Building Your PLN

12:45   Afternoon Session Begins

• Greetings
• Are you ready to embrace the power of connecting with the world?
• Today's Notes [Interactive Notes]

What if you could? A video showing the power of a PLN.  Created with one tweet, asking people to share a photo with the Twitter name of one person who has helped them. A video made through global collaboration.

A Personal Story of Why My PLN Means the World To Me: The Mock Election that started with one tweet and grew to over 30,000 kids.  All run by students. #KidVote

Hashtag for Today: #PLNPower  Tweeted out and asked for tips for those building their PLN's. Click the hashtag to sort Twitter for tweets labeled with the tag.

1:00 Discussion "How do I get a PLN?"

• What do you need from a PLN?
• What can you give back?
• What collaborations could benefit your students?
• How can the next two afternoons work for you?

1:15 Exploring the Tools To Build With

• What tool works for you?
• Apps vs. Desktop
• Making Time for PLN Building
• Teacher Challenge: Creating a PLN

Twitter

Twitter Basics

• What's a hashtag anyway? Twitter Vocabulary
• Hashtag Tools (http://www.steamfeed.com/21-best-hashtag-tools/)
• Hashtags #PLNPower (https://twitter.com/hashtag/PLNpower)
• A list of popular hashtags: http://www.teachthought.com/twitter-hashtags-for-teacher

Chats

• Twitter Chats for Educators [complete list]
• Tool to Make Chatting Easier [http://tweetchat.com/]

Finding People

• People to Follow (#edufollow)
• Search Content Specific Hashtags
• Read Bios - look for common edu-interests

Other Social Media...because it's not just about Twitter!

• Educlipper.net
• Edmodo Groups
• Google Apps
• Pinterest
• Blogging
• Skype
• Google Hangout
• Facebook Pages (Edutopia) (WeAreTeachers)

Tools

• TweetDeck 
• HootSuite

2:45 Wrap Up Discussion   

• What challenges do you face in building your PLN?
• What questions do you still have?
• Exit Interview - Shape tomorrow's learning with today's reflection.

3:15 Afternoon Session Ends