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=Learning to Network & Networking to Learn: Beyond The Tools...=

There’s always new web tools, but it’s more important to become part of an online learning network than to master any specific tool. The purpose of this session is to help participants develop the new literacy of joining and growing an online learning network. To that end, the session aims to establish the importance of learning within a social network (based on social constructivist theory) and to help participants see beyond specific tools to discover ways they can build their online learning network over time.

[|Presentation Slides & Chat Room]  (Google Docs: Chat Requires Free Google Account)

**Opening Question**

 * Who makes up your learning network?

**Learning to Network & Networking to Learn**

 * Make Connections
 * Make Contributions
 * Make Conversation
 * Make Requests

**Two-Way Web Stories**

 * Introduction to the Two-Way Web
 * Blogs
 * Example: [|http://edtechlife.com]
 * More: [|http://supportblogging.com]
 * Workshop Wiki: http://blogifyoulovelearning.wikispaces.com
 * Get Started: [|http://edublogs.org]
 * RSS
 * Example: http://www.bloglines.com/public/markdouglaswagner
 * Workshop Wiki: http://reallysimple.wikispaces.com
 * Get Started: [|http://bloglines.com]
 * And More...
 * Wikis
 * Example: http://hmtech.wikispaces.com
 * More: http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com
 * Wikis for PD: http://edtechlife.com/workshops/
 * See Also: [|http://www.wikipedia.org] and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting
 * Workshop Wiki: http://wikiwhileyouwork.wikispaces.com
 * Get Started: [|http://wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers]
 * Podcasts
 * Example: [|The k12onlineconference video podcast]
 * More: [|http://www.epnweb.org]
 * Workshop Wiki: http://podcastined.wikispaces.com
 * Get started: [|http://podomatic.com]
 * Google Docs
 * Example: [|See the presentation slides]
 * Workshop Wiki: http://googled.wikispaces.com/docs2
 * Get Started: [|http://docs.google.com]
 * Social Networking
 * Example: [|http://classroom20.ning.com]
 * Workshop Wiki: Coming Soon
 * Get Started: [|http://www.ning.com]
 * IM and Video Chat
 * Get Started: [|http://www.skype.com]
 * See also [|iChat] for Mac to Mac videoconferencing.
 * Streaming Media
 * Example: http://www.practicaltheory.org/serendipity/index.php?/archives/896-Learning-From-the-Kids.html
 * Example: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/weblogg-ed-tv
 * More: http://edtv.wikispaces.com
 * Workshop Wiki: Coming Soon
 * Get Started: [|http://www.ustream.tv]
 * Social Microblogging
 * Example: http://twitter.com/markwagner
 * Workshop WIki: http://twittermethis.wikispaces.com
 * Get Started: [|http://twitter.com]

**Learning to Network & Networking to Learn**

 * Make Connections
 * Make Contributions
 * Make Conversation
 * Make Requests

**Getting Started**

 * Pick Three Blogs to Read.
 * Try: [|http://weblogg-ed.com] http://www.davidwarlick.com/2cents/ http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/
 * Create and write a blog when you're ready. Get Started: [|http://edublogs.org]
 * Use RSS to read more when you're ready. Get Started: [|http://bloglines.com] or [|http://reader.google.com]
 * Join Classroom 2.0: [|http://classroom20.ning.com]
 * Join Twitter and Follow Others Get Started: [|http://twitter.com]
 * Tweet when you're ready.

**Reflection Question**

 * How can you expand your learning network?

This wiki and the summer institute were originally developed by: [|Mark Wagner, Ph.D.] President, Educational Technology and Life Corporation