1. Using Twitter & Pinterest as a
Personal Learning Network
Tweet &Pin It!

2. What is a Personal Learning
Network (PLN)?
• A group of people with whom you share
common interests and with whom you
regularly interact through an exchange of
ideas, information, and resources centered
around your common interests.
• PLNs can have a professional or personal
focus.
Kendell, Sandy. "Building a Personal Learning Network (PLN) Using Social Media." 15 Oct. 2011. Prezi file.

3. Why Cultivate a PLN?
• PLNs will connect you with people who
share your interests.
• Interacting with your PLN will help you
grow professionally and allow you to help
others grow professionally.
• You don't have time to find all of the
resources you need on your own!
Kendell, Sandy. "Building a Personal Learning Network (PLN) Using Social Media." 15 Oct. 2011. Prezi file.

4. How Do I Become Part of a PLN?
• Create an account for a Web 2.0
(technologies that focus on user
collaboration, sharing of user-generated content, and
social networking)resource.
• Start looking around and find people and
groups with the same interests and you.

5. Great Video on Using Twitter to
Build a PLN
Principal Twitter

6. What is Twitter?
• An information network made up of 140
character messages from all over the
world.
Definition from the Twitter Glossary from the Help Center on Twitter.com

7. Who Uses Twitter?

9. Twitter Fun Facts
• Twitter is the fastest growing social network in the world by active
users according to a Global Web Index Study.
• 44% growth from June 2012 to March 2013
• 288 million monthly active users
o That means that 21% of the world’s internet population are using Twitter every
month
• Over 500 million registered accounts
• Twitter’s fastest growing age demographic is 55 to 64 year
olds, registering an increase in active users of 79%
Bullas, Jeff. "21 Awesome Social Media Facts, Figures and Statistics for 2013." jeffbullas.com. Web. 13 June 2013.
<http://www.jeffbullas.com/2013/05/06/21-awesome-social-media-facts-figures-and-statistics-for-2013/>.
• Twitter Statistics from Statistic Brain

10. Twitter Fun Facts
• Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber and Katy Perry have
more Twitter followers than the entire
populations of Germany, Turkey, South
Africa, Canada, Argentina and Egypt.
• 60% of Twitter users are female.
• 75%, or three out of four, heads of state are
utilizing Twitter.
AllTwitter: The Unofficial Twitter Resources. Web. 12 June 2013. <http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/50-
twitter-fun-facts_b33589>.

11. Twitter Lingo

12. One of the most important
symbols!
@

13. The hashtag
#

14. Retweet vs. Modified Tweet
RT - MT

15. Direct Message
DM

16. Step 1:Create a Twitter
Account
• Go to http://twitter.com and find the
sign-up box.
• Full name, email address & password
TIP: Twitter’s Help Center has
step-by-step directions for creating an
account

17. Step 2: Write a Bio & Choose a
Photograph
Malespina, Elissa. "Using Twitter and Pinterest as as Personal Learning Network." Elissa Malespina. Web. 13 June 2013.
<http://www.elissamalespina.com/>.
Be more than the egg!

18. Step 3: Follow
• Find people with similar interests
• Look through their followers and see if any
of them are interesting
• Find a hashtag to follow
Malespina, Elissa. "Using Twitter and Pinterest as as Personal Learning Network." Elissa Malespina. Web. 13 June 2013.
<http://www.elissamalespina.com/>.

19. Step 4: Make sure to read and
react
• If you see something interesting, Retweet it (RT)
• Share links, ideas, ask questions, answer questions
• Become part of the social conversation
Malespina, Elissa. "Using Twitter and Pinterest as as Personal Learning Network." Elissa Malespina. Web. 13 June 2013. <http://www.elissamalespina.com/>.

20. Step 5: Join a Twitter Chat
A Twitter chat is a pre-arranged chat that happens on Twitter
through the use of Twitter updates (called tweets) that
include a predefined hashtag to link those tweets together in
a virtual conversation.

