Connected+Educator

“Using Web 2.0 tools for collaboration, communication, and professional learning - (for faculty, programs and students)”

The Networked Educator:

**The** Neworked **Educator Video**: [|__http://youtu.be/mDy8wz46zT0__] Questions:
 * Are you connected? Start cultivating your professional learning network NOW. Your supports as a new teacher should extend beyond the classroom and beyond your building. With Social Media, you have access to a world of experience!


 * Edutopia's collection of New Teacher Resources: **
 * [|__http://www.edutopia.org/article/new-teacher-resources-toolkit?utm_content=resource-roundup&utm_campaign=new-teacher-resource-toolkit&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow&utm_term=link__]

[] ISTE
 * Digital Citizenship:**

[] - Dr. Marialice Curran

[] Digital Literacy and Citizenship Classroom Curriculum by CommonSense Media


 * Web 2.0 Tools: **
 *  [|__GoToMeeting__] or [|__Google Hangouts__] (FREE)
 * Chat with Peers and mentors
 * Guest Speakers can join your classes from afar
 *  Use [|__Google Docs__] for collaboration
 * Online Meetings from the comfort of your own home! (Actively collaborate, edit, chat, comment, share)
 * Share, collaborate, comment on files with Peers
 * Share, collaborate, comment on files with Students
 * Share, collaborate and comment with school departments
 * [|__Google Drive__]
 * Store all of your files in a central place accessible from any device
 * Organize student work in color-coded folders and teach them to do the same.
 * Listservs
 * __Wikispaces__
 * [|__Edmodo__]
 * Alternative to Moodle for course management
 * Curation: Social Bookmarking to collect and share information: How do you organize your resources? Links? Files? Great educator websites?
 * [|__Pinterest__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Diigo__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Delicious__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Symbaloo__]
 * [|__Livebinders__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Examples:
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|__AsTech resources__] on Pinterest - curated by grad students
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">__http://udltechtoolkit.wikispaces.com/home__
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.symbaloo.com/mix/udlplayground20132__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__https://groups.diigo.com/group/setsig-udl-playground__]


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Twitter__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Professional Development & Communication
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">To Follow topics: #
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">#UDLchat
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">#ATchat (Weekly at 8pm on Wednesdays)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">#ntchat (New teacher chat)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">#edteach (teacher support)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">#ATIA2015
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">#SimmonsAstech (new)
 * #edtechchat
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">#profdev
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">many others
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">To Follow users/organizations/vendors: @
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">@setsig
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">@jennifersavedge
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">@iste14tprep
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">@LDonline
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">@edutopia
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">@teachingwthsoul (Lisa Dabbs)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">many others
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Facebook__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Provides a continuous “push” of information that YOU choose and using the power of web 3.0 (semantic web) pushes other related information.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Like” Pages for organizations you would like to follow
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Join” private or public groups with educational interests
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Friend” peers/mentors in the field
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Examples:
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Edutopia
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">The InclusiveClass
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">AACLanguageLab
 * Dyslexic Advantage
 * ISTE
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Blogs
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__teachinglearnerswithmultpleneeds.blogspot.com__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__teachingeverystudent.blogspot.com__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__freetechforteachers__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">encourage students to create their own blogs to document/journal their journey to becoming and developing as a teacher.


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">FREE Presentation Tools: - For alternate means of representation of content and expression of understanding of content
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|__prezi__] - interactive & Collaborative presentations
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|__powtoon__] - short videos
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|__padlet__] - a Wall to share information, create a portfolio, etc
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|__linoit__] - a canvas to share information, notes, video, images, etc.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|__Google Slides__] - similar to Powerpoint but collaborative and cloud-based
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|__Garage Band__] - to create podcasts (App or application for Mac)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|__Educreations App__] - to create short screencast demonstrations
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1fa15d; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Touchcast App__] - to create short screencasts with hotspot links
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1fa15d; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|__Story Creator App__] - to create multimedia books
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1fa15d; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|__Thinglink__] - Discover, create and share interactive images


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Great PLN-focused Resources:
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.teachingwithsoul.com/2013/five-tips-for-new-teachers-to-become-connected-educators-2__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|__http://www.edupln.com/__] Educators PLN
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.edutopia.org/blogs/tag/new-teachers__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;"> October was “Connected Educator” month: [|__http://connectededucators.org/__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Edutopia’s collection of New Teacher Resources: [|__http://www.edutopia.org/article/new-teacher-resources-toolkit?utm_content=resource-roundup&utm_campaign=new-teacher-resource-toolkit&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow&utm_term=link__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Edutopia’s collection of New Teacher Resources: Technology Integration [|__http://www.edutopia.org/article/new-teachers-technology-integration-resources__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Indiana Jen’s: 3 Ways to Kickstart your PLN: [|__http://indianajen.com/2014/03/21/3-ways-to-kickstart-your-pln/__]


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Other ideas to share? Join the collaborative conversation!
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Resource for students who struggle with reading and writing and need support:
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;"> FREE for teachers: [|__Read & Write for Google__]