Action+Steps

==== //**[|NEWLIT.ORG FORUM POST]:**// As a way to follow up on this part of our session, we would like to hear from you in terms of the status of your own professional web identity and digital footprint. Please click the link above to post a response in the forum on newlit.org addressing the following questions: Where are you in terms of what you create, share, and promote online as an educator? Do you have a webpage, blog, twitter account, wiki, etc.? Do you use any of these tools with your students? If so, provide some links and describe how do you use these tools to your advantage? If not, what action steps will you be taking to develop your web identity further and "write yourself" into being? You might also discuss any other facets of the presentation, especially in terms of thinking about "spheres of influence" and how new literacies and emerging technologies give us the ability to think and act locally, but also reach and make an impact globally. Let us hear from you!====

URL for Posting Response: []
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//Examples://

 * ====W. Ian O'Byrne, Assistant Professor, University of New Haven, and NLI Collaborator: 1) []; 2) []====
 * ====John Lee, Associate Professor, Social Studies and Middle Grades Education, NC State University, and NLI Facilitator: [|http://www4.ncsu.edu/~jklee/]====

//Possible Tools://

 * ====[|About.Me]: A custom profile and personal analytics dashboard====
 * ====[|Flavors.Me]: Quick home page tool====
 * ====[|Google Sites]: Google's scaffolded website tool====
 * ====[|Weebly]: Another free and easy to use website development tool====

//Educators to Follow://

 * ====Meredith Stewart, Cary Academy, Cary, NC: @msstewart====
 * ====Bud Hunt, Northern Colorado School District: @budtheteacher====
 * ====Steven Anderson, Winston-Salem, NC: @web20classroom====
 * ====Bethany Smith, NC State, Raleigh, NC: @bethanyvsmith====
 * ====Shelly S. Terrell, Educator, Edublogger, and Global Collaborator: @shellterrell====
 * ====Steve Katz, Seoul, Korea: @stevekatz====
 * ====George Couros, K-12 Principal, Alberta, Canada: @gcouros====
 * ====[|Google Doc list of educators organized by content area and grade / instructional level] with their Twitter user names (includes International category)====

//Content-focused Examples//

 * ====Writing Today Twitter feed: Collaborative site with graduate English education students focused on writing, teaching writing, and related topics====
 * ====[|Language Today] Twitter feed: Collaborative site undergraduate and graduate English education students focused on language, literacy, and culture====

//Lists / Professional Development Groups to Join / Follow://

 * ====#edchat====
 * ====#engchat====
 * ====List of all [|education-related twitter chats]====

//Resources://

 * ====[|Edudemic: The Ultimate Twitter Guidebook for Teachers]====
 * ====Cool Tools Session on Twitter: Using Twitter as a PD Tool====
 * ====Using Twitter in the Classroom====
 * ====Why Tweet?====

Alternative Tool available in China: [|Sina Weibo]

 * [|7-28-2011 NYT Article] on the effects of the "microblogging revolution" in China

//Examples://

 * ====[|In for Good: Personal Reflections on Teaching and Learning] - Meredith Stewart, Keynote Speaker for #NLI11! Middle & High School Teacher, Cary Academy, Cary, NC====
 * ====[|Blogging About the Web 2.0 Connected Classroom] - Steven Anderson, Keynote Speaker for #NLI11! Middle Grades Science and Instructional Technology====
 * ====[|Integrating Technology in the Primary Classroom] - Kathleen Morris (McGeady), Grade Two teacher at Leopold Primary School in Victoria, Australia. ====
 * ==== Her blog post about [|blogging with very young students]====
 * ====[|Kevin's Meandering Mind] - Kevin Hodgson, 6th grade ELA teacher in Southampton, MA, and technology liaison with the Western Massachusetts Writing Project.====
 * ====[|Bud the Teacher: Inquiry and Reflection for Better Learning] - Bud Hunt, Instructional Technology Teacher, Northern Colorado School District, Writer, Thinker====
 * ====[|The Tempered Radical] - Bill Ferriter, 6th grade Social Studies Teacher, Wake County Public Schools, Apex, NC====
 * ====[|Digital Writing, Digital Teaching] -- Troy Hicks, English Educator, Central Michigan University and National Writing Project====
 * ====[|Raising Readers and Writers] - Julie Johnson's Blog About Teaching Reading and Writing====
 * ====[|Always Learning: Teaching Technology Abroad] - Kim Cofino, Instructional Technology Teacher, Currently teaching in China====
 * ====Transparent Learning - Bethany Smith, Instructional Technologist, NC State University College of Education====
 * ====The Thinking Stick - Jeff Utecht, International School Bangkok====
 * ====A Difference, - Darren Kuropatwa, High School Math in Winnipeg : Manitoba, Canada ====
 * ==== [|Mind the Gap] - Jenny Rohn, Scientist and Writer: London, UK ====
 * ====**Examples of Professional Educators' Blogs in China:** [],[| http://blog.edudown.net/list.asp?classid=1], [] //(Thanks Sinky!)//====

//Tools://

 * ====[|Edublogs]====
 * ====[|Blogger]====
 * ====[|WordPress]====

//General://

 * ====Linked In - []====

//New Literacies and Technology Integration://

 * ====New Literacies Collaborative - []====
 * ====[|Multiliteracies Group on Facebook]====

//English://

 * ====The English Companion Ning - []====

//Examples://

 * ====[|The Electronic Pencil: The 6th Grade Writing Workshop Weblog] -- Kevin Hodgson's 6th grade ELA class site====

//Tools://

 * ====[|Wikispaces]====
 * ====Also see tools above for professional websites and blogs (1 and 3).====

//Example://

 * ====**[|My Jewish Legacy]** -- As part of her Bat-Mitzvah education, student developed website as a starting place for kids and teens to share stories about their grandparents’ journeys in escaping or surviving the Holocaust.====
 * ====**Many Voices for Darfur Blog**: [|http://stopgenocide.wikispaces.com/] - teacher-facilitated and student-run project focused on raising awareness about the genocide in Darfur.====
 * ====**25 Days to Make A Difference**: [] - student project paying tribute to grandfather and also challenging kids to do good in the world in small but compelling ways====
 * ====**The Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Busing Debate:**[| http://50279824.nhd.weebly.com/] - collaborative student project focused generally on the larger context of the Civil Rights movement and more specifically on the events surrounding the busing debated in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school district during the 1970s.====