Personal Learning Networks

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Created in January 2008 to facilitate conversation at a session for the ECIS ' ISTE IT Leadership conference in Prague.

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Julie LindsayQatar Academylindsay.julie@gmail.comhttp://123elearning.blogspot.com

Prepared for ECIS/ISTE IT Leadership ConferencePrague, January 2008

An extended

community of people

that you can interact with

regularly

A personally chosen collection of resources you can go to when you want to learn something

Photo credit: http://flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/2060090675/

Foster conversation and social learning through connectivity and interactivity

Ongoing professional development

Make important professional connections globally

Encourages a global perspective

Acts as a lifeline for quick fixes

Caveat: A network is only as valuable and useful as what participants contribute

Photo credit: http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2112632514&size=m

Gets educators sharing, communicating and collaborating

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ReflectingSharingConnectingCollaboratingPostingCommenting

‘Micro-Blogging’

‘Microbogging’ with 140 characters at a time

NING

http://del.icio.us/julielindsay/PLN

Google readerhttp://google.com/reader

Foster a PLN amongst teachers at your school

using Web 2.0 tools

Bring in the global extended community and provide opportunities for all participants

Example:global conversations amongst international

schools – Shift Our Schools Podcast by Jeff Utecht and David carpenter

My Delicious tag for PLN:http://del.icio.us/julielindsay/PLN

Powerful Learning Practiceshttp://www.plpnetwork.com/index.htmlSheryl Nussbaum-Beach and Will Richardson supporting learning communities

E-Learning 4 Life Ninghttp://elearning4life.ning.comFlat Classroom Project Ninghttp://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com

Shift our Schools: SOS Podcasthttp://www.thethinkingstick.com/ondeck/