This is the Technology and Reading Special Interest Session for the VSRA 2010 Conference

1. Technology & Reading Special Interest Session Building your own Personal Learning Network

2. Session Objectives Participants will be introduced to the concept of a Personal/Professional Learning Network (PLN) Participant will learn about Web 2.0 tools and applications that can be used to build a Personal/Professional Learning Network

3. What is a Personal Learning Network? a collection of resources that you can go to when you want to learn something

4. Why do education professionals need a personal learning network? to connect with others outside of the social constructs we typically operate within connecting with other professionals helps us benefit from multiple perspectives on a topic contributing to a diverse community allows us all to grow as professionals

5. A well balanced meal Protein (build and repair) Carbohydrate (source of energy) Fats (warmth and storage) Serve on a pretty plate

6. How do you serve it up? RSS is your PLN plate http://www.netvibes.com/#General http://www.google.com/ig

7. Proteins Build and Repair Blogs Podcasts Webinars and other virtual meetings Listserv

8. Carbohydrate Main source of energy Networked communities of educators Ning http://www.classroom20.com/ http://englishcompanion.ning.com/ http://ppslearningcommunity.ning.com/ http://edupln.ning.com/ Tapped In http://tappedin.org/tappedin/ Discovery Educator’s Network http://community.discoveryeducation.com/ Microblogging Communities http://www.plurk.com/ - cliques http://twitter.com/ - twibes Second Life http://secondlife.com/?v=1.1

9. Fats Warmth and Storage Bookmarks http://www.diigo.com/ http://delicious.com/ Video http://www.youtube.com/ http://www.youtube.com/user/DirectInstructionFan#g/u http://www.teachertube.com/ http://vimeo.com/ Presentations http://www.slideshare.net/

10. Getting Seconds Following your favorites Mary Lee Hahn http://readingyear.blogspot.com/ http://twitter.com/MaryLeeHahn http://www.librarything.com/profile/MLHahn http://englishcompanion.ning.com/profile/AYearofReadingBlog Angela Maiers http://twitter.com/angelamaiers http://www.youtube.com/user/AngelaMaiers#p/u http://www.slideshare.net/angelamaiers http://www.angelamaiers.com/

11. Build it and they will come Choose your tools carefully Make sure to contribute so others may benefit Make sure to have fun

12. For more info and handouts http://vsra.pbworks.com/PLN