Presentation for teachers on using Twitter to establish a personal learning network (PLN) by Rachel Boyd, New Zealand.

1. for Educators
Establishing your PLN
(Personal Learning Network)
Rachel Boyd,
@rachelboyd
August, 2011

2. What’s
a PLN?

4. It’s...

5. It’s
your
Personal
Learning
Network

6. It enables
you to...

7. Connect

8. with people

9. from all over the
world

10. who

11. you Learn.

12. People who...

13. Share

14. their
learning

15. People who
you can...

16. Collaborate
with

17. enabling
you to...

19. Grow

20. as a
teacher...

21. and as a
learner.

22. can help!

23. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYP-wBaqQAI

24. First Tweet located thanks to: http://www.mytweet16.com/
My
First Tweet...
History

25. My History
First Tweet...
Current Stats nearly 4 years on...

26. P.D. - professional development

27. My PLN on *
is my BEST
source of P.D.
P.D. - professional development

28. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddO9idmax0o

29. The Parrot
of Purpose
To get the best
out of Twitter you
need to have a
clear purpose.

30. Twitter Jargon

31. “Tweet”
A ‘Tweet’ is the 140
character message
you send.

32. Follow
If you are interested
in reading
someone’s ‘Tweets’,
you them and
then their updates
appear in your
timeline.

33. Timeline
Shows you all of
the tweets from
the people you
have decided to
follow with the
most recent first.

34. Reply/Mention
Use the @ sign followed by
the Twitter username of
the person you want to
reply to or mention.

35. Direct
Message
Send a private
message between
you and one other.

36. Retweet
Repeat something
someone
else says & share
with your followers.

37. Hashtag
Used to add context to
your ‘Tweet’ within a
theme or event.

38. Current # chats
#elemchat & #kinderchat
to follow:
#slide2learn & #edapp
#edtech & #edchat
#DUedchat
#comments4kids

39. WHO to follow?
http://tinyurl.com/nztwits
http://twitter.com/#!/
rachelboyd/following

40. How can you use

41. Ask questions

42. Ask questions
Provide answers

43. Ask questions
Provide answers
Post great websites

44. Ask questions
Provide answers
Post great websites
_Post links to your own blogs etc

45. Ask questions
Provide answers
Post great websites
_Post links to your own blogs etc
Retweet others’ tweets

46. http://blog.mrtweet.net/the-5-stages-of-twitter-acceptance-where-are-you-at

47. Twitter
Clients

48. Twitter is not so much about the
information and useful links you can
gain access to. Twitter is powerful
because it allows people to share
their emotions - you can gain a
window on their everyday
experiences, and that often helps
you in your own daily struggles.
- Steve Wheeler

49. Friendship is born at that
moment when one person says
to another: What! You too?
I thought I was the only one.
- C. S. Lewis

50. is about
_Connections

51. is about
_COnversations

52. Image Credits
Image: 'A new contributor agreement for Fedora' Image: 'L[earner|ost]'
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47691521@N07/4749432099
http://www.flickr.com/photos/99804259@N00/5823205990
Image: '[trapped]'
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35399883@N00/2336011749 Image: 'after party'
Image: 'PLN-1' http://www.flickr.com/photos/21745851@N00/2770868509
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8370367@N04/2983755525
Image: 'question mark ?' Image: 'The parrott that got me'
http://www.flickr.com/photos/49968232@N00/12364944 http://www.flickr.com/photos/8268561@N03/4548283000
Image: 'The Love'
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9948642@N05/3860693038 Image: '"THE WARM & TENDER HAND" (by
Nokia6230i)'
Image: 'Help'
http://www.flickr.com/photos/82625518@N00/5228173 http://www.flickr.com/photos/75607732@N00/143982557
Image: 'Sharing'
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29057345@N04 Image: 'Portraiture Workshop'
http://www.flickr.com/photos/65231640@N00/2974672262
Image: 'Henna'
http://www.flickr.com/photos/
65731723@N00/4737417953 Image: 'Here we are.'
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26314424@N08/2576709886
Image: 'end - hope - anticipate'
http://www.flickr.com/photos/
25084516@N03/5162608573
Image: 'Mankind'
http://www.flickr.com/photos/
73491156@N00/1394588888
Image: 'one world'
http://www.flickr.com/photos/50457550@N00/6898950