Overview


 * Schedule**

9:00-9:15 Introductions, overview Show "Web Site Story"

9:15-10:00 Q&A/Discussion 1. Working towards a working definition of social network? (a group...of people...in which you are social...) 2. What are the social networks you currently participate in? Offline? Online? 3. What do these activities have in common? What do you do when you participate in a network? (Sharing, reporting, gathering information...) 4. What happens when you go from an offline to an online network? (for example, book group to Goodreads)

10:00-10:45 Presentation: Why are social networks valuable as learning environments for teachers?

15-minute break (Everyone connected, up and running?)

11:00-11:45 Hands-on: Joining and exploring a social network (see instructions)

11:45-12:00 Discussion: Reflections on hands-on session. What were your thoughts as you began to network? What surprised you? What scares you about participating in social networks online? What excites you?

12:00-12:40 Lunch (40 minutes) -- show Wesch video

12:45-1:30 Discussion of Wesch video, why social networking for students

1:30-2:00 Presentation: Classroom applications

2:00-2:30 Hands-on: Creating a lesson or assignment for your classroom What lesson do you have coming up in the next few weeks that you find challenging to get students to connect with? How could you use a social network to address that lesson?

2:30-3:00 Discussion/sharing of lessons Questions and comments