[CNYASTD_SILSIG] SILSIG Meeting Date - May 26th

[Mark Britz]

Hello everyone.

We are moving ahead to plan our next discussion. Candyce and I believe
May 26th gives everyone a date to target with ample time to lock it
down. I do hope it works for you all.

We will shoot for a 7:00am to 8:00am focused meeting.

Additionally we will work to secure a conference call number for those
who would like to attend ...but in their pajamas.

To refresh your memory, we did a round robin last meeting on your
personal "pain points" regarding social media for learning. All
thoughts were posted previously and the idea going forward was to
systematically target each to help everyone build a stronger
understanding. Therefore we will use the 6 week period between
meetings to post & share information, ideas, and resources on a single
area of "study" regarding social media for learning. At our meetings
we can work to better understand the area with live discussions to
pull it all together and chart group/individual courses of action.

We begin with: The Use of and Best Practices of SM in a Professional
Setting.

Please reply to this post with links, resources, that will help people
grow in their understanding of THIS AREA ONLY. And by all means share
you personal views and experiences!!


ps. Mark your calendars - May 11th - DLSIG & SILSIG Co-Hosting:
Learning Worlds Collide -Combining Social and Distance Learning
Tools. See details here: http://www.cnyastd.org/programs


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[Mark Britz]

Use and best practice of SM in a professional setting can lead us down
a couple of paths. 1. Using SM for your own growth and development or
2. Use for your organizations workforce development.

Today let me share something that is for the latter of the two.

Many folks within our CNY-ASTD chapter are face-to-face instructors.
And of course their success is tied greatly to the success of the
trainees. Therefore any technique that will enhance trainee
understanding and ultimately improve their performance should be
employed.

Twitter as a tool is really simple.... No, I mean it. Sure, its
foreign to many and often misunderstood but the bottom line is this:
One is given 140 characters to share thoughts to a large audience (if
your account is "unprotected") or a smaller audience (if your account
is "protected"). Nothing scary about sharing, just remember its an
extension of yourself, in real time.

So, how can you use this simple tool to improve face-to-face
training? By giving your trainees an opportunity to express
themselves before, during, and after a training session.

Jane Hart is a favorite blogger/researcher of mine as her writings
alone have really opened my eyes to the practical uses of SM
technologies. In this post (http://c4lpt.co.uk/140Learning/
lecture.html) she shares some tips on how to use SM in a classroom/
workshop:

Pre-class activities might include:

- The professor/lecturer/teacher/trainer introducing the lesson on
Twitter, i.e. explaining what's going to be discussed/covered in the
class
- The students/learners submitting questions on twitter for
discussion in advance before class
During the class

In-class activities might include:

- Display the pre-class tweets/discussion that has been taken place
and that should take place
- Displaying the in-class tweets to keep the discussion going


Post-class and between classes activities might include:

- Use Twitter to post notes after the class, for those who missed the
class
- Continuing the discussion using twitter, especially if out of time
during class, as well as keeping the students/learners communicating
with one another.
- Dealing with students' individual questions
- Use Twitter to share links to relevant resources and websites that
pertain to the lesson.
- Have students share their experiences on twitter of what they have
done and are doing
- Use twitter to send out reminders about upcoming tests, project due
dates, or any course/class-related news

Be sure to see the whole post for links, a video on how a professor is
Texas is engaging students with the use of Twitter, and other ideas.
http://c4lpt.co.uk/140Learning/lecture.html

[Mark Britz]

Hi Everyone - we are a bit more than a week out but i wanted to see
what attendance will be looking like for our next informal get-
together and discussion.

The details again:

The Use of and Best Practices of SM in a Professional Setting

May 26, 2010
7-8am
Aspen Dental, 281 Sanders Creek Pkwy, East Syracuse

If you want to be there, but can't physically be there I can set up a
conference call number but need to know ASAP.

OK, take a minute, look at your calendars and reply to this message
with your attendance intentions.

Thanks!

-Mark

On Apr 28, 9:13 am, Mark Britz <mwbr...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Rita Barger]

Please count me in. Looking forward to it!

Rita Barger

Instructional Designer
(ph)315.382.2892 
(fax)315.682.1572
rmba...@twcny.rr.com

[Candyce Robb]

Sadly :-(
I must decline, this having a job is getting in the way of my other
projects...

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