What's a PLN ?

What’s a PLN ?

Personal Learning Networks

Susan Geiger

Moreau Catholic HS

2011

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We get information from many sources

In early internet days listserves were popular

They are still useful but we have now other resources as well

Lots of new ways to learn !

How does it all work

Subscribe to blogs by using an RSS Feed

Google Reader Organizes Your Blogs

School Library Blog

http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334.html?nid=3714

Blogroll Variety Library

Education

Tech

Administration

Fun

A Few BlogsSchool Library

The Unquiet Librarian (Buffy Hamilton)

Not So Distant Future (Carolyn Foote)

Archipelago (Elizabeth Arbarbanel)

LibraryStephen’s Lighthouse (Stephen Abram)LibrarianInBlack (Sarah Houghton-Jan)Shifted Librarian (Jenny Levine)Ubiquitous Librarian (Brian Matthews)

http://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com/

http://futura.edublogs.org/

http://archipelagoblog.blogspot.com/

http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com/archives/2008/09/presentation_in.html

http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/librarianinblack/

http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/

http://theubiquitouslibrarian.typepad.com/the_ubiquitous_librarian/

Education

Infomancy (Chris Harris)CoolCatTeacher (Judy Davis)Weblogg-ed (Will Richardson)ThinkingStick (Jeff Utecht)Edublogger (Sue Waters)

AdministrationLeaderTalk (Group Blog sponsored by CASTLE)

Practical Theory (Chris Lehamann, Science Leadership Academy Philadelphia)

Dangerously Irrelevant (Scott McLeod, Iowa State Univ. , Director of CASTLE)

http://schoolof.info/infomancy/

http://www.bloglines.com/myblogs

http://weblogg-ed.com/

http://www.thethinkingstick.com/

http://theedublogger.edublogs.org/

http://www.leadertalk.org/

http://practicaltheory.org/serendipity/

http://www.dangerouslyirrelevant.org/

Live interactive presentations and discussions using Elluminate (usually archived for on demand viewing)

http://www.classroom20.com/

Online Conferences

http://k12onlineconference.org/

You can Join the Conversation

http://edtechtalk.com/node/4898

Social Bookmarking

Diigo

Diigo Community Groups

Tap into the Community Brain Trust

TeacherLibrarianNing

BAISL Ning

Why I love

Twitter

Twitter Resources

Twitter in Plain Englishhttp://www.commoncraft.com/Twitter

David Lee King: Twitter explained for Librarians or 10 ways to use Twitterhttp://tinyurl.com/2ljtmr

Newbie’s guide to Twitterhttp://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-9697867-2.html

Information Conduit

Travis Grey http://flickr.com/photos/tgray/50136529/

Your PLNis your passport toLife long Learning

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http://www.dabbleboard.com/main

What's a PLN ?

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