1. About Me Ph.D. in C & I, SLU, 2012 B.A. & M.A.T. in Ed Tech, Webster University 20 total years in education #GrandBabyChat

2. Research & Passion Authentic integration of technology into the curriculum and the use of social media for informal professional learning. 3. Communicate & Connect Personal Learning Network aka 4. PLN = connections to people and resources, both offline and online, who enrich our learning http://www.amazon.com/Personal-Learning-Networks-Connections-Transform/dp/193554327X 5. Typical Teacher Network by Alec Couros 6. The Networked Teacher 7. Socially Networked Teacher 8. anytime, anywhere learning expand your network 9. Findings Favorite social media application to use for informal professional development: http://bettergraphic.com/free-and-paid-fonts-used-in-logos-of-popular- brands/ 10. Findings Open-ended Themes - Why Twitter? Community Convenience Sharing Informal learning Professional improvement Isolation reduction 11. PLN Personal Learning Network 12. Twitter basics: @ = speaking to someone aka mention # = a filter for topics 13. Chats are scheduled events Occur weekly, monthly Usually have a topic Typically archived 14. and because its not just about Twitter Remind an easy way for your parents, students, or staff to receive one-way text messages. Think reminders, announcements, kuddos! Skype author chats Facebook Edutopia, WeAreTeachers Edmodo think Facebook for schools And 15. Communicate by sharing the good! 16. Blogging Blogger WordPress Edublogs Kidblog Tumblr Weebly Google Sites 17. EdcampSTL is a FREE one-day conference in the participant-driven, unconference format. #edcampstl February 7, 2015 All are welcome to join us! 18. The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are. ~ C. S. Lewis 19. How have you used technology to communicate or connect? How have you used tech to enhance your learning? Inspired to try something new? 20. Projects by Jen O.R.E.O. Project Ho-Ho-Holiday Mystery Skype of Holiday Traditions Holiday Card Exchange St. Patricks Day Project Picture It collaborating to create one unique piece of artwork 21. Google Apps for Education 22. Digital Post-it Notes Lino & Padlet Discuss, respond & reflect Brainstorm Share research Categorize using colors Collect & organize Take notes 23. Content Curation 24. Content Curation Categories Learning Management System Edmodo Webpage, Wiki or Blog* Web Tools* Open Education Resources Khan Academy Primary Source Material 25. Webpage, Wiki or Blog Google Sites Weebly Edublog Kidblog WordPress Blogger Wikispaces 26. Tools for Curation Diigo Evernote Pinterest & Educlipper (student friendly) Livebinders Symbaloo Scoop.it & Paper.li Bag the Web Feedly, Netvibes & Pocket 27. My Favorite Things Twitter Diigo Pinterest Wikispaces Feedly Evernote Pocket Newest favorite: Weebly easy, peasy 28. What are your favorite content curation tools? What are your favorite collaboration tools? What tools are you curious about? Questions? 29. App Smashing The process of using more than one app to create a project/product. Challenges students to use higher level thinking skills. 30. More mobile learning Interesting ways to use QR Codes in the classroom 31. Project ideas w/ digital images Scrapbooks: ABCs, nature, literary character Motivational posters & Desktop backgrounds Create an online books Enhance poems Use images for presentations ThinglinkEDU to create interactive images 32. become a maker, a creator, an innovator Hour of Code "Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates have all said that students should learn how to code. Its a skill that not only teaches you how to work with computers, but also teaches you how to think about solving problems with systems." Coding resources 33. Digital Storytelling To address the most important issue first: there is no such thing as digital storytelling. Theres only storytelling in the digital age. . .Digital is not the difficult part in digital storytelling. Storytelling is. ~ Jasper Visser 34. Digital Storytelling Photoprompts have student create their own 35. MakeBeliefsComix Illustrate a math problem Explain cause/effect Show a scientific process Use as storyboard Illustrate a vocabulary word 36. Create WordArt: Wordle, ABCYa, Tagzedo Create an All About Me Summarize Analyze your writing Analyze famous speeches or documents Descriptions Guess the mystery topic Tons of wordcloud ideas by Jen Wagner 37. Digital Storytelling 38. Tellagami 39. Media & Digital Literacy ten years ago, not one student in a hundred, nay, one in a thousand, could have produced videos like this. Its a whole new skill, a vital and important skill, and one utterly necessary not simply from the perspective of creating but also of comprehending video communication today. ~ Stephen Downes 10 Ideas for Classroom Video Projects 40. This Year I Will 41. Thank you! 1. Write your This Year I Will goal for school year. 2. Have pic taken with holding goal. 3. Consider sharing on Instagram or Twitter using #tyiw. 4. Place image where you will see on regular basis. 42. Find me at: Twitter: @debbiefuco Blog: The Educators Caf Email: debbie.fucoloro@gmail.com