Creating a personal learning network & keeping up to date

using social media

UMBRELLA 2011Phil Bradley

http://www.netvibes.com

How to get hold of me

• philb@philb.com• philipbradley@gmail.com • http://www.philb.com• Landline number• Mobile phone number• Fax number• Home address (on request!)

Via social media

• http://gplus.to/philbradley• http://www.netvibes.com/philbradley• http://www.flickr.com/photos/philbradley• http://www.youtube.com/philbradleyuk • http://www.facebook.com/philipbradley • http://www.delicious.com/philbradley • http://www.slideshare.net/philbradley • http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/phil-bradley/0/485/9

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Still more...

• http://www.twitter.com/philbradley• http://www.philbradley.typepad.com • http://www.diigo.com/user/philbradley • http://philbradley.blogspot.com/ • http://philbradley.deviantart.com/ • http://500px.com/Philb • http://philbradley.livejournal.com/ • http://www.ustream.tv/user/philbradley

Yes, I know, I know...

• http://twitpic.com/photos/philbradley • http://yfrog.com/froggy.php?username=philb

radley

• http://vodpod.com/philbradley • http://philbradley.posterous.com/ • http://foursquare.com/philbradley• http://technorati.com/people/philbradley

<Blush>

• http://www.quora.com/Phil-Bradley • http://friendfeed.com/philbradley • http://wefollow.com/philbradley • http://claimid.com/philbradley • http://www.authorstream.com/User-Presenta

tions/Philbradley/

• http://cheezburger.com/Philb • https://picasaweb.google.com/philipbradley

But NOT...

• http://www.myspace.com/philbradley • http://www.hulu.com/profiles/philbradley • http://www.flixster.com/user/philbradley• http://www.last.fm/user/philbradley • http://en.netlog.com/philbradley • https://picasaweb.google.com/philbradley/

And I’m not sure about:

• http://digg.com/philbradley

Namechk.com

Why would you want a PLN?

• Share information

• Ask/Answer questions

• Adjunct to training, though not a replacement

• A broader and different perspective

Or in other words...

1.8 zettabytes of information

What are the dangers of using social media?

• If you get involved in social media you may do something you’ll later regret

What are the dangers of NOT using social media?

• You will damage your reputation. Worse, you won’t have a reputation at all.

• You will not be taken seriously.

• You will not keep up to date.

• You will be out of the loop. For good.

The traditional approach

How do you start?How do you start?

Google+

In 3 days...

Growth rate:

• Google+ to pass 10,000,000 users 13/07/11

• 350% increase in 6 days

• 2.2 million joined in 34 hours

• Reach 20,000,000 by 17/7/11

Twitter

Follow the people the people you follow follow!

WeFollow

Twitter search

Great for conferences!

And then...

• Start tweeting!• Ask questions• Answer questions• Let people know what you think• Find out what others think• Refine your contacts – follow more people,

unfollow others

Social networks

• Not ‘social’ ‘PROFESSIONAL’!

• Have more than one ‘face’; professional and social

• More informal, but never forget the privacy angle!

Facebook

• Forget “Friends”

• Facebook is becoming a search engine

• Facebook pages are slowly replacing the website in some instances

• Status updates are like press releases!

Great for conferences!

LinkedIn

http://www.linkedin.com/

CILIP Communities

http://communities.cilip.org.uk/

Quora

http://www.quora.com/

Yahoo Answers

Other networks

http://www.ning.com/

http://www.library20.org/

http://learningplace.com.au/

http://www.lisnpn.spruz.com/

http://www.lostzombies.com/

http://www.zombiefriends.com/

http://www.zombiepassions.com/

Bookmarking Services

http://www.delicious.com/network/Philbradley

Diigo groups

http://groups.diigo.com/group/classroom20

Teachmeets

http://www.teachmeet.org.uk/

Librarian teachmeets

http://hudteachmeet.blogspot.com/

http://livlibteachmeet.blogspot.com/

http://www.camlibtm.info/

http://www.ldnlibtm.info/

Mashed Library events

• Mashed Library is about “bringing together interested people and doing interesting stuff with libraries and technology.”

• Pancakes and Mash (Lincoln) March 2011• Haggis and Mash (Edinburgh) January 2011• Chips and Mash (Huddersfield) July 2010• Liver and Mash (Liverpool) May 2010• http://www.mashedlibrary.com/

Chatrooms

http://tinychat.com/

http://www.chatzy.com/

Weblogs

• You have something to say, something to share

• You don’t have to write every day

• Include a wide variety of content

• Commenting on other blogs is just as important

Specific blogs/sites

http://heartoftheschool.edublogs.org/

Voices for the library

http://www.voicesforthelibrary.org.uk/wordpress/

LIS New Professionals network

http://www.lisnpn.spruz.com/

RSS to keep on top

http://www.google.com/reader/

Use news collation services

Flipboard http://flipboard.com/Pulse news http://www.alphonsolabs.com

http://www.zite.com/

http://www.theflud.com/

Or Netvibes

http://www.netvibes.com/

Wikis

http://teacherlibrarianwiki.pbworks.com/

http://www.libsuccess.org/

http://uklibraryblogs.pbworks.com/

Sharing documents

Multimedia

http://www.slideshare.net/

YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/

Photographs

TED Talks

http://www.ted.com/talks

Train yourself, train others

http://www.mikogo.com/

http://www.wiziq.com

Not forgetting search!

Liking and +1’ing

Because...

• Social is the new search• Search will be increasingly based around

individuals• Web sites/pages are increasingly less

important• “Thought leaders” are what are going to

increasingly be coming to the fore.

Social Search Engines

Icerocket

Blekko

Remember Creative Commons!

It’s not always work!

• Washing machines

• Abandoned mental hospitals

• Though they’re not necessarily mutually exclusive...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/howzey/3463730614/

Final thoughts• Take any and every opportunity

• It’s YOUR responsibility

• It’s 24/7

• Go to where the conversations are

• ENJOY!

Credits and thanks to:• http://www.flickr.com/photos/padorange/2580180117/ (conference image)• http://www.flickr.com/photos/smemon/5167671844/ (email image)• http://www.flickr.com/photos/dvdmerwe/779224087/ (training course)• http://www.flickr.com/photos/markwalker/3749673425/ (engine start)• http://jurylaw.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/math_blocks_stockxpertcom_id104816_size1.jpg

(number blocks)• http://cheezburger.com/View/4558569984 (lolcat)• http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/17ac52cb-fabe-4b3b-ace4-3f8356dafbea.jpg

(lolcat)