- 1. PERSONAL LEARNINGNETWORKS INTC 3610Spring 2013
2. PLN Defined The Personal Learning Network consists of the
people a learner interacts with and derives knowledge from in a
Personal Learning Environment. Learners create connections and
develop a network that contributes to their professional
development and knowledge. The learner does not have to know these
people personally or ever meet them in person.(Wikipedia 10/17/11)
3. How PLNs WorksGraphics by Corrine Weisberger & Shannan
Butler 4. Functions of a PLNConnectCollaborateContribute 5.
Benefits of a PLN Teachers become: Aware Connected Empowered
Confident . . . .LEARNERS! 6. Twitter.com Who are you following?
Who are they? What are they tweeting about?Student summaries 7.
Expand Your TwitterExperience Twitter.com using hashtags # = symbol
used to identify a specific chat or topic #ntchat New Teacher Chat
Twitter 4 Teachers Wiki Website Hashtags.org - website What the
Trend website Tagulus - websiteASSIGNMENT---FOLLOW two more people
on twitter.Reflection on the twittering go in your blog 8. NINGs
Online platform for people to create their own social networks,
launched in 2005. Offers customers the ability to create a
community website with a customized appearance and feel, feature
sets such as photos, videos, forums and blogs. NINGS have service
layers in support for Like, integration with Facebook, Twitter,
Google and Yahoo!.[ 9. Ning Facts Launched in 2005. 90,000+ social
websites worldwide (July 2011) 65 million unique monthly visitors
globally 233 countries and territories worldwide are usingNing A
new Ning community is created every 10minutes Members of the Ning
nation are generally affluent,between 30 45 years of age Nearly 50%
of Ning sites integrate with externalsocial applications Top 5
features on Ning Networks: Inbox/Forum,Photos, Member Profiles,
Blog, Video Top 5 categories of Ning Networks:
Education,Business/Brand, Entertainment, Music, Non-Profit 10.
Classroom 2.0 WEBSITE Designed for those interested in sharing
ideasand resources about using Web 2.0 and newmedia in education.
Started in 2007 IncludesForums, Webinars, Blog posting, Chat,
Workshops, Events Members total 61,039 11. THE EDUCATORSPLN WEBSITE
It is NING INCLUDES Chats Blogs Videos Forum 12. DISCOVERY
EDUCATORS NETWORK Subscriber / with free resources Discovery
Education provides engaging digital resources to schools and homes
with the goal of making educators more effective, increasing
student achievement, and connecting classrooms and families to a
world of learning. VIDEO http://youtu.be/6EzUplUXTAE WEBSITE 13.
PBS TEACHERCONNECT WEBSITE An old favorite going tech with
educational resources and collaboration with other teachers. 14.
FACEBOOK HOW IS FACEBOOK BEING USED FOR EDUCATION Edutopia Science
News Alert ISTE Educational Technologies 15. Social Bookmarking
Sites Make comments, highlight andshare web information from
anyonline source. Delicious create bookmarks inthe cloud /organize
links / sharelinks/ Pinterest Collect, organize, alldigital media
(more personal) 16. How to get started with a PLN Sign up for an
account with one of the resources.Start looking around and find
people and groups withthe same interests as you. Ning-Classroom 2.0
Discovery Educator Network PBS Teacher Connect With Twitter -
follow someone you know, Search forblogs and web sites that cover
topics you areinterested in and subscribe to them via email or
RSSfeed. See who they follow and blogs they subscribe toalso.
Social bookmarking sites 17. Class Assignment Split into groups You
have 10 minutes to review yoursection Give a brief overview of
yoursection in Google presentation Prepare to give oral review to
class
