ACSA Women's Leadership Network: Connected Leadership

Connected Leadership Developing your PLN

ACSA Women’s Leadership Network 9/1/2014

Molly  Large  @mollylarge  

mlarge@rusd.k12.ca.us  

Assistant  Principal  Franklin  Elementary  School  

Adjunct  Lecturer  University  of  La  Verne  

Doctoral  Student  EducaEonal  Technology  

PLN  

•  Personal  Learning  Network  

•  Professional  Learning  Network  

•  Meets  “specific  needs  for  knowledge,  informaEon,  and  ideas,”  

Diagram  created  by  Bev  Novak  in  NovaNews  Published  with  permission.    

A  collecEon  of  people  with  whom  you  exchange  informaEon  and  engage  in  conversaEons.  

Digital  Tools  for  Professional  Learning  

Allow  us  to:  •  Find  and/or  curate  content  •  Learn  new  skills  •  Conduct  research  •  ASend  presentaEons  •  Learn  from/with  others  

– Anything!  – Any  Eme!  – Anywhere!  

Why  TwiSer?  

Why  TwiSer?  

•  Establish  a  network  of  supports    •  Keep  current  on  trends  and  resources  •  Connect  with  the  best  minds  in  the  field  •  Model  21st  century  communicaEon  •  Strengthen  technology  skills  •  Tell  your  story  

Get  Started  

•  Track  specific  conversaEons,  groups,  topics,  conferences  

•  Created  by  users  – #WISL14  – #cpchat  – #caedchat  – #RUSDlearns  – #FranklinElem  

Get  Started  

•  Choose  whom  to  follow  – @handle  

•  See  who  they  follow  •  Search  for  content    

– Hashtags  –  Lists  

•  Push  out  links,  arEcles,  resources  •  Nurture  others    

–  Retweet  (RT)  –  Respond  to  shout  outs  

TwiSer  Spectrum  

“The  audience  you  are  speaking  to  is  not  the  only  audience  that’s  hearing  you.”  Bonnie  Stewart    @bonstewart  

Two  Approaches  

•  Let  people  lead  you  to  conversaEons  

•  Let  conversaEons  lead  you  to  people  

Professional  Learning  Network:  A  collecEon              of  people  with  whom  you  exchange  informaEon  and  engage  in  conversaEons.  

Professional  Leadership  Network:  A  collecEon  of  people  for  whom  you  provide  informaEon  and  tell  your  organizaEonal  story.  

Schools  and  classrooms  will  never  look  different,  if  our  own  ac7ons  

and  beliefs  look  the  same.    

George  Couros,  The  Principal  of  Change  

Use  TwiSer  to…  

•  Share  resources  related  to  professional  pracEce  

•  Request  assistance  &  offer  help  •  Make  connecEons  with  others  in  field  •  Share  informaEon  about  classroom/students  •  Engage  in  social  commentary  •  Build  digital  idenEty  (footprint)  •  Highlight  parEcipaEon  in  other  networks  

Use  TwiSer  to…  

•  Share  resources  related  to  professional  pracEce  

•  Request  assistance  &  offer  help  •  Make  connecEons  with  others  in  field  •  Share  informa0on  about  classroom/students  •  Engage  in  social  commentary  •  Build  digital  iden0ty  (footprint)  •  Highlight  par0cipa0on  in  other  networks  

Molly  Large  @mollylarge  

mlarge@rusd.k12.ca.us  hSp://Enyurl.com/WLN-­‐PLN  

References  •  All  images  licensed  from  PresenterMedia.com  •  Hewson,  K.  (2012).  TwiSer  for  educators:  Why  start  now?  hSp://

www.slideshare.net/hewsonk27/twiSer-­‐for-­‐educators-­‐why-­‐start-­‐now  •  Johnson,  D.  (2013).  Pukng  the  “personal”  in  your  PLN.  EducaEonal  

Leadership.  •  Newbury,  P.  (2013).  Building  your  PLN.hSp://www.slideshare.net/

peternewbury/building-­‐yourpln-­‐fa13  •  Rinaldo,  S.B,  Tapp,  S.  &  Laverie,  D.A.  (2011)  Learning  by  tweeEng:  Using  

TwiSer  as  a  pedagogical  tool.  Journal  of  MarkeEng  EducaEon.  •  Sheninger,  E.  (2013).  The  power  of  PLN’s.  hSp://www.slideshare.net/

Esheninger/plns-­‐24201822  •  Tolisano,  S.  R.  (2014).  Building  a  PLN.  hSp://www.slideshare.net/

langwitches/building-­‐a-­‐plan  •  Veletsianos,  G.  (2012).  Higher  educaEon  scholars’  parEcipaEon  and  

pracEces  on  TwiSer.  Journal  of  Computer  Assisted  Learning,  28(4).