Social media and social networks often get a bad rap as 'time-wasters' or tools that kids use inappropriately. Yet in reality, these channels can provide relevant and useful information for professional learning in real-time. This workshop will guide you through a thoughtful exploration of these new tools as they apply to your work as a foundation program officer or staffer.
October 6, 2011
10-12
Board Room
Objectives:
To understand how to design and use a simple “individual professional learning system” to keep informed of the field and grantees through online sources
To share some simple and efficient ways to track and capture relevant conversations and content taking place on social networks
To introduce some tools for tracking, curating, capturing, organizing, and sharing relevant information from social media and other online
Design:
Two-part session
Part 1: Adoption Issues and Overview of Work Flow/Tools
Using Content Curation for Professional Learning: Seek, Sense, Share Model
Social media and social networks often get a bad rap as 'time-wasters' or tools that kids use inappropriately. Yet in reality, these channels can provide relevant and useful information for professional learning in real-time. This workshop will guide you through a thoughtful exploration of these new tools as they apply to your work as a foundation program officer or staffer.
October 6, 2011
10-12
Board Room
Objectives:
Design:
Pre-Work
1.) Survey
2.) Visit Scoop.It and Request an Account
3.) Read this post Seek, Sense, Share and this one on Curation
Optional: Explore these resources
Agenda
10:00-10:30
Overview: Networked Learning
10:30-11:00
Challenges of Adoption
11:00-11:45
Getting Started, Tips and Overview of Tools
11:45-12:00
Reflection and Next Session
Resources
Curation Planning Questions
Facebook Privacy Settings (as of 9/27)
http://www.freetraffictip.com/how-to-control-your-privacy-in-the-new-facebook.php#axzz1ZBCOzBYR
Video How Tos
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL81F5A21F15B18E28
Focusing in An Age of Distraction
https://plus.google.com/107965826228461029730/posts/1BiuRSGBbqb?hl=en