PLNs What Are They?
According to Edublogs Teacher Challenges PLN stands for "personal learning network" and it is a set of people and tools that can help a person call upon help, consultation, collaboration, and other assistance, when needed as an educator. There are three parts to PLN: personal, learning, and networks. The personal is about connecting and building personal relationships with other teachers, school administrators, college professors, and other experts around the world. The learning is about sharing new creative ideas and resources using new tools with people around the world. That is where Networking comes into play, it is the defining feature of PLN because it is the global network of learning. It allows people to tap into and share diverse teaching strategies and educational technologies. There are many reasons one can come up with as to why a person would want to create a PLN and explain how it helps you as a teacher... One important reason is that it is a unique and empowering transformation process which transforms your professional learning and teaching approach. A connected educator is also a connected learner, and if a teachers can use this process to better themselves in the classroom, then I'm all for it!
A great way to start your own PLN is:
- Join Twitter
- Participate in Twitter Chats
- Start your own Blog
- Subscribe to other useful and informative blogs
- Use bookmarking tools
- Join a community
- Attend Web seminars
The first additions to my PLN are going to be Twitter and YouTube! I'm excited and cannot wait to start my own journey towards my personal learning network!
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