Empowering students through personal learning networks
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Presentation on "Empowering Students through Personal Learning Networks" given at SXSWedu on Wednesday, 03/09. Listen to the podcast of our presentation here: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/podcasts/EDU/EmpoweringStudents_Weisgerber.mp3
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Empowering students through personal learning networks
- 1. P N Empowering students through PERSONAL LEARNING NETWORKS built on social media platforms Corinne Weisgerber, Ph.D. Shannan Butler, Ph.D. St. Edward’s University @corinnew, @shannanbutler
- 2. “ The summation of human experience is being expanded at a prodigious rate, and the means we use for threading through the consequent maze to the momentarily “ important item is the same as was used in the days of square-rigged ships. Vannevar Bush, 1945
- 3. Traditionally you had to go nd new information, research & expertise
- 4. A PLN can bring that information directly to you or your classroom
- 7. ren war ett buff anderson Jasper cooper johns George Steve mark Maya kelly lucas k fran y Jobs angelou Michio gehr kaku Al gore En marth S tEPHing stewara HilLary k t clinton Haw JON stewart
- 9. Books Research Experience Expert Expert 1 Expert 2 Expert 3 Knowledge
- 10. Books Research Experience Expert Expert 1 Expert 2 Expert 3 Knowledge
- 11. Books Research Experience Expert Expert 1 Expert 2 Expert 3 Knowledge
- 12. Books Research Experience Expert Expert 1 Expert 2 Expert 3 Knowledge Knowledge Pipe
- 13. Books Research Experience Expert Expert 1 Expert 2 Expert 3 Knowledge Knowledge Pipe Personal Resources YOU
- 14. Books Research Experience Expert Expert 1 Expert 2 Expert 3 Knowledge Knowledge Pipe Filter Personal Resources YOU
- 15. Books Research Experience Expert Expert 1 Expert 2 Expert 3 Knowledge Knowledge Pipe Filter Personal Resources YOU
- 16. Books Research Experience Expert Expert 1 Expert 2 Expert 3 Knowledge Knowledge Pipe Filter Share Your Knowledge & Experience Personal Resources YOU
- 17. Everyone’s Books Knowledge Research Pool Grows Experience Expert Expert 1 Expert 2 Expert 3 Knowledge Knowledge Pipe Filter Share Your Knowledge & Experience Personal Resources YOU
- 18. “ PLNs are deliberately formed networks of “ people and resources capable of guiding our independent learning goals and professional development needs.
- 19. How to build a PLN using Twitter Social Bookmarks Blogs
- 20. You don’t need to tweet to get value out of Twitter
- 21. Setting Up Your PLN Using Twitter Identify people in your eld whose work you admire Use Twitter’s search engine to nd their Twitter handle Follow them on Twitter Expand the list of experts you follow by:
- 22. Setting Up Your PLN Using Twitter Identify people in your eld whose work you admire Use Twitter’s search engine to nd their Twitter handle Follow them on Twitter Expand the list of experts you follow by: Checking their following/follower lists + Checking out Twitter lists +
- 23. Checking following/follower lists Checking out Twitter lists
- 24. Setting Up Your PLN Using Twitter Identify people in your eld whose work you admire Use Twitter’s search engine to nd their Twitter handle Follow them on Twitter Expand the list of experts you follow by: Checking their following/follower lists + Checking out Twitter lists + Checking out the #followfriday suggestions +
- 25. Checking out the #followfriday suggestions
- 26. Setting Up Your PLN Using Twitter Identify people in your eld whose work you admire Use Twitter’s search engine to nd their Twitter handle Follow them on Twitter Expand the list of experts you follow by: Checking their following/follower lists + Checking out Twitter lists + Checking out the #followfriday suggestions + Checking RTs to nd out who sent the original tweet +
- 27. Checking RTs to nd out who sent the original tweet
- 28. Tweak that PLN 1. Filter your incoming tweets: Use Tweetdeck or Seesmic to divide followees into groups
- 29. Tweak that PLN 1. Filter your incoming tweets: Use Tweetdeck or Seesmic to divide followees into groups
- 30. Tweak that PLN 1. Filter your incoming tweets: Use Tweetdeck or Seesmic to divide followees into groups
- 31. Tweak that PLN 1. Filter your incoming tweets: Use Tweetdeck or Seesmic to divide followees into groups Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
- 32. Tweak that PLN 1. Filter your incoming tweets: Use Tweetdeck or Seesmic to divide followees into groups 2. Test drive your subscriptions Then re-evaluate Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
- 33. Tweak that PLN 1. Filter your incoming tweets: Use Tweetdeck or Seesmic to divide followees into groups 2. Test drive your subscriptions Then re-evaluate Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 3. Repeat steps to add new voices to your Twitterstream
- 34. Setting Up Your PLN Using Blogs Identify people in your eld whose work you admire Find their individual and/or organizational blogs Subscribe to their blog’s RSS feed Expand the list of experts you subscribe to by: Checking their blog roll + Following links on their blog to other blogs + Checking to see if your favorite twitter users blog +
- 35. Setting Up Your PLN Using Social Bookmarks Identify a resource on a topic of interest Bookmark it using a social bookmarking service Check to see who else has bookmarked the resource
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- 40. Setting Up Your PLN Using Social Bookmarks Identify a resource on a topic of interest Bookmark it using a social bookmarking service Check to see who else has bookmarked the resource Examine their tag cloud to see what their interests are
- 41. Tag Cloud of a Delicious User Most frequently used tags displayed in bigger font size
- 42. Tag Cloud of a Delicious User Most frequently used tags displayed in bigger font size
- 43. Setting Up Your PLN Using Social Bookmarks Identify a resource on a topic of interest Bookmark it using a social bookmarking service Check to see who else has bookmarked the resource Examine their tag cloud to see what their interests are Look for someone who ts your interests Con rm they offer multiple resources of interest to you Add their bookmark feed to your feed reader +
- 44. C N CLASSROOM LEARNING NETWORK
- 45. K-12: • Check in once a day/week • Monitored by teacher/class College: • Student-built • Progress report • Tied into self-directed learning project
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