Welcome to the landing page for Social Networking for Music Educators: Using the Four “C’s” of Social Networking to Help You and Your Program, a presentation from the 2012 TI:ME/JEN Conference. This page contains an embedded version of the PowerPoint Presentation used during the session, links to .pdf files of the handout and slides, and pertinent links from the handout. If you have any questions about the presentation, don’t hesitate to contact me, or leave a comment on this page!

The Presentation:

Audio Recording:

Social Networking for Music Educators – TI:ME/JEN Conference 2012 by Andy Zweibel

Downloadable Files:

Social Networking for Music Educators – Handout

Social Networking for Music Educators – Slides

Pertinent Links:

Resources for “Creation”

• Blogging
• For Long-Form
• http://wordpress.com
• http://blogger.com
• For Sharing Media/Short Updates
• http://tumblr.com
• http://posterous.com
• Self-Hosted Blogging
• http://godaddy.com
• http://wpwebhost.com
• http://wordpress.org
• Podcasting
• Podcasting Platforms
• http://podomatic.com
• http://mypodcast.com
• Integration
• PodPress Plugin for WordPress: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/podpress/
• FeedBurner (see below)
• RSS/Aggregation
• http://feedburner.com
• http://reader.google.com
• http://musicednews.com
• @MusicEdNews on Twitter
• OPML File Containing MusicEdNews Feeds: http://mustech.net/projects/poem

Resources for “Connection”

• Facebook Privacy: https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=privacy
• LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com
• LinkedIn Branding: http://mashable.com/2009/07/27/linkedin-personal-brand

Resources for “Conversation”

• Twitter: http://twitter.com
• Applications:
• http://tweetdeck.com
• http://seesmic.com
• http://hootsuite.com
• Hashtags to Follow:
• #MusEdChat
• #EdChat
• #musiced
• #mpln
• #followfriday, #ff
• #MusEdChat:
• How to get started: http://musicedmajor.net/2010/07/26/get-started-musedchat
• Music Educators to Follow: http://mustech.net/projects/musictwitter
• Google+
• http://plus.google.com
• My profile (#MusEdChat Extensions): http://bit.ly/tP9vI1
• MusicPLN: http://musicpln.org
• Skype: http://skype.com

Resources for “Collaboration”

• Google Docs
• http://docs.google.com
• Ideas: http://bit.ly/gdocsclassroom
• Wiki
• http://pbwiki.com
• http://wikispaces.com