SNT+Agenda

Office of Educational Technology =//Social Networking Tools for Educators//= //Let’s face it: Social networking is here to stay. Whether it is Facebook or Twitter, or the next web application waiting to become a phenomenon, social networking is a part of our students’ lives. The only place where it isn’t usually present is in our classrooms. And yet, how many of us haven’t sensed our students itching to reconnect as soon as class is over? The moment they leave the classroom, the cell phones come out and the air is abuzz with various versions of, “Where are you?” or “What are you doing?”// //Imagine if we could harness this drive to connect for the purpose of learning.// //Is it possible to use social networking to further learning?// -William Kist

//**__Social Networking Tools for Educators__** brings the idea of collaborating, communicating, and creating to the next level. This workshop will allow participants to communicate in a Ning. Participants will recieve various resources about social networks and participate in activities that include sharing in a Ning community, updating a profile page, sharing links and most importantly finding people with similiar interests. All these tools will come together for a **Final Project**. Each participant will have the opportunity to review and evaluate a social network tool. They will create blog posts in a Ning Network.//

//**Agenda:**//

//**Welcome and Greetings**// //**Social Networking in plain English-Video**// //**Why use Social Networks?**// //**How can we use SN Effectively?**// //**Twitter**// //**Facebook**// //**ARIS**// //**Navigating Ning and reviewing features - Forum, blog, pictures, events, members**// //**Developing projects and sharing them through the Ning**// //**Evaluation**//

//**Training Flow:**// //Welcome and Introductions// //Introduction Video> http://socialnetworking4teachers.wikispaces.com "In Plain English"// //Why use Social Networks> **Share out Session with Participants - wordle**// //**Many varieties of social Networking: from simple bookmarking of sites, to full applications that incorporate blogs, discussions, photos, videos, etc.**// //What are your options?// Best Practices:
 * //Presenter will create a Wordle to display to group as we share key words about Social Networks//
 * //[|http://go2web20.net]//(Library of networking tools)
 * Ning
 * SlideshareUsing SN effectively:
 * Sharing resources
 * communication skills
 * updating frequently to maintain audience interest
 * Different uses

Working with a Ning:
 * Project:**


 * IDEA: Upload a PP to Scribd or Slideshare
 * Login to Grant Nings
 * Update> profile; blog; group
 * IDEA: creating a write up of web 2.0 tools
 * Search internet for resource Link and add to Ning

[|http://www.go2web20.net]
 * Resources**:


 * http://socialnetworking4teachers.wikispaces.com/**

[|**Guidelines for using ning in a school**]

[|**http://www.educationalnetworking.com/**]

Video (Social Networking in education): [|**http://www.blip.tv/file/725573**]

List of Educational Spaces: **http://web20guru.wikispaces.com/Web+2.0+Resources#toc26**

List of Networking Tools: **http://web20guru.wikispaces.com/Web+2.0+Resources#toc24**//