Professional Learning Networks

Where do your teachers learn?

Professional Development??? Working with colleagues??? Scholarly journals???

Connectivism (Siemens) • Knowledge exists in the multiple connections we make • Weak connections vs. strong connections

RSS

RSS • Real Simple Syndication • Rich Site Summary

Push Vs. Pull

1) Set up an account 2) Click on the “subscribe” icon 3) Click to “subscribe now” 4) Read your subscriptions

What can Orange do for you?

You

RSS in 21st Century Teaching and Learning

From David Parry, University of Albany “ The speed of reading in the age of the digital has changed, and we need to help students navigate this.

Reading on the internet requires two separate skills: The quick analysis to find what is worth reading A switch to slow analysis to carefully consider what has been found.

Reading on the internet requires two separate skills:

The quick analysis to find what is worth reading

A switch to slow analysis to carefully consider what has been found.

“ What RSS does is allow students to make this distinction, to receive content as "bits" easy to scan, and then to select what they want to read.”

“ writing for the web is a matter of continuous conversation rather than static paper design.”