWE Resources: http://sites.google.com/site/cuegli
 * GTA Resources: http://sites.google.com/site/gtaresources
 * Get Started: [|http://docs.google.com]
 * IM and Video Chat
 * Get Started: http://www.google.com/talk/ [|http://www.skype.com] http://www.aim.com
 * See also [|iChat] for Mac to Mac videoconferencing.
 * Streaming Media
 * Example: http://www.practicaltheory.org/serendipity/index.php?/archives/896-Learning-From-the-Kids.html
 * Example: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/weblogg-ed-tv
 * More: http://edtv.wikispaces.com
 * Get Started: [|http://www.ustream.tv]
 * Social Networking (Recommended - but requires confirmation of your account...)
 * Example: [|http://classroom20.ning.com]
 * Get Started: [|http://www.ning.com]
 * Other Interests?

Reflection Question
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 * Did you make any striking connections today? (Is there anybody new in your learning network?)
 * No Fate But What We Make

[|Online Evaluation]