Constructing a PowerfulLearning Network
Meg GriffinCentral Bucks School District
http://tinyurl.com/ydss4vc
Please open the survey and answer questions 1 & 2, leave open until end of session.
What are they?•PLN or PLC
•“No one knows everything, everyone knows something, all knowledge resides in network” Pierre Levy
Previous model
PLN Model
Why have one?
•Personalized for YOU!
•Reciprocal learning
•Aggregation of information
•Globalization
World is shrinking, BUT world of knowledge is rapidly growing!
In 2008, one week’s information in the New York Times was equivalent to knowledge gained in a lifetime in the 18th century! Karl Fisch-1
Functions of a PLN
Connect
Contribute
Collaborate
How to create one
Social Media Colleagues at School
Virtual Communities Business Contacts
Friends Specialized Networks
Family
Professional Networks
http://community.discoveryeducation.com
http://www.linkedin.com/
LinkedIn Groups:• ISTE• Discovery Educator
Network• Edubloggers• Learning, Education and
Training Professionals Group
http://www.thinkfinity.org/
55,000 standards-based K-12 lesson plans
http://www.google.com/educators/index.html
http://www.ning.com/
http://www.classroom20.com/
http://edubloggerworld.ning.com/
http://education20.ning.com/
http://eduwiki.ning.com/http://education.ning.com
/http://necc2008.ning.com
/http://linkedteachers.ning
.com/http://teachingntechnolog
y.ning.com/
Professional Organizations
Consider what your national, state, and regional professional organizations offer for educators
List of Professional Organizations :(with thanks to Jen Dorman, Discovery Education)
http://snipurl.com/proforg
Social Networks
Facebook Groups
• Discovery Educator Network
• ISTE• Second Life for
Educators• Classroom 2.0• Educational
Technologists• Using Wiki in Education• School 2.0
http://www.flickr.com/
Micro Blogging
http://bit.ly/
http://www.twitpic.com/
http://search.twitter.com/
http://mrtweet.com/
http://www.plurk.com/
Blogging
Blogger
http://www.blogger.com/
WordPress
http://wordpress.org/
EduBlogs
http://edublogs.org/
Windows Live Spaces
http://spaces.live.com/
Popular Blogging Engines
http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/pennsylvania/
STARS receive a free blog!
http://megbg.blogspot.com/
Wikis
Wikispaces
http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers
PB Works (formerly PBWiki)
http://pbworks.com/
http://www.wetpaint.com/category/Education--Ad-
Free
Wikis for Educators
Wet Paint
http://griffingazette.wikispaces.com/
https://mgriffin.wikispaces.com/
http://webapplications.wikispaces.com/
Social Bookmarking
Social Bookmarking - Delicious
Social Annotation - Diigo
http://www.diigo.com
http://delicious.com/
CollaborativeWorkspaces
http://docs.google.com/
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