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Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) are all about using web tools such as blogs, wiki, twitter, facebook to create connects with others which extend our learning, increases our reflection while enabling us to learn together as part of a global community. PLNs increase our opportunities to ask questions and receive help compared to our normal daily face-to-face interactions.
Building Personal Learning Networks! | Mobile Technology in TAFE
Game for PLN exploration
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- How has world changed?
- How have students changed?
- What should we doing to instill curiosity & creativity?
- What will Classroom 2.0 look like?
I really loved how Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach in her Hale School Workshop broke the participants into four groups and got them to move around the room answering the four questions on butcher’s paper. Would be a great way for them to physically feel a personal learning network in action.
Trouble is I’m struggling for ideas for the questions. Sheryl’s were:
Any thoughts on what questions I could use? Or can you suggest any different activities?
Footprints in the Digital Age
Very interesting article regarding our need as educators to teach students how to build their own PLNs. Teachers need to lead by example. He gives quick tips in the end on how to establish a PLN.
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It's a consequence of the new Web 2.0 world that these digital footprints—the online portfolios of who we are, what we do, and by association, what we know—are becoming increasingly woven into the fabric of almost every aspect of our lives.
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A recent National School Boards Association survey (2007) announced that upward of 80 percent of young people who are online are networking and that 70 percent of them are regularly discussing education-related topics.
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Betchablog » Blog Archive » Learning is a Conversation
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If you have a question, someone somewhere will have an answer. If you have a problem, someone somewhere will have a solution. If you have an interest, someone somewhere will partner with you to share that interest.
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The reason it’s such a big deal is that these connections with other people are what enables us to grow, and in turn enables us to help our students grow. I’m not sure who originally said it, but I once read, “You will be the same person in 5 years that you are today except for 2 things: the people you meet and the books you read.”
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Betchablog » LIAC_notes
Notes on PLN presentation
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Every time we share a conversation with someone else, we open new opportunities to grow and to learn.
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Learning today is not a matter of simply acquiring information, but rather engaging in conversations that are fluid and dynamic.
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Directory of Learning Professionals on Twitter
469 entries and counting
This Directory lists in alphabetical order (by Twitter username) learning professionals from both education and corporate training, as well as other related professionals and e-learning products and services on Twitter.
Successful Teaching: Growing My Own Professional Learning Network
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I think the main point I got from her tips are that in order to grow a learning network, you have to be actively engaged in doing so. You can’t sit around hoping that it will come to you.
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If you do join, I suggest you stick with it for at least 2 weeks before you decide if you like it or not
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The Power of Educational Technology: Ten Tips for Growing Your Learning Network
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10. Participate, don't just lurk, you have to give to get. Don't be afraid to share your ideas, comments and links. We are all both leaders and followers. Let your voice be heard.
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