This document discusses the author's use of Twitter to develop a professional learning network (PLN). In January 2013, the author created a Twitter account and began following educators, professors, and educational resources. By February, the author's PLN had grown substantially to 84 people followed and 44 followers. The author finds Twitter a valuable resource for gaining knowledge, making connections, and sharing opinions on educational topics. Various educators and accounts tweeted about by the author provide useful links and information.

1. Professional Learning
Networks

2. January 19th,2013
On Saturday January 19th I
created my Twitter account.
I am currently following 32
people including my
classmates, professors, and
educational resources.

3. • Sir Ken Robinson is an award winning
educator, public speaker, and author.
• He speaks about creativity and
innovation in education.
• He has spoken at the 2006 and 2010
TED Conference about his views on
education.
• He tweets on a regular basis about
educational topics, importance of
creativity and passion, and
occasionally about his travels.
• He provides useful links to
educational articles, videos, and
websites.

4. • Provides a link to the
Education Week Teacher
website that provides useful
articles and information on a
variety of topics for K-12
teachers.
• They tweet very
regularly, sometimes multiple
posts a day.
• Many useful links to blogs and
articles are posted in regards
to questions or problems
teachers may have.

5. • Educator, speaker, blogger, and
#edchat co-creator
• Provides a link to his blog about
the “Web 2.0 Connected
classroom”.
• His blog posts and tweets
provide useful insights on the
use of technology in today’s
classrooms and helpful
information regarding teaching
practices.
• Tweets regularly on a daily
basis.

6. February 11st,2013
I am now following 84
people and have 44
followers. My personal
learning network has
increased substantially over
the last couple of weeks!

7. PLN Participation
 Throughout the past couple weeks I have discovered what a
great resource Twitter can be. It provides me with so many
opportunities to gain more knowledge, make connections,
and provide my own opinions.
 I enjoy being able to make connections with educators and
others by retweeting and favouriting tweets that I find
interesting or want to remember for reference later.
 I have been following a variety of accounts including my
fellow classmates in Edit202, professors, educators, and
various teaching resources.
 I like to look at tweets with the hashtags #K12, #edchat,
#edtech, and of course #edit202