1. INTC 2610 FALL 2013 PERSONAL LEARNING NETWORKS

2. The Personal Learning Network consists of the people a learner interacts with and derives knowledge from in a Personal Learning Environment. Learners create connections and develop a network that contributes to their professional development and knowledge. The learner does not have to know these people personally or ever meet them in person. (Wikipedia 10/17/11) PLN Defined 3. How PLNs Works Graphics by Corrine Weisberger & Shannan Butler A V A I L A B L E I N F O R M A T I O N 4. E X P E R T S / S C H O L A R S 5. S H A R E 6. W I T H Y O U 7. Y O U F I L T E R 8. A N D P R O D U C E 9. Y O U S H A R E 10. W I N / W I N 11. WHO DO LEARN FROM? All educators (and learners) can benefit from extending their own personal learning network online beyond the walls of their schools, the boundaries of their districts, and the limits of their experience. 12. Teachers become: Aware Connected Empowered Confident . . . .LEARNERS! Benefits of a PLN 13. Core Elements of a PLN 1. Connect 2. Contribute 3. Collaborate 4. Request 14. CONNECT The growth engine of your learning network is your willingness to reach out and make connections with new people. Leave comment on a blog Reply to a question on twitter Post on Google + BE AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT 15. CONTRIBUTE Share with others Your expertise or even your struggles You are helping others 16. COLLABORATE Simple replies turn into conversations Conversations turn into professional relationships Relationships turn into collaboration 17. REQUEST If you are an active participant when you request people will respond. Responses are immediate, will address the request head-on, and can save time by not relying on google for your answers. 18. TOOLS BLOG and use RSS aggregator Tweet Join a NING or a professional social network. Use Google + 19. TO BE SUCCESSFUL Be Patient it takes time to make connections Be Authentic dont post to sensationalize or gather followers. Be sincere. 20. Quote. If your school system hasnt changed a year from now, I get it but if you havent changed a year from now, youre a failure. Will Richardson, co-author of Personal Learning Networks: Using the Power of Connections to Transform Education 21. ALSO IMPORTANT 22. Teacher Organizations NEA National Teacher Association (enrolled by state org.) http://www.nea.org/ ISTE International Society for Technology in Education NJEA - http://www.njea.org/ NJAET New Jersey Association of Educational Technology http://www.njaet.org/njaet/ NJEEC NJ Educational Computing Cooperative - http://www.njecc.org/ SRI & ETTC Stockton College- http://www.ettc.net/ TECHSTOCK Unconference July 16, 2014 Stockton College 8-3:30pm Cost $35 23. School Environment Colleagues In-service Workshops Department Meetings Informal conversations in the teachers room 24. Assignment 1. A Written PLN 2. A Graphic representation of your PLN. (inspiration, Word Draw, Google draw) 3. Excel spreadsheet showing alignment of projects with ISTE nets* for teacher standards. 25. Works Cited 1. Wikipedia.com 2. Online Learning insights.com 3. Gettingsmart.com 4. The Innovativeeducator.blogspot.com 5. Onceateacher.wordpress.com 6. teachersusingtech.weebly.com