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Social Networking - why use it ?
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It’s a NING thing...Virtual ‘professional’ networking for Primary
Geography ChampionsSheffield
Alan ParkinsonSecondary Curriculum Development Leader
Geographical Association
“Social networking”
“Social networking”
Professional networking
The Networked teacher....Then and Now (Alec Couros)
Networking as CPD• Picked up tips for websites, TV programmes I’d missed, events, publication of reports that are relevant• Discovered that people are at the same event, or in the same city that evening• Got an instant answer to a technical query• Worked collaboratively on a project with other teachers in other schools, some of whom I had never met• Got feedback / gave feedback on CPD sessions attended• Reflected on lessons that had been taught, and considered different approaches• Asked other teachers to comment on suggested activities• Thought about possible specification choices• Gained resources and shared resources•Spent time / saved time ?
This much is clear...
Every teacher should also be a learner.
The Social Web makes this possible at a time and a place to
suit everybody.
Twitter“What are you doing...?”
140 character limit
The Ning...
• September 2007: created NING for 6th form geographers – lesson resources added at the end of each lesson
• Homework tasks uploaded and responses added
• Students discussing tasks and sharing ideas and websites they had discovered.
• Each student had their own HOMEPAGE: familiar feel to other social networks...
What can you do ?• Sign up and you have a member page, which can be customised to suit you.• Start a discussion, or contribute to a discussion• Make a blog post, or add a comment to an existing blog post• Join a group dedicated to an area of interest• Keep in touch with the teachers in your Geography Champion network !
How do I do it ?
This presentation available onSlideshare also: Slideboom
(User name GeoBlogs)
You will all be given a USER GUIDE
My contact details
alanparkinsonatthega
GeoBlogs
GeoBlogs
