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Staying Connected: Professional Development for Business Educators with Social Networking and Wikis MBEA 2009 Convention Thompsonsville, MI Connecting the Pieces of the Puzzle By Eileen M. Dittmar, PhD eileen.dittmar@capella.edu. Presentation Outline. Description of Web 1, 2, 3 technologies
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Staying Connected: Professional Development for Business Educators with Social Networking and WikisMBEA 2009 Convention Thompsonsville, MI Connecting the Pieces of the Puzzle By Eileen M. Dittmar, PhDeileen.dittmar@capella.edu
Presentation Outline • Description of Web 1, 2, 3 technologies • Overview of resources • Tips to enhance instructor knowledge • Q and A
Brief Description of Web 1, 2, 3 What is Web 1, 2, 3? • Web (original; first) = “read” only • Web 2.0 = read/write with interaction features • Web 3.0 = Connectivity between databases and devices; personalized web; cloud computing
Why? Business education is the best curricula for using exciting Web 2.0 technology tools Such as wikis, social networking, social bookmarking, MUVEs, blogging, podcasting, RSS feeds, and tags Enhance collaborative communication with wikis and social networking
Grab bag of Web tools & more Documents for you at http://eileendittmar.wordpress.com/ This presentation Social Networks and Wikis Class Activities BMMT Teacher Social Network and Wiki Instructions and More Privacy Settings Social Network and Wiki Tutorial with screenshots Dittmar Web Tools
Too many places to go? *MCCTE * MBEA-Online.Org * OCTE website/OCTE ListServ * NBEA.Org * Learnport.com * Navigator * Wikis *Social Network (Ning, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook) * Etc. Etc. Etc. Etc. Etc. * ******HELP!******
One place has it all! • bmmtteacher.ning.com is our one-stop shop working like a hubcenter of all resources with links to them
Streamline! • Use “tabs” in your browser setup options • Have several browsers (IE, Mozilla, Chrome, Flock, Safari) • Keep all URLs handy (i.e. Backflip, Delicious)
Tips to enhance instructor knowledge • Practice in “experimental” wiki and social network. • A wiki of curriculum resources • http://www.curriki.orghttp://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/ • Tips for developing learning activities to be completed in a wiki at http://www.thejournal.com/articles/24206_1
Tips to enhance instructor knowledge Wiki http://freeonlinecourse.pbwiki.com http://bmmtteacher.pbwiki.com Social network http://freeonlinecourse.ning.com http://bmmtteacher.ning.com Blog http://eileendittmar.wordpress.com/
Q and A Questions? Comments? Suggestions?
Thank you for attending! • Description of Web 1, 2, 3 technologies • Overview of resources • Tips to enhance instructor knowledge • Q and A