1. Personal Learning Networks Jim Forde [email_address] .com Twitter-> prinpartnership <and> stamfordscitchr Blog-> http://mrforde.blogspot.com

2. http://educationinnovation.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/06/leveraging-the-networked-teacher-the-professional-networked-learning-collaborative.html

4. http://educationinnovation.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/06/leveraging-the-networked-teacher-the-professional-networked-learning-collaborative.html

5. The professional network learning collaborative (PNLC)

6. Metcalfe's law states that the value of a telecommunications network is proportional to the square of the number of connected users of the system (n2). Big Idea: stay connected with like minded peers.

7. Excerpt from DA magazine … http://www.districtadministration.com/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=2547 “ A PLN is a network of fellow professionals, many, if not most, of whom you haven’t met in person but with whom you share your job related epiphanies, questions and all-around support. A PLN can have 20 members; it can have 2,000. You need a PLN—if not several! You need a group of folks you can trust who will clue you in to the latest and greatest. As a leader of a school district or building or classroom, you need to know what new ideas are floating about, what old ideas are being reinvented, and what old ideas are being discredited. It is hard to meet such people face-to-face due to complex schedules and different locales, and phone conferences are not that easy to put together either. PLNs use Twitter, Facebook, or some other social networking tool to communicate. “

8. A brief statement from Will Richardson… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mghGV37TeK8&feature=player_embedded Will Richardson is the author of the highly ranked and read edublog Weblogg-ed[1] and author of the book, Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms.[2] Richardson is also active on the web, he has both a twitter and Youtube channel. …..from Wikipedia

9. Image Credit http://21clc.wikispaces.com/PLN

10. Twitter

11. People we are following on Twitter

12. People following us on Twitter

13. Who to follow on Twitter Notice who is following whom!

14. Posts on Twitter #sli11 - is a way of categorizing the tweets about this topic. (#-hashtag) @fordemm actually contacts my feed to let me know I was mentioned. (@ mention)

15. Re-tweeting on Twitter

16. Using Twitter on the Go!

17. Facebook

20. Blogs/ Nings http://edupln.ning.com/

21. Blogs/ Nings http://www.principalspage.com/theblog/

22. iChat and Skype Stamford, CT Cocoa Beach, FL

24. All of these people linked to the same Article That I did!

25. Now I can graze Lucy’s links and tags for more great connections…and maybe even more people to network with ! Lucy’s Tags

28. Some extras...

29. iTunes University

31. Second Life

32. http://kathyschrock.net/googleblooms

33. Good article from DA online - http ://www.districtadministration.com/viewarticle.aspx?articleid= 2547 PLNs Made Easy- http://onceateacher.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/pln-your-personal-learning-network-made-easy/ The networked student- http://youtu.be/ XwM4ieFOotA Getting Started Article - http : //theinnovativeeducator . blogspot .com/2008/04/5-things-you-can-do-to-begin- developing.html Building your PLN- http://teacherbootcamp.edublogs.org/2009/07/13/oh-the-adventures-you-will-have-if-only / Building a PLN 2- http://sites.google.com/site/buildingapln / PLN resources:

34. http://youtu.be/ XwM4ieFOotA