Third National Leading a Digital School Conference Developing a PLN ‘ Personal Learning Network’ Darcy Moore

Deputy Principal in a state high school of nearly 1000 students in NSW (since 2006) Formerly an English teacher & HT Two young daughters in pre-school and kindergarten Digital technologies enthusiast and dilettante Been online at home since ‘97

Deputy Principal in a state high school of nearly 1000 students in NSW (since 2006)

Formerly an English teacher & HT

Two young daughters in pre-school and kindergarten

Digital technologies enthusiast and dilettante

Been online at home since ‘97

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Secondary principal

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What do you know about PLNs? What web 2.0 tools do you already use: Google Reader? RSS feeds? Delicious? Blogs – reading and/or creating? Twitter?

What do you know about PLNs?

What web 2.0 tools do you already use:

Google Reader?

RSS feeds?

Delicious?

Blogs – reading and/or creating?

Twitter?

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Web 2.0 – what does it mean to the person sitting next to you (definition)? How do they really feel about ‘the internet’ (as an educator)? How many hours do they spend online per week? Have they ever viewed Dr Michael Wesch’s video: The Machine is Us ?

Web 2.0 – what does it mean to the person sitting next to you (definition)?

How do they really feel about ‘the internet’ (as an educator)?

How many hours do they spend online per week?

Have they ever viewed Dr Michael Wesch’s video: The Machine is Us ?

Local, national and international Online, 24/7 and ever-growing Better than a conference The ‘sweet spot’ - personal and professional Learning professionals and others On my mobile device – portable Real people

Local, national and international

Online, 24/7 and ever-growing

Better than a conference

The ‘sweet spot’ - personal and professional

Learning professionals and others

On my mobile device – portable

Real people

Developing a PLN has a dual benefit, we are able to learn both form and content: Change is so constant that being connected to a network keeps one ‘in the loop’ 2. The tools used help us change our paradigm as learning professionals and leaders

Developing a PLN has a dual benefit, we are able to learn both form and content:

Change is so constant that being connected to a network keeps one ‘in the loop’

2. The tools used help us change our paradigm as learning professionals and leaders

...is as enthusiastic about the benefits of web 2.0 and 24/7 hyperconnectivity but I think of this as a river...one does not always need to go swimming, or even look out the window on it...but knows it will be flowing by just the same!

...is as enthusiastic about the benefits of web 2.0 and 24/7 hyperconnectivity but I think of this as a river...one does not always need to go swimming, or even look out the window on it...but knows it will be flowing by just the same!

“ Don't have utube (never will). Don't have facebook, twitter, blog etc etc etc. I don't look at them either! I have more important things to do!”

“ Don't have utube (never will). Don't have facebook, twitter, blog etc etc etc. I don't look at them either! I have more important things to do!”

"We teach others by teaching ourselves anew." Garth Boomer

I click on links sent via Often I save them to These sites are then fed into my Using an RSS feed

I click on links sent via

Often I save them to

These sites are then fed into my

Using an RSS feed

Has become an important part of my PLN My blog is personal and professional Other educators follow me on Twitter and see my updates, have an RSS feed on my blog and are part of my ‘Delicious’ network Increasingly they are on We know and trust each other

Has become an important part of my PLN

My blog is personal and professional

Other educators follow me on Twitter and see my updates, have an RSS feed on my blog and are part of my ‘Delicious’ network

Increasingly they are on

We know and trust each other

Please access http://darcymoore.net/

Please access http://darcymoore.net/

What are you doing?

If every staff member was able to use Google Reader , Delicious & Twitter with many leaders blogging , ongoing formal and informal learning could be shared Collaboration would lead to the dispersion of new tools and ideas throughout the system The individual would be at the centre of their learning

If every staff member was able to use Google Reader , Delicious & Twitter with many leaders blogging , ongoing formal and informal learning could be shared

Collaboration would lead to the dispersion of new tools and ideas throughout the system

The individual would be at the centre of their learning

What if the librarians at every school supported their Principal and teaching colleagues to collaborate using these tools?

What if the librarians at every school supported their Principal and teaching colleagues to collaborate using these tools?

quoted in one of my opening slides, I will continue to encourage with this thought...

quoted in one of my opening slides, I will continue to encourage with this thought...

"The real voyage of discovery consists not in having new landscapes, but in having new eyes." Marcel Proust

"The real voyage of discovery consists not in having new landscapes, but in having new eyes."

Marcel Proust

the change you wish to see in others...our schools will flourish it is critical you lead! it is critical you collaborate it is critical you smile and have FUN! 

the change you wish to see in others...our schools will flourish

it is critical you lead!

it is critical you collaborate

it is critical you smile and have FUN! 

Blog: http://darcymoore.net/ Email: [email_address] Twitter: http://twitter.com/Darcy1968 Delicious: http://delicious.com/Darcy1968 Collaborate with Darcy Moore