Australia e-Series e-Ignite Presentation eT@lking August 2012

1. August 15th 2012
Penny Bentley
@penpln
The Connected Educator
eT@lking

2. What is a Connected Educator?

3. Lot’s of Graphics, Lot’s of Detail

4. Changing World
Technology
Knowledge
Connect
Participation
Share
Collaborate
Think
Problem Solve
New Skills
Why Become A Connected Educator?

5. constantly connected
smart phones
social media
online games
multimedia
virtual environments
entertained
share
collaborate
learning online
instant access to information
Your Students
Move With The Times

6. What’s First?
Build Your Personal Learning Network
Become a Connected Learner

7. use social media
engage in online conversations
attend workshops
join virtual conferences
create content
curate resources
share what you learn
participate in global projects
start blogging
start a movement #vicpln
do a course
#ce12
Learn How To

8. A Good Place To Start
Facebook
pages
groups
mentoring
sharing
chatting

9. Fabulous Twitter
share links
ask for help
offer help
attend conferences using hashtags
chats
crowdsource

10. Follow and be
Followed

11. Join Online
Communities of Practice

12. Connect Face to Face
In
Workshops & Conferences

13. Join and Participate in Online
Events

14. What Tools? Don’t Stress
google docs
reader
twitter
facebook
youtube
flickr
evernote
dropbox
wiki
blogging platform
edmodo
voicethread
wallwisher

15. Collaborate
dropbox
google docs
evernote
facebook

16. Connected Learner/Educator….some examples
#mathchat twitter
share link
retweet comment
bookmark in diigo
read review in Google Reader
share on Facebook, add to conversation
download app to iPad
drop into my e-course
add to dropbox, others to comment
attend conference, backchannel tweets
blog post to share information
and so on...

17. Time To Reflect
world has changed
no-longer optional
make time
students are connected
start small
be patient
learn together
mentor others
share experiences and
resources
push for change

18. Contribute
Global Collaborative Document
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19. Online
Professional
Development

20. Penny Bentley
@penpln
penbentley.com