Connecting

Creating

Learning

PLN for Educators

My PLN of Librarians & Library Trainers /

Grow Your Librarianship: Cultivating the PLN

Shirley’s PLN

TOOLS•Organization •Gathering • Collaborating• Process & Share

Resource: 15 Tools for Developing a Learning Network, David R. Wetzel http://continuingeducation.suite101.com/article.cfm/15_tools_for_developing_a_learning_network

BLOGhttp://movingon-ce.blogspot.com/

Wikihttp://ceforum.pbworks.com/

Elgg http://elgg.org/

Symbaloo http://www.symbaloo.com

ORGANIZING TOOLS

GATHERING TOOLS

iGoogle:

http://www.google.com/ig

Google Reader:

http://www.google.com/reader/view/#overview-page

Bloglines:

http://www.bloglines.com/myblogs

COLLABORATION TOOLS

LinkedIn - http://www.linkedin.com/nhome/

Delicious - http://www.delicious.com/

Diigo - http://www.diigo.com/user/shirleyb

Twitter – http://twitter.com

Flickr – http://www.flickr.com

PROCESS & SHARE TOOLS

Google Docs – http://googledocs.com

Bubblus - http://bubbl.us/

FreeMind - http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

These are just a few of the bizillion tools available

•Start with 1 and add slowly

•Make sure you have an organizational tool to capture all your other tools

•Be sure to include time in your day to review your incoming ideas and thoughts

•You are in charge – don’t let the buffet make you ill!A learning network consists of the entire set of resources that you use to answer questions, provide context and illustrate processes. (David Wetzel, 2010)