The document discusses learning from one's professional learning network (PLN), which includes people one learns from regularly such as colleagues, professionals, and experts in various fields. It provides examples of tools and resources for building a PLN, including Twitter hashtags, blogs, podcasts, TED talks, and other social networks. The purpose of a PLN is for ongoing professional development and learning from others.

1. Learning from
Your Peeps
Patti Fleser
Deer Path Middle School
Lake Forest SD 67
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2. Peeps: |pēpz| n. People, friends,
colleagues, professionals, y’know, all
those people that you often learn
from.
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3. The Human Network
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4. •What do you think of when you hear “PLN”?
•Who/What does your PLN include?
• Who is in your learning network?
• Who do you learn from on a regular basis?
• Who do you turn to for your own professional development?
What is a PLN?
(Dr. Mark Wagner - http://gettingsmart.com/cms/news/personal-
learning-networks-for-educators-10-tips/)
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5. # Hashtags
#tlchat
Some Educational
Hashtags
The Complete Guide
to Twitter Hashtags
in Education
Who to follow?
Teach Librarians - LiveBinder
Teacher Librarian Leaders to
Follow - Google doc
125 Librarians to Follow on
Twitter
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10. Twitter
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11. Blogs/RSS feeds
• Teacher Librarian Leaders to Follow - Google doc
• Links to school bloggers - http://supportblogging.com/Links+to+School
+Bloggers
• RSS (Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication) - news aggregator
• Feedly - http://www.feedly.com
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14. podcasts
• EdReach - http://edreach.us
• iTunes Store --> Podcasts --> All Categories (Education) --> K-12
• Mike Reading - Google Apps for Ed
• #EdCamp Radio, #EdChat Radio, EdTech Radio
• Tech Chicks Tips
• Fuel for Educational Change Agents - Wes Fryer
• Out of the Stacks
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16. Other Options
• TED - http://www.ted.com/talks
• Pinterest - Online Pin Board - “Organize and share the things you
love.” (Aggregation/Curation) http://pinterest.com/twahlert/using-pinterest-in-
education/
• Linkd IN - http://www.linkedin.com/ - “Our mission is simple: connect the
world's professionals to make them more productive and successful.”
• listserv
• Illinois - ISLMA - http://www.islma.org/listserv.htm
• World Wide - LMnet - http://lmnet.wordpress.com/
• What else?
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18. “Call it a clan, call it a network,
call it a tribe, call it a family:
Whatever you call it, whoever you
are, you need one.”
-- Jane Howard
http://www.honestgoldguyofsarasota.com/networking-quotes.html
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19. MasterCard Video
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20. Attributions
• Title Page Peeps - http://thenewforty.areavoices.com/2012/04/08/i-love-my-peeps/
• Peep Rabbits - http://nomelodramama.blogspot.com/2010/04/hanging-with-my-peeps.html
• The Human Network - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEfPxnbWr8U
• Twitter Cheat Sheet - http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/03/awesome-twitter-cheat-sheet-for-teachers.html?m=1
• Hashtag image - http://www.teachthought.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/twitter-hashtags-social-media.png
• Blog icon - http://anthromuseum.usu.edu/
• PLN wordcloud - http://teacherchallenge.edublogs.org/2011/06/15/pln-challenge-1-what-the-heck-is-a-pln/
• Podcast icon - http://www.waltonparish.org.uk/media/podcasts
• Art of Navigating Online network - Montgomery, Laura. “21st Century Learning: It’s not just for kids!” PowerPoint.
• MasterCard “We Want the Funk” Commercial - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cNDSPutas8
• Learn photo - http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SFEILYmsnIM/TS1GqbX4tVI/AAAAAAAAABs/HipaVzznEtc/s1600/istock_000005194673-learn.gif
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21. Learning from
Your Peeps
Patti Fleser
Deer Path Middle School
Lake Forest SD 67
pfleser@lfschools.net
Twitter - @pafleser
Diigo - PLN - www.diigo.com/list/pfleser/pln
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