Here is my Animoto video on Personal Learning Networks (PLNs). Over the past several weeks, I have been reading about PLNs and trying to develop my own PLN. The resources I found particularly helpful include Ian O’Byrne’s blog post about PLNs, Mark Wagner’s tips for getting started, and Debbie Morrison’s post about creating a robust PLN. There are several common pieces of advice that I have found in articles, blog posts and videos about PLNs. As I have stated in the video, to develop a PLN, teachers should:
- Connect with like-minded teachers. Think of areas of interest and search for blogs, Twitter feeds, Google Communities and other places where teachers are discussing issues relevant to your role in your school.
- Contribute to the conversation. It’s okay to “lurk” for a period of time, but in order to create a true PLN teachers should share their knowledge, pose and answer questions, and contribute to the overall goal of the network which is to learn from each other.
- Collaborate with others. Through collaboration, teachers create new knowledge for themselves and consequently for their students.
I believe that teachers can gain so much through developing a PLN. Besides gaining knowledge for themselves, they will also be modeling several important skills and practices for their students. These include showing students how to:
- locate and curate information found online.
- create their own PLN.
- be responsible and ethical consumers and producers of Internet content.
- develop a positive digital footprint.
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Unknown
August 3, 2013 at 22:15
That was awesome!! Way to go Tim
Gail Mishler
August 3, 2013 at 23:20
Sweet!
Tim
August 4, 2013 at 00:12
Thanks!
Tim
August 4, 2013 at 00:12
It was worth the effort.
Nancy Atterberry
August 4, 2013 at 03:10
Very cool. The video was very professional. Great message too!
Tim
August 5, 2013 at 00:06
Thank you. It's easy to make it look professional with Animoto.