Action+Steps

// How Will __You__ "Write Yourself Into Being?" //
Carl Young

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====Below is a "big picture" approach to possible action steps -- ideas to come back to and consider as you explore your options for "writing yourself into being." John, however, will now engage you in some publishing and sharing in action!==== 

//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]====
 * ====NLI 2011 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 ====

//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.====