Leadership and Professionalism
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Overview:
Those working on the Leadership & Professionalism badge will develop a professional learning network (PLN) by:
- Reading about the value of PLNs in library service and particularly library service for and with teens.
- Select five people and/or organizations to follow on Twitter who work in libraries with teens and/or work in a related field - such as an author, publisher, library oriented magazine, etc.
- Select five people and or organizations who are not directly related to libraries but work in areas related to teens - such as tech writers and blogs, educators, newspapers, etc. - and follow them on Twitter
- Read a the Tweets of those followed for at least a week and then reflect on the experience, learning, and value of this type of PLN.
If at any time in the process of working on a badge you need help on developing your materials, see our screencasts on the Help page of the site.
Goals:
- To give badge earners the chance to understand why being a part of a PLN is valuable to those working with teens in libraries.
- To give badge earners the chance to understand the role of connecting with those outside of the field of libraries in order to better serve teens.
- To understand how social media plays an important role in professional learning networks.
Tech required:
Each badge earner will need to setup a Twitter account (A getting started with Twitter screencast is available.) and use Google Docs (A getting started with Google Apps screencast is available.) to write about what they learned by being a part of Twitter-based PLNs.
Steps:
As you work on the steps in this badge earning process remember to consult the badge rubric and keep in mind the requirements of the rubric and how to create a set of high-quality project materials.
Read Twitter is My PLN
Setup a Twitter account. (A getting started with Twitter screencast is available.)
Select at least five library oriented people or organizations to follow on Twitter. (If you are new to Twitter you can watch our screencasts to learn how to get started.) A list of potential library people and organizations to follow is available. As you make your selections, think about those people and/or organizations that are going to be most in-line with the professional learning you most want or need to do. Put some thought into who you select by looking over their tweets and their bios on Twitter.
Select at least five non-library oriented people or organizations to follow on Twitter. (If you are new to Twitter you can watch our screencasts to learn how to get started.) A list of potential non-library people and organizations to follow is available. As you make your selections, think about those people and/or organizations that are going to be most in-line with the professional learning you most want or need to do. Put some thought into who you select by looking over their tweets and their bios on Twitter.
Spend at least a week reading the Tweets of the people and organizations you are now following. During the week think about how the Tweets of these people helps you to better understand the work you do, teens, etc. After the first week, or longer if you would like, write your reflection on developing a PLN using Twitter. Use the template provided as a jumping off point for what you write-up.
As you work on the steps in this badge earning process remember to consult the badge rubric and keep in mind the requirements of the rubric and how to create a set of high-quality project materials.