Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) 2011

Personal Learning Networks

Connect, Collaborate, Collect, Contribute

Steven KnightED554 – A2

Marymount UniversityJuly 2011

I am part of all that I have met. Tennyson (1842)

http://vimeo.com/10398759

http://youtu.be/MqSH5TMYlz4

http://www.slideshare.net/corinnew/creating-a-personal-learning-network-5016387

http://www.flickr.com/photos/courosa/344832659/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/courosa/2922421696/

Step 1 – Join a Professional Learning Network

Connect

Step 2: Pick a few blogs & read

Connect

Step 3 – Comment, ReTweet and add to the conversation

Collaborate

Step 4 – Use RSS & Social Bookmarking to organize your network

reader

Collect

What is RSS?What is Social Bookmarking?

Step 5 – Create a Blog

Contribute

Step 6 – Share your content

Slideshare

Scribd

Contribute

Issuu

Vimeo

Activities:1 - Join the conversation on Twitter 2 - Create a Diigo account3 - Create a RSS reader page

Activities:1 - Join the conversation on Twitter

Create a twitter accountFind & Follow at least 10 usersSend at least 1 tweet

@Plan3t_t3ch

Activities:2 - Create a Diigo account

Bookmark some sitesJoin a group – MU_ED554

- Discovery Educator Network - Web 2.0 tools for teachers

http://groups.diigo.com/browse?cg_id=21

Activities:3 - Create a RSS reader page

Create a Netvibes, or iGoogle pageFind the RSS feed of at least 5 sites/blogs