W H AT ? W H Y ? H O W ?

P E R S O N A L L E A R N I N G N E T W O R K

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A r e y o u o n T W I T T E R ? U s e t h e h a s h t a g # p l n 4 e d t o t w e e t d u r i n g t h i s p r e s e n t a t i o n

B E F O R E W E S TA R T G E T C O N N E C T E D

W H AT ? W H Y ? H O W ?

P E R S O N A L L E A R N I N G N E T W O R K

A M Y B O N N E R O L I V E R I

@ A R T W I T H O L I V E R I A R T E D U C A T O R , G R A P H I C D E S I G N E R , T E C H G U R U , T E D TA L K L O V E R

T O N Y T E P E D I N O

@ T E P T E C H D I G I TA L L I T E R A C Y T E A C H E R , H U S B A N D A N D FA T H E R O F 2 , G O L F C O A C H

– B A R B A R A W H AT I S A P L N A N Y W AY ?

“PLN is an acronym for Personal Learning Network. The acronym is relatively new, but the idea is not.

Teachers have always had learning networks—people we learn from and share with. Teachers are information

junkies. We’re also social. Put the two together and you have a personal learning network.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLLpWqp-owo

W H Y P L N ?

L E A R N I N G I S M O V I N G I N A N E W D I R E C T I O N .

T E A C H I N G A N D L E A R N I N G A R E C O L L A B O R AT I V E , C R E AT I V E , A N D D I G I TA L .

I T I S E V I D E N T I N T H E W AY S T H AT S T U D E N T S , C O L L E A G U E S , C O L L E G E S , A N D W O R K P L A C E S A R E E V O LV I N G .

H E R E I S W H AT S O M E T E A C H E R S H A D T O S AY W H E N A S K E D A B O U T T H E I R P L N

S T I L L N O T C O N V I N C E D ?

@TDuverTina Duver

Middle School Dean of Students & Middle School Science Teacher

“I have used my PLN to reshape my ever-evolving curriculum. The resources, easy access to information, and connections that I have made using Twitter alone

has changed the way I view education on a global scale. It has enabled me to not only feel supported as an educator, but has allowed me to support others.”

@ACFirstGrade Kasandra Stark

First Grade Teacher

“My PLN re-ignited my passion for teaching and learning.”

@RyanMBurkeRyan Burke

Head of Middle School

“My PLN has meant that without very much effort, I have help at my fingertips.  If I want more information

about anything, I can get it instantaneously, tailored for my specific needs, and there are actual people

attached to the information that I could/have/will call if I need help understanding any of it.”

W H AT I S I N A P L N ?

T E L L M E M O R E

A PLN CAN INCLUDE

You don’t need an account to use these

A PLN CAN INCLUDE

You need an account to (fully) utilize these tools Access is limited without an account

W E W I L L F O C U S O N T W O T O O L S T H AT E V E R Y O N E C A N U S E

F O R T H E S A K E O F T I M E

A N O V E R V I E W O F T W I T T E R

G E T T I N G S TA R T E D

W H AT I S A T W E E T ? D E F I N I T I O N A T W E E T I S A 1 4 0 - C H A R A C T E R M E S S A G E P O S T E D V I A T W I T T E R

SIGN UPhttps://twitter.com/signup

PROFILEUpdate your profile so that people know who you are by clicking “Edit Profile”

THE BASICS@ HANDLEThis is simply someone’s NAMEIt can identify another person in your tweet Place the @ symbol before a person’s name

REPLY To continue a conversation click “Reply”

RT RETWEET: If you really like something you can retweet it QUOTE RETWEET: If you want to add a commentMODIFIED RETWEET: If you need to edit

#HASHTAG These help to group topics/chats into categories

CHATA chat allows you to follow along with a conversationThere are lots of educational chats (more on this later)

FAVORITEYou can click favorite to save content

DM Direct MessageYou can send someone a PRIVATE message

@ HANDLEThis is simply someone’s NAME - It can identify another person in your tweet Place the @ symbol before a person’s name

@

REPLYREPLY To continue a conversation click “Reply”

RTRT RETWEET: If you really like something - retweet it! It’s like making a copy to share with your followers. QUOTE RETWEET: If you want to add a comment (this works on the twitter app ONLY) !MT MODIFIED TWEET: If you can’t fit everything into 140 characters - you can always edit it

##HASHTAG Definition: The # symbol, called a hashtag, is used to mark keywords or topics in a Tweet. It was created organically by Twitter users as a way to categorize messages.

FAVORITEFAVORITEYou can click favorite to save content

HASHTAGTO FIND MORE EDUCATIONAL HASHTAGS http://www.cybraryman.com/edhashtags.html

CHATSCHATS Chats are scheduledFor example, last Tuesday of the month 6-7pm

CHATSSCHEDULE OF ALL EDUCATIONAL CHATS http://bit.ly/officialchatlist

CHATS#edchat

Here is an example of what twitter looks like when you filter using the #edchat hashtag

CHATSCHAT MANAGEMENT TOOLS

HOOTSUITE

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TWUBS

W H AT C A N Y O U F I N D ?

“ T W I T T E R , I T ’ S N O T J U S T F O R T H E K A R D A S H I A N S . ”

RESOURCES

RESOURCES

RESOURCES

RESOURCES

RESOURCES

RESOURCES

RESOURCES

W H AT A R E S O M E O T H E R P L A C E S T O F I N D I N F O R M AT I O N ?

