Building Your PLN With Social Media
Published on Nov 18, 2015
Our #ASCA14 presentation.
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
What Is A PLN?
A PLN is a Personal Learning network
A community to help you learn and grow in your profession
Why have a PLN? To share ideas and resources, ask for help, feel connected, and grow professionally.
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HOW DO WE FIND EACH OTHER IN THE TWITTERVERSE?
- Allows members to follow along with a chat & search topics
- Hashtags start with # such as #ASCA14.
- Use Tweetdeck to easily see hashtag columns
- #scchat #escchat #sccrowd #mscchat #hscchat #sccrowd
- #schoolcounseling #schoolcounselors #psycchat #edchat
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CONFERENCE HASHTAGS
- #ASCA14
- #ASCA14PLN (our session)
- #NotAtASCA14
PROS & CONS OF TWITTER
- Super easy access
- Constant connection & Instant communication
- Use for support, resource sharing, brainstorming
- CONS
- Everything public & Not for the long-winded :)
What Is A Twitter Chat
- A scheduled group conversation
- All members use a specific hashtag
- #scchat first Tuesday of each month 8pm ET
- #escchat every Thursday during school year
- Use Tweetdeck or app with columns to participate
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PAST TWITTER CHATS
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Open Groups--Anyone can see what is posted and anyone can become a member.
Closed Groups--Anyone can see the group and who's in it. Only members see posts.
Secret Groups--Only members see the group, who's in it, and what members post.
Closed Groups--Anyone can see the group and who's in it. Only members see posts.
Secret Groups--Only members see the group, who's in it, and what members post.
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Links to all these groups can be found in your handouts.
Most counselors would say that being connected to a Facebook group helps them from feeling alone in their profession, gives them access to new ideas, and access to lots of great resources.
Most counselors would say that being connected to a Facebook group helps them from feeling alone in their profession, gives them access to new ideas, and access to lots of great resources.
Pros & cons OF FACEBOOK
- Ask a questions and within minutes you can get answers
- Documents can be shared with members by uploading files
- Can share information from a variety of sources
- CONS
- Many schools have block filters on facebook
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ASCA Scene is a networking site that is a professional meeting place for school counseling professionals to share and learn from each other. Get answers to your school counseling questions, share your lesson plans and best practices, as well as find info about upcoming events.
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Pros & COns of Pinterest
- Lots of great ideas for lessons and counseling.
- Pictures are worth a thousand words.
- You can create categories for your needs.
- Cons
- There is no dialog between individuals.
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PROS & CONS OF INSTAGRAM
- Share your own photos.
- Can comment and question.
- Cons
- Better mobile app
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TUMBLR
TUMBLR
PROS & CONS OF TUMBLR
- Mini-blog posts with text/visual combo
- "Ask questions" with anonymous feature
- Easy to create & manage posts
- CONS
- Not many school counselor tumblogs yet
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pros & cons of linkedin
- "Professional Facebook"
- User friendly digital resume
- Message boards, groups, job search
- CONS
- Pay to upgrade
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Why YouTube?
- Your videos can promote your program.
- Others' video can help to inspire.
- Great for lessons.
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