PLNPersonal Learning

NetworkProfessional Learning

Network

I Need My Teacher To Learn

What is a PLN?

• Personal Learning Network

• Professional Learning Network

• Liz Davis Graphics “How has your professional learning network changed you?”

P.S. Ask me how I did this!

Before

After

What Do You Use?

Turn and Talk• Which of the items mentioned

have you used/heard of?• How do you learn?• What do you use?• How well does it work for you?

Wallwisher• What is WallWisher?• http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/MzNLX

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•What is facebook?•How do you use it?•How can it be part of your PLN?

Delicious

• Bookmarking Site• http://delicious.com/• Margo’s Delicious Bookmarks:

http://delicious.com/msickele

• What is Diigo?– A social bookmarking website which allows

signed-up users to bookmark and tag web-pages

• PLN Diigo• Margo’s Diigo Site:

http://www.diigo.com/user/msickele• How does diigo work?• Take a tour: http://www.diigo.com

• What is “Ning”?–Network site–Create your own website easily–Educator PLN Ning:

http://edupln.ning.com/–Margo’s Ning: http://msickele.ning.com/

Twitter

• What is twitter?• From Wikipedia:

– a social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read messages known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters displayed on the author's profile page and delivered to the author's subscribers who are known as followers. 

– http://www.twitter.com

Other PLN Possibilities?

• Share with the group• Now Build YOUR PLN!