What is a

PLN

PLN = Personal Learning

Network

The way that you CONNECT PERSONALLY to

people, sites and information to continue to

learn

Your PLN could

include

Social Networking

Sites like Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter etc. can be used to follow other educators, educational societies, educational journals etc. to keep up with current best practice.

They can also be used to provide a constant flow of new ideas and ways of doing things in the classroom.

Social Bookmarking

Social bookmarking sites make it easier to track things that you find online, and search your bookmarks to find things later.

These sites also make it easy to share your bookmarks with others, opening up a whole network of information that others have found.

Blogs

Find some professionals who are leaders in their fields, and follow their blogs. You’ll find all sorts of current information that you can apply to your practice.

Ning’s are an online community related to a specific subject area. Subscribe to these to share information with other professionals.

Organising your online life

Sites such as Flipboard create a one stop shop that coordinates all these things that you’ve now signed up to, social networks, blogs, subscriptions etc. and puts them all in one place where you can go to find the information that you need without it.

Why work alone…

When we can work together!

Your PLN…