This document outlines ways for educators to connect, collaborate, and contribute within a professional learning network. It provides information on using tools like RSS feeds, social bookmarking, iTunesU, blogs, wikis, open courseware, and search engines to connect and find resources. It also describes collaboration tools like Google Docs, Voicethread, TitanPad, and wikis for sharing documents, presentations, discussions, and journal entries. Finally, it discusses ways to contribute through tools such as SlideShare, Present.Me, Infographics, and Scrapblog for creating and sharing content.
1. Professional Learning Network:
How to Get and Give Information
Connect
Collaborate is the only section that
has each module hyperlinked to
more information. Click on each title
for additional information.
Contribute
Collaborate
Clicking on the juggler will take you to a visual of the entire course.
Clicking on a word will take you to that section.
2. Connect
RSS
Define RSS Create RSS Reader
Bookmark
Define Social Bookmarking Create Bookmarking
Compare/Contrast
iTunesU
Use iTunesU Subscribe
Blogs/Wikis/Webpages
Define Blogs/Wikis/Webpages Create resource list
Compare/Contrast
OpenCourseWare
View sources Create resource list
Search Engines
Use of search engines Discussion on Plagiarism
Advance search techniques
Connect Collaborate Contribute
3. Collaborate
Google/Zoho
Compare/Contrast
Collaborate is the only section that
Use/Share
has each module hyperlinked to
Nota/Voicethread
more information. Click on each title
Compare/Contrast Use/Share
forTitanPad/DabbleBoard
additional information.
Compare/Contrast Use/Share
Stixy/Wallwisher/Lino.it
Compare/Contrast Use/Share
Wikis
Advantages/Disadvantages Use/Share
Connect Collaborate Contribute