This document provides information about personal learning networks and tools for participation. It discusses defining a personal learning network as an individualized network for sharing interests, connecting knowledge, and accessing experts. It recommends profiling your online presence by choosing a name, transparency, and up-to-date resume. Various tools are outlined for 1.0 consumers to become 2.0 producers and creators, including using Twitter to follow hashtags and lists, engage in discussions, and start blogs to comment and create posts. Face-to-face networking and hosting innovation activities are also encouraged. The document concludes by inviting participation in a Twitter conversation and creating an initial blog post.

1. 2.0 MINI WORKSHOPS:
Personal Learning Networks

2. TIMELINE
Defining Management Practice
Profiling Participation
Tools Collaboration

3. PERSONAL LEARNING NETWORKS
 Individual learner
 A network specific to the learner’s needs
 Relevant learning connections
 A place to share the learner’s interests, talents
and passions
 A place to develop and connect knowledge
 F2F and virtual connections
 Access to experts and the latest content

4. PROFILE
 Choose who you will be online
 Transparency
 Availability
 Reputation
 Become findable
 Up-to-date resume
 Easy access

5. TO DO
 Name/Nicknames
 Should be the same or similar in all your networks
 Openness
 How do you feel about sharing your information for
free?
 Separate your personal and professional
networks (if necessary)
 Know who follows you

6. 1.0 AND 2.0
2.0
1.0
(Producers and
(Consumers)
creators)
Learning networks
Engage in live discussions
Check out the different tools
or conversations
Follow people that share
information that is relevant Start your own discussion
to you

7. TO DO
 Choose two or three tools you want to start
with
 Twitter
 Google Reader
 Blogger
 Master those tools
 Create a schedule to ‘connect’
 Filter the information
 Start connecting
 Research: Who to follow?

8. 1.0 AND 2.0
2.0
1.0
(Producers and
(Consumers)
creators)
Twitter
Read tweets from specific
Reply to some tweets
people
Participate in some weekly
Follow different hashtags
discussions

9. TO DO
 Choose whether your current Twitter account
will be your professional account or not.
 If not, then create one just for your Learning
Network
 Who to follow?
 Learn about lists
 Make one or two to practice
 Keep your timeline clean
 What to tweet?
 Profiling

10. 1.0 AND 2.0
2.0
1.0
(Producers and
(Consumers)
creators)
Blogging
Pick from 3 to 5 blogs you Start making comments in
will start reading weekly different posts
Use Google Reader to
Create your own blog
manage your reading

11. TO DO
 Create your own blog
 Give it some purpose
 Define what the blog will be about
 Subscribe to other blogs
 Research
 People with meaningful Twitter Accounts, usually
have great blogs
 Manage your Google Reader
 When to read?
 How to share?

12. 1.0 AND 2.0
2.0
1.0
(Producers and
(Consumers)
creators)
Face to face
Connect to teachers with
Publish any work you’ve
whom you may want to
done in class
interact
Research and follow other Host or participate in some
schools kind of innovation activity

13. ENGAGE TODAY
 Participate in the Twitter conversation
 Topic: Social events
 Hashtag: #socialebv
 Time: 8 to 8:45 pm
 Create your first blog post
 Share your link with the rest
 Add it to your Twitter Bio / Via email