Try the DABEL Model When Offering PD on Social Media « Digitally Learning. Social Media can be a fun topic to teach educators and colleagues about. It is often an overwhelming concept for new users of social media tools to grasp. I think I described this on #edchat the other day as “Social Media is like breathing water to new people.” I’d like to revise that comment to that it probably feels more like a being a fish trying to swim without fins! I recently gave a lecture/workshop to 32 Ph.D candidates at Lesley University. They were taking a special topics course in new media in scholarship, and I was asked to help them think about using tools like Twitter, Mendeley, and social bookmarking sites to assist with their scholarly networking. While at least 3/4 of the class were active Facebookers, people were a bit miffed, and some a tad petrified, about using Twitter.
To get us going, I used my DABEL model which stands for: Deepen Apply Brainstorm Engage and Learn. Below is the full presentation. Link to Google Presentation with embedded videos. Image of slide show. Connected Educator Month | Connected Educators. Connected Educators | Strengthening connected online communities of practice in education. Nped - home. Hatboro Horsham Moodle. Social Networking Transforms Professional Development - ASCD Annual Conference 2012. Christine Fisher If you’ve been following or tweeting the #ASCD12 hashtag, you are part of Eric Sheninger’s personal learning network (PLN), a group of people with common interests sharing information and exchanging conversations.
For people like Sheninger, a high school principal and coauthor of Communicating and Connecting with Social Media, PLNs can span the globe—thanks to social media and online idea-sharing tools. In his session “Anywhere, Anytime Learning,” Sheninger told how, when he first started as principal at New Milford High School, he was well connected with professionals in other New Jersey schools. Although he was hesitant at first to use social media, he jumped on the Twitter bandwagon.
A passionate proponent of PLNs, Sheninger believes that they have the power to transform professional development. “We have the best ideas,” Sheninger said. One of the biggest misconceptions about social media is that it never leads to face-to-face connections, Sheninger said. Great Articles - Professional Development 2.0. Creative Commons License EXCEPT WHERE OTHERWISE NOTED, CONTENT ON THIS SITE ISLICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION-NON Commercial 3.0 LICENSEYOU MAY RE-USE THIS WITHOUT NEEDING TO ASK PERMISSION, AS LONG AS YOU CREDIT THE SOURCE IN WRITING AS EDUcationaltechnologyguy AND ON THE WEB BY ADDING A LINK BACK TO OUR WEB SITE, PLEASE DO NOT COPY ENTIRE ARTICLES.
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