March 18, 2008
Feed the Mind w/ RSS
That was the title of my session Friday, March 14, 2008 at our annual SCASL conference. This was the 3rd time I had given this preso, and quite honestly, I am still getting feedback from my attendees. The preso in one of its earliest formats appears on my “preso” page, which is supposed too serve as my place for anyone looking for handouts. I’ve gone strictly to electronic handouts, though in all honesty, it is really just some links. But since I first presented this at Summer Leadership (SCASA Annual Conference) and SC Edtech, it has been transformed. I have gone from a heavily scattered text approach (bullets–oh no) to a visual representation of my material for many slides, and I mixed in videos too. Oh and don’t forget I invited my Twitter network to say hello and speak to the power of RSS, as well as a Skype call from a network friend (Dennis Richards, Superintendent of his school district in Falmouth, Massachusetts .)
This mixture of material including Twitter shout-outs, a Skype Chat and call, videos, and my slide show helped me make this session much more than the “sit and get” presentations I have grown oh so weary of. And today, I have posted the entire slide show, all 37 slides, for anyone who wants to review it. I welcome your comments, either here or on Slide Share. Looking for constructive criticism, b/c I have one more conference where I may do this same presentation.
Filed by Cathy Nelson at 8:33 pm under Blogging,Conferences,Professional Development,South Carolina Tagged Professional Development, SCASL08
2 Comments
March 20th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
The thing I really liked about your presentation was the added videos. I knew something of RSS feeds but learned even more during your presentation. It essentially whetted my appetite to start getting in and working more with these social networking tools.
March 20th, 2008 at 11:13 pm
That was my goal Camillia! Glad to know succeeded. I don’t know which video you liked best, but if it was the one featuring Will Richardson, you definitley should add him to your reader (http://weblogg-ed.com/). Be sure to subscribe to his feed for posts there as well as the feed for comments. Reading blogs can be powerful, but reading blogs w/ comments ups it a notch and truly engages the mind. That is why I like Will Richardson. He loves to stir up conversation in his blog. He is also a big proponent of professional learning networks, learning tools yourself as an educator before trying them with kids, and hashing out education in a conversational format. Truly a great read.