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Making the Internet Work for You!

Making the Internet Work for You!. The Rapids. Search for Resources/ ideas. Ever feel like the internet is laughing at you?. Why Blogs?. The information is out there and easy to access. It comes to you when using a feed reader. (no searching)

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Making the Internet Work for You!

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  1. Making the Internet Work for You!

  2. The Rapids

  3. Search for Resources/ ideas

  4. Ever feel like the internet is laughing at you?

  5. Why Blogs? • The information is out there and easy to access. • It comes to you when using a feed reader. (no searching) • You can see the thoughts and actions of educators around the country. • It does not take much time .

  6. Powerful Lessons

  7. Quick PD on what interests you

  8. Sites with more Resources

  9. Sites with different kinds of resources

  10. How? • Choose a feed reader. • Sign up. • Start adding blogs.

  11. I currently use feedly, which has a very good app for tablets, but I am starting to use wordpress. • Feedly.com • Wordpress.com

  12. Possible Blogs to follow • For any topic: http://movingforward.wikispaces.com/Education+Blogs+by+Discipline Blogs about educational change: http://shifthappens.wikispaces.com/Education+Bloggers Other lists: http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/52-education-blogs-you-should-follow/ http://www.edudemic.com/education-blogs/

  13. Twitter!? Really? • Discuss educational ideas quickly • Chat with educators around the globe • Find articles and other resources in your feed. • Hear the opinion of Educational “Rock Stars” (or not, your choice)

  14. Twitter ideas • Go to twitter.com and sign up. • Follow educators from your discipline. I started with famous ones or ones from blogs. • Participate (or lurk) in an educational chat. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiftIdjCeWSXdDRLRzNsVktUUGJpRWJhdUlWLS1Genc#gid=0

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