Using social media to create your own Personal Learning Network

Phil BradleyChristmas Study Day for the Library and

Information Health Network North West

How to get hold of me

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And I’m not sure about:

• http://digg.com/philbradley

Namechk.com

http://www.theconversationprism.com/

Why would you want a PLN?

• Share information

• Ask/Answer questions

• Adjunct to training, though not a replacement

• A broader perspective

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What are the dangers of using social media?

• If you get involved in social media you may do something you’ll later regret

What are the dangers of NOT using social media?

• You will damage your reputation. Worse, you won’t have a reputation at all.

• You will not be taken seriously.

• You will not keep up to date.

• You will be out of the loop. For good.

The traditional approach

How do you start?How do you start?

Twitter

Follow the people the people you follow follow!

WeFollow

Twitter search

Great for conferences!

And then...

• Start tweeting!• Ask questions• Answer questions• Let people know what you think• Find out what others think• Refine your contacts – follow more people,

unfollow others

Social networks

• Not ‘social’ ‘PROFESSIONAL’!

• Have more than one ‘face’; professional and social

• More informal, but never forget the privacy angle!

Facebook

• Forget “Friends”

• Facebook is becoming a search engine

• Facebook pages are slowly replacing the website in some instances

• Status updates are like press releases!

Great for conferences!

Google+ A quick overview

Photographs

Profile

Edit your profile!

Edit your profile!

Introduction Placed livedBragging rights Home/WorkOccupation Looking forEmployment GenderEducation Profile discovery

Check your profile!

Circles

More circles

LinkedIn

http://www.linkedin.com/

CILIP Communities

http://communities.cilip.org.uk/

Quora

http://www.quora.com/

Yahoo Answers

Other networks

http://www.ning.com/

http://www.library20.org/

http://learningplace.com.au/

http://www.lisnpn.spruz.com/

http://www.lostzombies.com/

http://www.zombiefriends.com/

http://www.zombiepassions.com/

Bookmarking Services

http://www.delicious.com/network/Philbradley

Diigo groups

http://groups.diigo.com/group/classroom20

Teachmeets

http://www.teachmeet.org.uk/

Librarian teachmeets

http://hudteachmeet.blogspot.com/

http://livlibteachmeet.blogspot.com/

http://www.camlibtm.info/

http://www.ldnlibtm.info/

Mashed Library events

• Mashed Library is about “bringing together interested people and doing interesting stuff with libraries and technology.”

• Pancakes and Mash (Lincoln) March 2011• Haggis and Mash (Edinburgh) January 2011• Chips and Mash (Huddersfield) July 2010• Liver and Mash (Liverpool) May 2010• http://www.mashedlibrary.com/

Chatrooms

http://tinychat.com/

http://www.chatzy.com/

Weblogs

• You have something to say, something to share

• You don’t have to write every day

• Include a wide variety of content

• Commenting on other blogs is just as important

Specific blogs/sites

http://heartoftheschool.edublogs.org/

Voices for the library

http://www.voicesforthelibrary.org.uk/wordpress/

LIS New Professionals network

http://www.lisnpn.spruz.com/

RSS to keep on top

http://www.google.com/reader/

Use news collation services

Flipboard http://flipboard.com/Pulse news http://www.alphonsolabs.com

Zite

Zite top stories

FlipBoard

Pulse News

Scoop.it

XYDO brief

Communities

News.me

News.me

Or Netvibes

http://www.netvibes.com/

Wikis

http://teacherlibrarianwiki.pbworks.com/

http://www.libsuccess.org/

http://uklibraryblogs.pbworks.com/

Sharing documents

Multimedia

http://www.slideshare.net/

YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/

FindHow: the How-To search engine

FindHow: writing and speaking

Photographs

TED Talks

http://www.ted.com/talks

Train yourself, train others

http://www.mikogo.com/

http://www.wiziq.com

Not forgetting search!

Social Search Engines

Icerocket

Blekko

Remember Creative Commons!

It’s not always work!

• Washing machines

• Abandoned mental hospitals

• Though they’re not necessarily mutually exclusive...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/howzey/3463730614/

Final thoughts

• Take any and every opportunity

• It’s YOUR responsibility

• It’s 24/7

• Go to where the conversations are

• ENJOY!

Over to you...

• What resource(s) interested or excited you?

• What are you going to change?

• How will THIS group proceed?

Credits and thanks to:• http://www.flickr.com/photos/padorange/2580180117/ (conference image)• http://www.flickr.com/photos/smemon/5167671844/ (email image)• http://www.flickr.com/photos/dvdmerwe/779224087/ (training course)• http://www.flickr.com/photos/markwalker/3749673425/ (engine start)• http://jurylaw.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/math_blocks_stockxpertcom_id104816_size1.jpg

(number blocks)• http://cheezburger.com/View/4558569984 (lolcat)• http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/17ac52cb-fabe-4b3b-ace4-3f8356dafbea.jpg

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