The document discusses using social media for professional development by creating a personal learning network (PLN). It defines a PLN as a reciprocal network teachers build online and in person to learn from others, gather resources, and share knowledge. The document recommends blogs, Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn as tools to connect with other educators worldwide and find information to prevent the isolation of teaching. It advises readers to be patient building a PLN as it takes time but can help educators connect and learn from their subject area community.

1. Using Social Media for
Professional
Development
Valentina Morgana
Twitter: @vmorgana
Blog: www.valentinamorgana.wordpress.com
Teacher Summer Campus
Cometa - Como
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2. How are you staying
connected?
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3. What is a Personal
Learning Network?
• A PLN is a reciprocal network that you create to learn from,
connect with, gather information or resources, and finally share
what you have learned.
• A PLN can occur in your school, face-to-face, online etc.
• Teaching can be a very isolating profession. Having a PLN
allows you to connect and share with other educators in your
subject area.
• It can take time to build up an active PLN - so don't get
discouraged.
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4. Build your PLN using
the following tools
• Blogs
• Twitter
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
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5. Read blogs:
educate yourself
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6. Join Twitter
Top Tips
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7. Learn from Facebook
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8. LinkedIn: link with
professionals worldwide
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