E D U C A T I O N A L R E S O U R C E S

TEDhttp://www.ted.com/

TED-Edhttp://ed.ted.com

EDUTOPIAhttp://www.edutopia.org/

EDUDEMIChttp://www.edudemic.com/

NING"Ning's impact on education has been profound, showing the potential educational networking had to transform professional learning." - Steve Hargadon, Classroom 2.0

• http://edupln.ning.com/

• http://nyscate.ning.com/

• http://www.classroom20.com/

NINGYou will be connected to...

LINKEDINhttps://www.linkedin.com

YOUTUBEhttp://www.youtube.com/

YOUTUBE

If YouTube blocked at your school use it at home and download videos to use in your classroom. !Or ask your network administrator to allow !http://www.youtube.com/schools

http://www.youtube.com/teachers

WORDPRESShttp://wordpress.com/

EDUBLOGShttp://edublogs.org/

PINTERESThttp://www.pinterest.com/

GOOGLE+https://plus.google.com/

H O W T O M A N A G E Y O U R P L N

T H A T W A S A L O T O F I N F O R M A T I O N , H O W D O I K E E P T R A C K O F I T A L L

HOW TO MANAGE YOUR PLN

APPSWEBSITES & APPS

W H AT I S P I N T E R E S T ?

A N O V E R V I E W

W H AT I S P I N T E R E S T ? D E F I N I T I O N PINTEREST IS A TOOL FOR COLLECTING AND ORGANIZING THINGS YOU LOVE.

W H Y P I N T E R E S T ? I U S E D T O . . . • B O O K M A R K L I N K S • A D D I D E A S T O E V E R N O T E • U P L O A D F I L E S T O G O O G L E D R I V E • S AV E I M A G E S T O F O L D E R S O N M Y C O M P U T E R • E M A I L L I N K S T O M Y S E L F !N O W I P I N E V E RY T H I N G T O N E AT, V I S U A L , O R G A N I Z E D B O A R D S

W H Y P I N T E R E S T ?

A N D T H E B E S T T H I N G ? T H E R E A R E A T O N O F S C H O O L S A N D T E A C H E R S O N P I N T E R E S T

THE BASICS

SIGN UPSIGN UP http://www.pinterest.com/

SIGN UPSIGN UP

SIGN UPSIGN UP

WHAT IS A PIN?A way to save and organize images, visuals, ideas, handouts, links, infographics, videos, lessons, etc.

WHAT IS A BOARD?A way to group PINS into a categories

BOARD

S O H O W D O I P I N S O M E T H I N G ?

P I N T E R E S T

HOW TO PINWhen you find something you like, click “Pin it”

PIN

PICK A BOARDChoose which BOARD you want the PIN onAs a new user you will be prompted to make your first board

BOARD

DESCRIPTIONWrite any notes, hashtags, or reminders in the description

DESCRIBE

PIN IT When you are ready, click “Pin It”

PIN IT

ALMOST THEREYou can navigate awayby clicking elsewhere OR You can see whoelse has pinned the image OR You can view your pinby clicking “See it now”

PIN IT

H E R E ’ S A N O T H E R W AY T O P I N

P I N T E R E S T

ADD A PINYou may notice this icon at the beginning of your boards

Click on “Add a Pin”

PIN

You will have THREE options

PIN

PIN from the WEB

PIN

PIN from the WEBSimply paste in a link from a website and click next

PIN

PIN from your COMPUTER

PIN

PIN from your COMPUTERUpload any images from your computer using the “Choose Image” button

PIN

PIN from PINTEREST

PIN

PINPIN from PINTERESTPinterest offers you “Some Pins you might like”Take a look around!

W H AT D O E S I T M E A N T O F O L L O W ?

P I N T E R E S T

W H AT D O E S I T M E A N T O F O L L O W ?Following a person means you'll see that person's pins in your home feed. If he/she creates a new board, you'll automatically follow it.

P I N T E R E S T

W H AT D O E S I T M E A N T O F O L L O W ?Following a board means you see new pins added to that board in your home feed. 

P I N T E R E S T

W H AT D O E S I T M E A N T O F O L L O W ?You can unfollow people or boards at any time – the person won't be notified.

P I N T E R E S T

You’ve found someone who has some great information

FOLLOW

You can “Follow All” of their PINS AND BOARDS

FOLLOW

OR You can follow a BOARD that you really like!

FOLLOW

O N E L A S T T H I N G

P I N T E R E S T

GOODIEShttps://about.pinterest.com/goodies/Add and organize information from a variety of websites

!!!!!!!Extension for Google CHROME

GOODIES

GOODIEShttps://about.pinterest.com/goodies/Add and organize information from a variety of websites !!!

BOOKMARKLET for toolbar

GOODIES

W H AT A R E S O M E O T H E R W AY S T O M A N A G E I N F O R M AT I O N ?

P I N T E R E S T I S G R E A T ! W H A T E L S E I S O U T T H E R E ?

FEEDLYhttp://cloud.feedly.com

ZITEhttp://zite.com/

FLIPBOARDhttps://flipboard.com/

HOOTSUITEhttps://hootsuite.com/

TWEETDECKhttps://tweetdeck.twitter.com/

A N S W E R S

W H A T D O Y O U W A N T T O K N O W A B O U T T E A C H I N G A N D L E A R N I N G ? U S E Y O U R P L N T O F I N D T H E . . .

T H I S P R E S E N TA T I O N I S A VA I L A B L E T O A L L A T S L I D E S H A R E A N D T H E N Y S A F LT R O C H E S T E R W I K I