A quick guide to create professional connections for all level of technology competence.

1. Making Connections
Being a we!-informed & we!-connected Educator
by Desiree Caskey

2. Being a Well-Informed Educator
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Collecting Information Learn From Others Blogs of Interest
One of the easiest and best ways to stay informed and to
Learn to save your bookmarks online so that you can access
make connections is to read blogs that cover topics that you
them from any Internet-connected computer. Many social There are great sites out there that house tutorials on the
are interested in...there are millions of blogs...here are some
bookmarking tools allow you to share with colleagues and to different digital tools. Spend a little time learning about a tool if
that I read. (well, one that I author too) Many blogs allow you
share through social tools such as Facebook, Google + or you get intimidated easily.
to subscribe to posts, so that you can have the information
Twitter.
come to you!
Social Bookmarking Tools:
delicious.com YouTube.com
Emergingt.blogspot.com
symbaloo.com
diigo.com SlideShare.net
mediatedcultures.net/ksudigg/
www.google.com/bookmarks
www.internet4classrooms.com
http://edte.ch/blog/
News Readers: AtomicLearning.com (fee-based)
google.com/reader 21centuryedtech.wordpress.com
www.netvibes.com
digg.com www.speedofcreativity.org
For web designers:
Home Pages: davidwarlick.com/2cents/
www.w3schools.com
iGoogle
PageFlakes coolcatteacher.blogspot.com
Netvibes
learninginhand.com/blog/
Don’t Forget Podcasts
Don’t Forget EverNote

3. Becoming a Connected Educator
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Level I Level II Level III
Being a connected educator isn’t just about joining online communities, but also knowing where to go to
stay informed, to get questions answered, and to collaborate globally, if you want.
If you want to spend more effort making connections and even Manage multiple email addresses, have information you want
New to collaborating and connecting with others online? You to share, and want to stay up on the latest technology
contributing to conversations, you might want to check out
don’t want to get overwhelmed so you might want to start out conversations? You might want to join and participate in these
these sites. Although there is ample opportunity to make
with one or two sites. If there is a site that is local or regional, sites. If you want to belong to multiple groups, be sure to set
connections, don’t create too many accounts until you are
that might give you the most confidence to join and participate up notifications so that you don’t have to visit the site to get
ready.
updates.
IDEAL: IDEAL:
bpstilt.ning.com
IDEAL: bpstilt.ning.com
bpstilt.ning.com
We Are Teachers: ISTE Community:
weareteachers.com http://www.iste-community.org/
Classroom 2.0:
classroom20.com Post on Twitter:
Follow on Twitter:
www.twitter.com www.twitter.com
Free Technology 4 Teachers:
www.freetech4teachers.com Edutopia: CILC:
www.edutopia.org/groups www.cilc.org
Digital Learning Environments
guide2digitallearning.com Google Groups: Educator’s PLN:
groups.google.com http://edupln.com/
Tech & Learning:
techlearning.com Tech 4 Learning: Linked In:
http://www.tech4learning.com/ www.linkedin.com