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fourcircleslearning.com

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Becoming a Learner for Life Deb Hanson Online resources can be found at http://fourcircleslearning.com SWFLN Paraprofessional Day May 10, 2011

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Today’s goals… <ul><li>Understand importance of lifelong learning </li></ul><ul><li>Know dispositions of a learner </li></ul><ul><li>Provide steps for building a PLN </li></ul><ul><li>Share social media tools for learning </li></ul>

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“ There is only now.”

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“ Change is the only constant.”

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Why become a learner for life? What gets you up in the morning? Were you better today than you were yesterday?

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“ Motivation is deeply personal.” – Daniel Pink, author of Drive

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What does it take to become a successful learner for life?

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Are you… <ul><li>A seeker? </li></ul><ul><li>Curious? </li></ul><ul><li>An active participant? </li></ul><ul><li>A systems thinker? </li></ul><ul><li>Willing to embrace ambiguity? </li></ul><ul><li>Willing to get feedback? </li></ul>

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Establish a “growth mindset” (Carol Dweck)

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Engage in “deliberate practice” (Anders Ericsson)

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It’s about changing your performance…

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“ The battle is within ourselves. What is important is to look at yourself, train yourself, improve yourself.” – Gaku Homma

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Create and Nuture Your P LN

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Learning Network Personal

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Learning Network Professional

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Learning Network Perpetual

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A learning network consists of the entire set of resources that you use to answer questions, provide context and illustrate processes. (David Wetzel, 2010)

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A (PLN) is a group of people you count on to: -guide you in your learning -be your source of advice and resources -make you aware of learning opportunities -share their best practices -point you to answers and support (Silvia Tolisano, 2011)

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What does your PLN look like ?

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<ul><li>Physical Virtual </li></ul><ul><li>Local Global </li></ul><ul><li>Static Dynamic </li></ul>PLN’s are changing…

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<ul><li>Deliberately created </li></ul><ul><li>Network of human, physical, & virtual resources </li></ul><ul><li>Personal </li></ul><ul><li>Self-paced </li></ul><ul><li>Goal oriented </li></ul><ul><li>Perpetual </li></ul>A PLN is…

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Steps for Building Your PLN <ul><li>Set your learning goals </li></ul><ul><li>Choose your tools </li></ul><ul><li>Connect with key people </li></ul><ul><li>Lurk, listen, learn , reflect </li></ul><ul><li>Participate </li></ul><ul><li>Contribute, share </li></ul>

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Set your goals…

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Choose Your PLN Tools

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Take one step at a time…

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Finding People <ul><li>Start with people you know personally </li></ul><ul><li>Find out who they know and respect </li></ul><ul><li>Connect to your professional idols </li></ul>

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Hashtags & Twitter Chats #libchat – Wednesdays at 8 PM #libpitch #tlchat #library #libraries #librarians #streetlit, #Goodreads, #readers, #YA, #lib_resources, #infoliteracy, #onlinesafety, #cyberbullying, #digitalcitizenship, #transliteracy, #yalsa, #ALA, #Books, #literature, #bannedbooks, #reading, #Kindle, #ipad, #ebook, #ereader, #SocialMedia

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Just today…in my Twitter stream…

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One step always leads to another…

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More Tools for Connecting, Learning

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Now you’ve got connections… <ul><li>But, how do you keep up with all the links, ideas, bookmarks, resources they are sharing with you? </li></ul>RSS RSS RSS RSS RSS RSS

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Blogs <ul><li>Still good sources </li></ul><ul><li>Lead to other connections </li></ul><ul><li>Place to begin to contribute </li></ul><ul><li>Some Library blogs worth reading </li></ul><ul><li>Tame the Web </li></ul><ul><li>The Daring Librarian </li></ul><ul><li>The Shifted Librarian </li></ul><ul><li>Librarian in Black </li></ul>

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Sharing

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Netvibes

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Hootsuite

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<ul><li>Connect with… </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Business people </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Education community </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Technology folks </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Futurists </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Thinkers </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Editors, publishers, authors </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Social Media marketing gurus </li></ul></ul>Step Outside the Library

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Good stuff to check out…

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If you feel like you’re getting in too deep…

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Give your learning 30 minutes a day…

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When You’re Ready… <ul><li>Begin to contribute </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Respond to blog posts </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Share links of articles you’ve found </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Participate in a Twitter chat </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Write your own blogs </li></ul></ul>

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All that said…

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Lessons Learned… <ul><li>Choose connections wisely </li></ul><ul><li>Expect a learning curve </li></ul><ul><li>Choose quality over quantity </li></ul><ul><li>Dedicate time each day or week </li></ul>

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Don’t forget to take time to look closely, wonder, think deeply…

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It’s all about balance

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And… <ul><li>Building teams </li></ul><ul><li>Serving your patrons better </li></ul><ul><li>Getting better at what you do </li></ul><ul><li>Staying relevant </li></ul><ul><li>LEARNING for LIFE </li></ul>

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Open, Connect, Learn, Share <ul><li>and you will be a learner for life … </li></ul>

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Contact me: [email_address] @DebH2U (Twitter) http://fourcircleslearning.com

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Resources <ul><li>15 Tools for Developing a Learning Network, David R. Wetzel http://continuingeducation.suite101.com/article.cfm/15_tools_for_developing_a_learning_network </li></ul><ul><li>How to Keep Up with Almost Everything by Buffy J. Hamilton http://www.slideshare.net/buffyjhamilton/how-to-keep-up-with-almost-everything </li></ul>