BuildingaPLN

by Paula White paula@k12albemarle.org
 * Building Your Own PLaN**

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 * What is a PLN?**

Professional Learning Network? Personal Leaning Network?

[|Do You Sprinkle or Mix?]

[|How Can Your Learning Network Help You?] Building a personal learning network is requires that you not only seek to learn from others, but also that you also help others in the network learn. Even when you are a novice in a field of learning, you can still make contributions. Did you read an article that might be of interest to others? Then distribute it to other in your network with a short note that you thought they might find it interesting. Did you hear of a conference on the subject? Let others know about the program and speakers and, if you attend, circulate your notes and papers you collect to other network members. A personal learning network can be your most powerful learning tool no matter what the subject.
 * How can your learning network help you? **
 * By helping you to sift through all the data to identify the information that will be most useful to you.
 * By helping you to identify learning resources and opportunities.
 * By coaching you and answering your questions as you try to apply your learning to your work.
 * By sharing their wisdom with you through dialogue.

[|Thoughts about Setting up a Social Network]

[|Stages of PLN Adoption] Jeff Utecht



Twitter Plurk Blogs Wikis Social Networking Sites Social Bookmarking Online conversations Online conferences and unconferences Projects
 * How can we connect with other educators?**

[|Find specific conversations]

Twitter: Wednesday AM





[|Twittering, NOT Frittering]

[|Bans Stifle Social Media]

[|Getting Things Done With Twitter]

Twitter Tips Twitter Tools [|How to Not Be Consumed by Twitter]   media type="file" key="Tweetaholic.mp3"
 * Twitter Tools to make it reasonable!**
 * [|Ten Brutal Twitter Tips]
 * [|Annoying Twitter Myths]
 * [|MIndcasting]
 * [|Rules of the Retweet (RT)]

> [|Add yourself to the list]
 * How to find other Educators on Twitter:**
 * Look at the people you are following to see who THEY are following
 * Follow conversational links
 * []
 * []
 * [|100 e-Learning Professionals to follow on Twitter]
 * [|Top 100 Edu Tweeters]
 * [|Tag Yourself]
 * search.twitter.com (also on Twittergrader.com do a search on educator or teacher)
 * [|Who Should I Follow?]

[|Explaining hashtags] ClassroomTweets [|What Twitter Means To Me]
 * [|26 Keys to Twitter Success]**


 * Plurk- a Threaded Twitter**

Social Networking ISTE Island VSTE
 * Blogs**
 * [|Reflections Of The TZST Tchr]
 * [|Podcast List]
 * Wikis**
 * **[|Examples of Educational Wikis]**
 * [|Wikis in Education]
 * [|Educational Wikis]
 * Nings**
 * Second Life**


 * Social Bookmarking**
 * Delicious
 * Diigo
 * Online conversations**
 * [|Blooms Rubrics] (creating rubric) Also check out link to Blooms Visual
 * -Eluminate/webinars/classes
 * Online conferences and unconferences**
 * [|K12conferenceonline]
 * [|FETC Virtual Conference]
 * # hashtags on Twitter (#ascd09 coming up)

Projects [|And To Think That I Saw It...] Flat Classroom [|Around the World with 80 Schools] [|Poetry Collaboration]