TSHA 2011

Social Media & Web

2.0 for SLPs
Networking & learning from your
colleagues(and clients) on the Internet

by GeekSLP
geekslp@yahoo.com
www.geekslp.com
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 The goal today:
• Describe Social Media & web
2.0;

• Learn to use Social Media to

increase your professional
learning network (PLN).

• Learn how social media has

impacted information in our
field;

• Learn to use social media to

promote parent support and
engagement.

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 What is Social Media?
Social media are media for social interaction, using
highly accessible and scalable publishing techniques.
( Wikipedia.com)

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 What is Social Media?

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 Web 2.0 websites allow users to do more
than just retrieve information

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 Web 2.0

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 There is more to
Facebook than Gossip

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 1. Expand your
professional Learning
Network ( PLN)

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 1. Expand your professional Learning Network
( PLN)

- Create your Facebook profile

- Joining groups & Pages of professional
organizations and interest groups

Join Pages = Like Pages

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 Social
Media on

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 Some examples of Pages you
may like

• American Speech and Hearing Association http://www.facebook.com/asha.org

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 Some examples of Pages you
may like

• Stuttering Foundation http://www.facebook.com/stutteringfoundation

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 Some examples of Pages you
may like

• Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association http://www.facebook.com/txsha

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 Some examples of Pages you
may like

• iPhone, iTouch & iPad for Speech Therapy http://www.facebook.com/pages/

iPhoneiTouch-iPad-for-Speech-Therapy
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 Some examples of Pages you
may like

• Autism Speaks http://www.facebook.com/autismspeaks

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 2. Comment & Engage in
discussions

Advocate!

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 The discussions tab

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 3. Inform your peers

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 The old way... The new way

4. Empower parents

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 The old way... The new way

4. Empower parents

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 How to empower your
parents:
1. Suggest support group pages
to your parents

2. Create a Facebook Page

3. Support parents in creating a

Facebook page

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 Facebook by Parents to
Parents:
• Special Needs Parents Homeschooling Special Needs Kids

• Parents of Special Needs Children

• Autism Parents Association

• Parents of Children With Apraxia of Speech and other Speech

Disorders

• Parents with Cochlear Implant Kids

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 5. Empower Students &
Clients

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 6. Learn from people
that like your clients
experience a disability
on a daily basis

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 6. Learn from people that like your clients
experience a disability on a daily basis

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 7. Promote your clinic,
program or business.
Stay in touch.

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 Facebook for SLPs recap
• Join the Facebook pages of your
professional organizations;

• Join Facebook pages of related

topics, such as Apraxia, Autism,
AAC, iPhone for SLPs, etc...
• Engage discussions & advocate;
• Share professional information
on Facebook: Educate your peers.
• Create a Facebook page.
• Empower parents and students/
clients.

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 Same Principles
Different platforms

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 • Social networking
• Microblogging
• Tweets: text-based posts of up to 140 characters displayed on the
user's profile page.

• Users : 150 million

• #hashtags

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 Understanding Twitter

#hashtag @reffering Follow/Followers

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 Who to follow...

@ashaweb
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 Who to follow...

@caslpa
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 Who to follow...
#slpeeps

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 • Yahoo! Groups offers free mailing lists,
photo & file sharing, group calendars and
more. Discuss hot topics, share interests,
join online communities.

• Social media on your e-mail

• Receive e-mails from group/ organization
when messages are posted.

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 Groups to join on Yahoo Groups.com

SLPTalk
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 what do they talk about?

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 ASHA’s
Listserve
1 Language Learning and Education
2 Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders
3 Voice and Voice Disorders
4 Fluency and Fluency Disorders
5 Speech Science and Orofacial Disorders
6 Hearing and Hearing Disorders: Research and Diagnostics
7 Aural Rehabilitation and Its Instrumentation
8 Public Health Issues Related to Hearing and Balance
9 Hearing and Hearing Disorders in Childhood
10 Issues in Higher Education
11 Administration and Supervision
12 Augmentative and Alternative Communication
13 Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders (Dysphagia)
14 Communication Disorders and Sciences in Culturally and
Linguistically Diverse (CLD) Populations
15 Gerontology
16 School-Based Issues
17 Global Issues in Communication Sciences and Related Disorders
18SIG 18, Telepractice
http://www.asha.org/SIG/Special-Interest-Group-Descriptions/

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 How to join...
• Membership is open to the public:
• There are two possible affiliations
• Affiliates: Asha members ($35)
• Associate Affiliate: family receiving services,
or nonprofessionals ($45)

• Students (Members of NSSLHA)- $10

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 • is a business-oriented social networking site- mainly used for
professional networking.

• 21.4 million monthly unique U.S. visitors and 47.6 million globally.

• A contact network is built up consisting of their direct connections,

second and third degree connections.

• Employers can list jobs and search for potential candidates.

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 Linked in Groups
• Very similar to Facebook Groups;
• You can get group news/updates on
your e-mail (weekly/daily)
• Some groups:
• Bilingual Speech and Language Therapists

• iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad for Speech Therapy

• Technology for Speech and Language Pathologists

• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

• Parents with Patience

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 Blogging

Does anyone here have a blog?

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 What is blogging all about?

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 My favorite Blogs
http://pathologicallyspeaking.blogspot.com

http://www.speechtechie.com/

http://www.mommyspeechtherapy.com

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 My favorite Blogs

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 Video Casting, iTunes Podcasts, and
You Tube

Learning from a new Media format: Video

iTunes Podcasts

You Tube Videos

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 You Tube for SLPs- Finding videos

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 Podcasts on iTunes

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 Share knowledge
Share documents

www.scribd.com

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 Social Media etiquette

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 How do YOU use Social
Media?

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 How do I use Social
Media?

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 How do I use Social Media?

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 Podcast

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 Twitter-Facebook-Linked in- Yahoo Groups

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 FREE

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 The experiment...
• 1st: How many of your are already on
my GeekSLP Facebook page?
• 2nd: I want to check how many of you
will “like” my Facebook page after this
presentation.

• 3rd: Today I currently _____like the

GeekSLP Facebook page. How many
will I have tomorrow?

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 Just remember...
• Follow me on Twitter @Geekslp

• Like my GeekSLP facebook page

• Share with others! Be an active
member of the Social Media SLP
family.

Thank you!

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 Contact information.

• geekslp@yahoo.com
• www.geekslp.com
• @geekslp

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