This document discusses personal learning networks (PLNs) and how to develop one. It begins by defining what a PLN is and its goals, which include professional development, locating educational resources, and collaborating with other professionals. It then provides tips for setting up a PLN, such as creating a Twitter account and identifying people to follow in your field. Examples are given of influential educators to follow on Twitter. Finally, the document lists additional resources for learning more about using social media and tools like LinkedIn to connect with others and develop a personal learning network.

1. Your Personal Learning Network for the 21st Century marmentum.com Rose Marie Kuceyeski, Ph.D. Owens Community College ACBSP, June 2011

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16. How To Use Your PLN Professional development – learn from content-area specialists Locate resources for your course, such as free websites and software Get lesson plan ideas from master teachers Learn about new technology and how to integrate it into their teaching Find collaborative solutions Find interesting links to education and business news

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20. If you build it, they will come Set-up a Twitter account and list yourself in the Twitter directory, http://wefollow.com/ Identify and follow professionals in your profession by reading their “tweets.” Harvest links and resources and reflect on the conversations. As you become more comfortable, join the conversation and start contributing links and resources. Find blogs you find interesting (using http://www.blogcatalog.com/) and start reading them

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22. Use Your PLN Daily Check in with Twitter and Classroom 2.0 to see what people are saying, what websites are being referenced, or what webinars may be available later in the day. Visit interesting bookmarks shared by your PLN contacts. Review and comment on new blog posts you follow. Whatever new comes into your feed, check it out.

23. Examples of People to Follow Karl Fisch: http://twitter.com/karlfisch Henry Jenkins: http://twitter.com/henryjenkins Clay Shirky: http://twitter.com/cshirky Michael Wesch: http://twitter.com/mwesch Helen Barrett: http://electronicportfolios.com/ Kathy Schrock: http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/ HP Teacher Exchange @HPTeachExchange Mark Brumley @markbrumley tombarrett @tombarrett Jeff Utecht @jutecht

24. "Networking is simply the cultivating of mutually beneficial, give and take, win-win relationships. It works best, however, when emphasizing the 'give' part.“ –Bob Burg, Author and Speaker.

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28. Additional Resources “Your Personal Learning Network Made Easy” is a blog post that explains a PLN and identifies many good Web 2.0 tools to get it going. She also explores the stages of adoption. http://tinyurl.com/olousp “7 Things You Should Know About Personal Learning Environments” is an Educause document which presents another perspective on Personal Learning Networks. http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7049.pdf “Twittering Not Frittering: Professional Development in 140 Characters” from Edutopia magazine. http://www.edutopia.org/twitter-professional-development-technology-microblogging LinkedIn Essential Training: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK7rwRTmMjA What is Linkedinhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzT3JVUGUzM http://davidwarlick.com/wiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheArtAmpTechniqueOfCultivatingYourPersonalLearningNetwork http://weconnect.pbworks.com/w/page/24566813/PLN#HowtoBuildaPLNbyElenaElliniadou

29. Works Cited Personal learning networks, Will Richardson, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mghGV37TeK8 Social Networking in Plain English, Common Craft, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a_KF7TYKVc&feature=related Terrell, Shelly. http://weconnect.pbworks.com/w/page/24566813/PLN#PLNVideos Utecht, Jeff. The Thinking Stick, http://www.thethinkingstick.com/stages-of-pln-adoption Wentworth Institute of Technology, MA: Boston. http://www.wit.edu/td/resources/Documentation/Personal_Learning_Network.pdf