Personal Learning Network

1. INTC 3610
Fall 2012

2.  The Personal Learning Network consists of
the people a learner interacts with and
derives knowledge from in a Personal
Learning Environment. Learners create
connections and develop a network that
contributes to their professional development
and knowledge. The learner does not have to
know these people personally or ever meet
them in person.
(Wikipedia 10/17/11)

3. How PLN’s Works
Graphics by Corrine Weisberger & Shannan Butler

12.  Connect
 Collaborate
 Contribute

13.  Teachers become:
◦ Aware
◦ Connected
◦ Empowered
◦ Confident . . . .LEARNERS!

14.  Start looking around and find people and groups
with the same interests as you.
◦ Ning-Classroom 2.0
◦ Edutopia
◦ Discovery Educator Network
◦ PBS Teacher Connect
 Communicate and contribute on Twitter
 Follow blogs and web sites that cover topics you
are interested
 Implement and subscribe to them via email or
RSS feed.
 Social bookmarking sites – Live Binders

16.  Online platform for people to create their own
social networks, launched in 2005.
 Offers customers the ability to create a
community website with a customized
appearance and feel, feature sets such as
photos, videos, forums and blogs.
 NINGS have service layers in support for
“Like”, integration with Facebook, Twitter,
Google and Yahoo!.[

17.  Launched in 2005.
 100,000+ customers worldwide
 65 million unique monthly visitors globally
 233 countries and territories worldwide are using
Ning
 A new Ning community is created every 10
minutes
 Members of the Ning nation are generally
affluent, between 30 – 45 years of age
 Nearly 50% of Ning sites integrate with external
social applications
 Top 5 features on Ning Networks: Inbox/Forum,
Photos, Member Profiles, Blog, Video
 Top 5 categories of Ning Networks: Education,
Business/Brand, Entertainment, Music, Non-Profit
 107 employees worldwide (July 2011)

18.  WEBSITE
 It is NING
 INCLUDES
◦ Chats
◦ Blogs
◦ Videos
◦ Forum

19.  WEBSITE
 Designed for those interested in sharing
ideas and resources about using Web 2.0 and
new media in education.
 Started in 2007
 Includes
Forums, Webinars, Blog posting, Chat, Workshops,
Events
 Members total 70,000 in 188 countries

20.  Discovery Education provides engaging
digital resources to schools and homes with
the goal of making educators more effective,
increasing student achievement, and
connecting classrooms and families to a
world of learning.
 VIDEO http://youtu.be/6EzUplUXTAE
 WEBSITE

21.  WEBSITE
 An old favorite going tech with educational
resources and collaboration with other
teachers.

22.  Each student will be assigned an area of a
teacher community resource
 You have 10-15 minutes to review your
area
 In Google presentation --Give a brief
overview of your section to the class