2. WHAT CAN TEACHERS’ USE PLN’S FOR?
PLN allows teachers to personalize their own learning
• Gather resources for your classroom
- Locate free resources for your classroom
- Websites | Software | Grants
- Lesson plan ideas from master teachers
• Learn new information
- Connect with content-area experts
• Keep up-to-date and current
- Learn about new technology and how to integrate it into your teaching
- Find interesting links to education news
- What are the best practices for your classroom?
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3. WHAT CAN BE INCLUDED IN A PLN?
• Casts (Podcasts, Screencasts, Vidcasts)
• Social Networks
• Blogs, Microblogs, and Aggregators
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4. AN EXAMPLE OF A REGIONAL PLN FOR TEACHERS
• In April of 2012, TEDxNYED was held in NY to examine the role
of new media and technology in shaping the future of
education. (See TEDxNYED 2011 Videos)
• In addition to viewing the archived TEDxNYED talks,
educators are now connecting through media such as:
• TEDx's YouTube Channel.
• TEDxNYED Reflections wiki
• Facebook fan page
• Follow TEDxNYED on Twitter
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5. VIDCASTS ARE ANOTHER METHOD FOR
PARTICIPATING OR ADDING TO TEACHERS PLNS
• K12 Online Conference
• School Tube
• Various Webinars
o Blackboard Collaborate
o PBS Teachers Online
o Classroom 2.0
o ISTE Webinars
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6. SOCIAL NETWORKS ARE POPULAR FOR
TEACHERS’ PLNS (THE NING PLATFORM)
• Social Studies Education
• Art Education
o Vermont Social Studies Educator
o Art Education 2.0
Network
o National Art Education
• Elementary Education
Association Elementary
Division o Elementary Teachers' Network
• Language Education o Elementary Tech Teachers
o English Companion • Math Education
o Language Learners o Flipped Learning Network
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7. HERE ARE SOME OTHER EXAMPLES OF PLACES
TO ADD RESOURCES TO TEACHER PLNS
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8. HERE ARE SOME METHODS FOR EXPANDING
/ADDING TO YOUR PLN
• Education related groups • View education feeds
o Global Education Conference o Alltop
o Classroom 2.0 • Blogs
o Library 2.0 o School Related Blogs
• Online Ed. conference o Technorati (Blog search engine)
o K-12 Online Conference • Diigo
o Global Education Conference o Cool tools from educators
• Set-up an aggregator • Podcasts
• iTunes K-12
o Netvibes
o Feedly
• Webcasts
• EdTechTalk
o PageFlakes
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9. There are also social communities you can join
to further your professional growth.
• TeacherShare
o Connect with other teachers as you share lesson plans online
• Teachers Connecting
o This allows you to collaborate with other educators around the globe
for project-based activities
• PBS Teachers
o Includes discussion boards, resource sharing, professional development
and communication with other teachers
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10. A PLN IS NOT JUST LIMITED TO THIS
• You can also use:
o Facebook (social networking)
• W200 Facebook Group
o Twitter (microblogging)
• W200 Twitter
o Netvibes (or RSS)
• Any place people meet and ideas or resources are
shared has the potential to become a PLN
• It is not about the tool – it is about the purpose
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Editor's Notes
http://onceateacher.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/pln-your-personal-learning-network-made-easy/ (a teacher’s website explaining what PLA is)
PBS Teacher online's high quality, standards-based graduate-level courses offer teachers the professional development opportunities they need in an accessible online format that makes learning fun, flexible and collaborative. You can earn graduate credit, PDPs, or CEUs while gaining strategies and resources to bring directly to your classroom.Classroom 2.0 is a free, community-supported network. ISTE webinars offer just-in-time PD that you can participate in live with a group, or on your own at a time that's convenient for you.
