Increasing  Your  Personal  Produc1vity

PLN4PD���Personal Learning Networks for Professional Development

BY:

Dr. Tim Boileau

Agenda

•  Educational Trends in Networking Technology

•  Constructing a Definition for PLNs

•  Constructing your PLN using Twitter

•  Tools to Get Started Building Your PLN

Educational Trends in Networking Technology

66% of all Households in the U.S. now have Broadband Internet Access

Constructing a Definition for PLNs

Personal Learning

Environment

PLEs,  PLNs  and  PWTs

Personal    Learning    Network

Personal    Web  Tools

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Personalized  Learning  Environment?

http://www.delasallewaterford.com

Self  organized  learning

Formal Learning Informal Learning

Self Organized Learning

In SOL students take responsibility for their own learning and put this into

successful action.

Source: http://www.equal-works.com

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Learning  Webs

From this .... ..... To this

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http://sm.irsd.k12.de.us http://blogs.silverlight.net

PLE  –  Making  connec9ons

In connectivism, learning involves creating connections and developing a network. It is a theory for the digital age

drawing upon chaos, emergent properties, and self organised learning.

(It’s not what you know but who you

know)

Source: Wikipedia

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http://www.pestproducts.com

You  are  at  the  center  of  your  ‘PLE’

Services Tools

Formats Content

Channels Networks

Aggregation

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Func9ons  of  PLEs

Managing

informationGenerating

content

Connecting

with others

Adapted  from  Duke  (2009)

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Func9ons  of  PLEs

Managing

informationGenerating

content

Connecting

with othersCommunica1on  with  others  (dialogue)

Sharing  with  others  (exchange)

Recording  and  sharing  

achievement    (e-­‐porRolio)

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Func9ons  of  PLEs

Managing

informationGenerating

content

Connecting

with othersCommunica1on  with  others  (dialogue)

Sharing  with  others  (exchange)

Learning

Recording  and  sharing  

achievement    (e-­‐porRolio)

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Genera1ng  Content

Sharing  Content Organising  Content

Personal  Web  Tools

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Genera1ng  Content

Sharing  Content Organising  Content

Personal  Web  Tools

Communica9on

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Genera1ng  Content

Sharing  Content Organising  Content

Blog Mashup

Wiki

Tagging

Personal  Web  Tools

E-­‐porRolio

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personal  learning  networks

pd  on  fast  forward

responsive

personalized

interconnected

global  connec1ons

need  to  bebuilt

who’s  in  your  network?

how  do  you  want  to  be  perceived?

Constructing your PLN using Twitter

Tools to Get Started Building Your PLN

Further Reading“How To Get More Out Of Your PLN Using Twitter”http://www.edudemic.com/hashtags-lists-getting-pln/

“This Is Who Uses Twitter (And Why)”http://www.edudemic.com/numbers-behind-twitter-infographic/

“Helping Educators Get Started With Twitter” (The Educator’s Ultimate Twitter Guide 2013)http://theedublogger.com/2013/10/29/educators-ultimate-guide-twitter-2013/

“Ten Tips for Becoming a Connected Educator”http://www.edutopia.org/blog/10-tips-become-connected-educator-elana-leoni

Tim Boileau’s Educational Technology Blog Sitehttp://timboileau.wordpress.com

The #edtech Dailyhttp://paper.li/tag/edtech

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