21. Why Chat?
• Meet people with similar interests
• Learn about a topic
• Build an audience

22. Chats
• Best resource to find educational chats:
http://cybraryman.com/chats.html
• What does a Twitter chat look like?

23. http://bcurrie.wordpress.com/2013/02/08/connect-yourself-before-you-wreck-yourself/

24. http://njimedia.com/infographic-5-12-best-twitter-practices/

25. Image Citations
Chris Christie. Twitter. Web. 13 June 2013.
Jamie Moore. Twitter. Web. 12 June 2013.
Joyce Valenza. The Never-ending Search. Web.
12 June 2013.
Justin Bieber. HD Wall Papers. Web. 12 June
2013.
Lady Gaga. Nairaland. Web. 13 June 2013.
Sir Ken Robinson. Sir Ken Robinson. Web. 12
June 2013.
Teresa Giudice. Teresa Giudice. Web. 12 June
2013.

26. Using Pinterest to Build a
Personal Learning Network
Kathy Parker-Jones and Lauren Davis
Hilliard City Schools
FETC 2013
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27. Real Life Pinterest

28. What is Pinterest?
• A virtual pinboard where you can
organize anything!
• Visual-see your collection as images.
• Social- collaborate and learn with others.

29. Why Pinterest?
• It attracts 1,090 visitors
per minute.
• 3rd most popular social
media networking site
• People like it.
• Repinly statistics

32. What is a Personal Learning
Network?
• n. – the entire collection of people with
whom you engage and exchange
information, usually online.
http://onceateacher.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/pln-your-personal-learning-network-made-easy/

33. Here are some ways educators
are using Pinterest PLNs:
• Professional development – learn from content area specialists
• Locate resources for your classroom, such as free websites and
software
• Get lesson plan ideas from master teachers
• Learn about new technology and how to integrate it into your
teaching
• Find collaborative solutions
• Find interesting links to education news

34. http://www.thethinkingstick.com/stages-of-pln-adoption/

35. Who should I follow....
http://pinterest.com/kpjtech/who-to-follow-on-pinterest/

36. Ideas for Using Pinterest
• Pin images
• Pin videos
• Pin quotes
• Pin websites
Build boards for content areas, topics, etc.
Collaborate with others on boards.
Invite others to follow you on Pinterest.

37. The Basics
• Add the Pin It tool to your bookmarks bar
to do basic pinning
• Chrome users: add Shot Pin extension
• Create boards to organize your pins
• Explore others' boards to get ideas
• Comment or like other Pins
• Follow other people or just their boards

38. A little fancier....
Pin a website using a URL and

39. A little fancier....
Pin text/quotes using http://shareasimage.com/

40. Creating and Managing Boards
Click the Add button to add Pins or create a
board

41. Creating and Managing Boards
To edit an existing board, go to your boards
and click on "Edit Board" to see the
settings.

42. Creating a Collaborative Board
How to let other people contribute to your board
• To add contributors to a board, go to that board and click the Edit button.
• Type his/her username into the text field. Potential matches to this
username will begin to load; when you see the person you want, click their
name. Click Add.
• You must follow at least one board
belonging to a user in order to add him/her.
• When you are finished, click Save.

43. Things to keep in mind....
https://pinterest.com/about/etiquette/
Be respectful
Be authentic
Credit your sources
Report objectionable content
Give Pinterest feedback

44. Things to keep in mind....
To make Pinterest the most useful to yourself
and others, follow best practices when
pinning:
1. Pin from the original source.
2. Pin from permalinks.
3. Give credit and include a thoughtful pin
description.

45. One final note
• You can't block people from seeing your pins
or boards
• Create private boards for pins you don't want
others to see
• You may want to create a professional
Pinerest account separate from your
personal account.Happy Pinning!

46. Using Pinterest to Build a
Personal Learning Network
Kathy Parker-Jones and Lauren Davis
Hilliard City Schools
FETC 2013
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