Personal Learning Network presentation at TESL Niagara 2013

1. Create your own (PLN)
Personal Learning Network
John Allan
TESL Niagara April, 2013

2. Keep in mind…
 Multiple options
 Choose options that are best for you
 Moderation (be realistic with your choices)
 PowerPoint on SlideShare or edtechisus
 Resources are in no particular order
 Some overlap in genres
 Organisation discussed at end

3. Keep in mind…
 When something goes wrong please do not press…..
 Many of the links will not work as social media is a four
letter word at many institutions.

4. What is a PLN?
 Informal process
 Personal
 Choose what to learn
 Choose the resources
 Choose the time
 Global collaboration
 Sharing

5. Suggested PLN Genres
 Peers
 Professional Communities
 Conferences
 Webinars & Webcasts
 Online courses
 Learning Communities

6. Suggested PLN Genres
 Online Journals
 Online magazines/ newsletters
 Search Engines
 Social Networks
 Libraries
 Miscellaneous

8. Peers
 Staffroom
 Lunch & Learns
 Librarians for an alternate perspective
 Administrators (funding options, professional development)
 Authors (web pages) http://webpages.csus.edu/%7Ehansonsm/
 Authors (blogs) http://david-crystal.blogspot.ca/
 Authors(Twitter)https://twitter.com/search?q=krashen&src=typd

9. Professional Communities
 TESL Ontario, TESOL, IATEFL http://www.teslontario.net
 Affiliates: TESL Niagara www.facebook.com/tesl.niagara
 Interest Sections SIGs http://www.tesolarabia.net/ta/?page_id=389
 Standards http://www.tesol.org/advance-the-field/standards
 Resource centres
http://www.tesol.org/connect/tesol-resource-center
http://www.tesl.ca/tesl/Teachers_Resource_Centre__TRC_.htm
 PD events http://tesltoronto.org/workshopsconferences
 Publications http://www.teslontario.net/publication

10. Conferences
 Conventional
TESL Ontario
http://www.teslontario.net/conference
 Online
Virtual Round Table
http://www.virtual-round-table.com
 Niche online conferences
http://www.britishcouncil.org/turkey-english-teaching-
stories-for-schools-story-sharing-conference.htm
 Informal - unconferences
(Speed Geeking, Pecha Kucha, Barcamp)

11. Webcasts become webinars
 Tutela Webinars
http://tutela.ca/Submit+Webinar
 TESOL Virtual Seminars (archived)
http://www.tesol.org/attend-and-learn/online-courses-
seminars/past-virtual-seminars
 *TESL Ontario (archived webcasts)
http://www.teslontario.net/conference/webcastpresente
r-handouts

12. Online courses
 Commercial
Atomic http://www.atomiclearning.com
 MOOCs (massive open online courses)
Coursera https://www.coursera.org/
 Professional organisations
TESOL courses
http://www.tesol.org/attend-and-learn/online-courses-seminars
 Post TESL Certificate Training (PTCT) http://ptct.teslontario.org/
 Free “indy” teacher courses
http://www.freemoodle.org/course/view.php?id=189

13. More Online opportunities
 Free organisational
http://evosessions.pbworks.com/w/page/10708567/FrontPa
ge
 ITunesU http://www.apple.com/ca/education/itunes-u/
 WebHeads in Action weekly sessions
http://webheadsinaction.org
 #edchat weekly discussion
http://edchat.pbworks.com/w/page/219908/FrontPage
 Open courseware http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm

14. Wikis
 Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
 WikiHow http://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page
 Pbwikis
http://edchat.pbworks.com/w/page/219908/FrontPage

15. Online Journals
 The Internet TESL Journal
http://iteslj.org
 TESL Canada Journal Online
http://www.teslcanadajournal.ca
 The Electronic Journal for ESL
http://www.tesl-ej.org
 The Language Teacher http://jalt-
publications.org/tlt/recent

16. Online newsletter/magazines
 English Teaching Professional
http://www.etprofessional.com
 TESL Contact
http://www.teslontario.net/publication/contact-
magazine

17. Social Networks
 Facebook http://www.facebook.com/tesol.assn
 Twitter https://twitter.com/TESOL_Assn
 Blogs http://blog.tesol.org/category/blog
 LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/groups/ELT-
Professionals-Around-World-
3460329?home=&gid=3460329&trk=anet_ug_hm
 Delicious https://delicious.com

18. Learning Communities
 Nings http://community.eflclassroom.com/
 Live sessions http://live.classroom20.com/
 Participant blogs
 Aggregates social media
 Groups
 Resources
 Participant support

19. Learning communities
 Edutopia
http://www.edutopia.org
 TESOL Community
http://community.tesol.org/welcome.htm
 Classroom 2.0
http://www.classroom20.com

20. Search Engines
 Google, Bing, Duck Duck Go, Ask Jeeves…..
 News
 Media resources (videos, books, images, maps….)
 Feeds
 Specialty elements – “Google Scholar”
 Locate information quickly

21. Libraries
 In person
http://www.brocku.ca/library
 Online access to many http://ebooks.nypl.org/B0B04746-
19BA-42D7-AD62-093A5015BC4A/10/257/en/Default.htm

22. SlideShare
 http://www.slideshare.net/lionnagaraju/teaching-
english-sounds
 http://www.slideshare.net/mrpottz/presentations

23. PodCasts or SoundCloud
 Podomatic http://eltchatpodcast.podomatic.com
 SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/search?q=tesol

24. Miscellaneous Support pages
 Institutional
ADMC http://www.admc.hct.ac.ae/hd1/english.htm
 Government
BBC Active http://www.bbcactive.com
 Commercial
Grammar Girl http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com
 Organisational
British Council http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en

25. Enhance
 TweetDeck

26. Instructional Videos
 Ted Talks
 Vimeo
 TeacherTube
 YouTube
 Courses

27. Organisation
 Too many resources
 Separate email
 Push information to you
 Consider an aggregator
 Find a time balance

28. Organisation
 Diigo https://www.diigo.com
 Free
 Browser plug in
 All personal links stored on one server
 Nik’s Personal Diigo
https://www.diigo.com/profile/nikpeachey
 Diigo Groups https://groups.diigo.com/group/clifsnotes4

29. Organisation
 Paper.li
http://paper.li/SusieLenny/1346715679?goback=.gde_34603
29_member_223660040
http://paper.li/stephentimothy/tesol
 Create (tailor to your needs)
 Subscribe (who has the time?)
 Can be a teaching tool (for your students)
 Tutorial http://www.screenr.com/embed/92Ss

30. Live binders
 American TESOL
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play/292127?present=tr
ue

31. Organisation
 Scoop.it! http://www.scoop.it/t/esl-ideas
 Pinterest http://pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=esl

32. Passive organisation
 RSS Feeds
http://feeds.feedburner.com/breakingnewsenglish
 Google Alerts http://www.google.ca/alerts
 LinkedIn Feeds to email

33. Questions