This document discusses using personal learning networks (PLNs) to help students learn. It argues that every learner needs their own virtual space to access and share information. Effective PLNs allow students to inquire, think critically, draw conclusions, and apply knowledge. As students engage in reflective activities and share what they learn back into their networks, they become "amplifiers" who add value by connecting ideas and re-issuing them for others. The document poses the question of how PLNs can benefit students.

1. Using the Web to Build a
Personal Learning Network
Stacy Cameron
TLA 2012 - Houston
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2. Every learner whether child, teen, or
adult, needs a virtual space of their
own which is dedicated to helping them
access, manage, and
understand information and to
helping them contribute to their
knowledge building environment.
--David Loertscher
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4. Standards for the 21st Century LIBRARIAN
Inquire, think critically, and gain
knowledge
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5. Standards for the 21st Century LIBRARIAN
Draw conclusions, make informed decisions,
apply knowledge to new situations, and
create a new knowledge.
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6. Standards for the 21st Century LIBRARIAN
Share knowledge and participate
ethically and productively as members of
our democratic society.
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7. Standards for the 21st Century LIBRARIAN
Pursue personal and aesthetic growth
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8. High profile, high communication
Facebook
Twitter
Google+
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9. Low profile
Low communication
Repository
In your own time
Diigo
iGoogle
Pinterest
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10. Low profile
Low communication
“Push” technology
Google Reader
RSS Feeds
Scoop.it
NetVibes
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11. High profile
High engagement
Low communication
Wordpress
Wikispaces
Blogger
Glogster
Slideshare
You Tube
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12. Learners become amplifiers as they engage
in reflective and knowledge building
activities, connect and reconnect what
they learn, add value to existing knowledge
and ideas, and then re-issue them back into
the network to be captured by others
through their PLNs.
--David Warlick

14. Personal Learning Networks
and Students?
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16. Stacy Cameron
stacycameron94@gmail.com
nachomamaslibrary.blogspot.com