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Saint Ignatius’ College, Riverview
Bridging the Digital Divide
Creating an effective PLN online!
Saint Ignatius’ College, Riverview
Aim of this keynote
We Will๏ Discuss what is a Personal Learning Network
๏ Why should we use a PLN?
๏ Keys to success with a PLN
๏ Discuss the risks involved wit online PLN’s
Saint Ignatius’ College, Riverview
Saint Ignatius’ College, Riverview
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Saint Ignatius’ College, Riverview
What is a PLN?Personal Learning Network
Saint Ignatius’ College, Riverview
So just what is a PLNPLN = a dynamic and evolving community facilitating personal growth and learning - @michelledodd
It is dynamic - can grow and shrink and change, often if you've good contacts they grow with you. Likely be heading in same direction - @sirchris
PLNs are the sum of all social capital and connections that result in the development and facilitation of a PLE. - @courosa
Hi from Raleigh, NC! I use my PLN to bounce off ideas and find out whats happening in Instructional Tech - @bethanyvsmith
PLN's provide a great way to connect with others around the world so that I can keep up to date and extend my thinking. - @marsenault
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Roles of an effective PLN
Connect
Collaborate
Contribute
Saint Ignatius’ College, Riverview
Roles of an effective PLN
Image creates by Alex Couros - @courosa
Saint Ignatius’ College, Riverview
Stages of Use
Stage 1 - Immersion
Immerse yourself into networks.
Have a feeling of not being able to leave it.
Afraid you will miss something and feel if you do miss something you missed an opportunity.
Stage 1 - Immersion
Stage 2 - Evaluation
Stage 3 - Know It All
Stage 4 - PerspectiveStage 5 - Balance
Based on graph created by Jeff Utecht - @jutecht
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Stages of Use
Stage 2 - Evaluation
Evaluate your networks and start to focus in on which networks you really want to focus your time on.
You still have that feeling of urgency and are trying to figure out a way to “know it all”
Stage 1 - Immersion
Stage 2 - Evaluation
Stage 3 - Know It All
Stage 4 - PerspectiveStage 5 - Balance
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Stages of Use
Stage 3 - Know It All
Find that you are spending hours trying to learn everything you can.
You realise that there is much you do not know and feel like you can’t disconnect.
This usually comes with spending every waking minute trying to be connected to the point that you give up sleep and contact with others around you to be connected to your networks of knowledge.Stage 1 - Immersion
Stage 2 - Evaluation
Stage 3 - Know It All
Stage 4 - PerspectiveStage 5 - Balance
Based on graph created by Jeff Utecht - @jutecht
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Stages of Use
Stage 4 - Perspective
You start to put your life back into perspective.
This usually occurs when you are forced to leave your network for a while and spend more time with friends and family.
(typically this is an enforced disconnection when on a holiday pr dragged to places with lack of an internet connection)
Stage 1 - Immersion
Stage 2 - Evaluation
Stage 3 - Know It All
Stage 4 - PerspectiveStage 5 - Balance
Based on graph created by Jeff Utecht - @jutecht
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Stages of Use
Stage 5 - Balance
You finally find that balance between learning and living. Understanding that you cannot know it all.
You realise that your network can learn and store knowledge for you.
A sense of calm and understanding that you can learn when you need to learn and you do not need to learn it all right now.
Stage 1 - Immersion
Stage 2 - Evaluation
Stage 3 - Know It All
Stage 4 - PerspectiveStage 5 - Balance
Based on graph created by Jeff Utecht - @jutecht
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Additional roles of a PLN
24/7 Learning
Human Hard Drive
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Why use a PLN?Is it worth the effort
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Why use a PLN?
Knowledgable
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Why use a PLN?
Responsive
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Why use a PLN?
Global
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Why use a PLN?
Diverse
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Why use a PLN?
Searchable
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Right tool for the right jobWhat goes where, why and when?
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Note: Each of these Web 2.0 applications has multiple functionality – for each service the primary positioning has been used
Published under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareALike License
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Based on new version of Blooms Hierarchy/Taxonomy created by Mike Fisher - @fisher1000
REMEMBERING
UNDERSTANDING
APPLYING
ANALYSING
EVALUATING
CREATING
Text
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Some tools I use
Photos Audio Video Bookmarks Information Networking
Flickr iTunes YouTube del.icio.us Twitter Facebook
iStockPhoto Podomatic TeacherTube Diigo Slideshare LinkedIn
Vimeo StumbleUpon Edublogs me.edu.au
Ning
Based on table created by Lucy Gray - @elemenous
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A Little birdie once told me...
Twitter truly sums up all my reasons for a PLN
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Where to after twitter??
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The Moodleman Case StudyWhat has worked for ME!
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My Key Uses of a PLN
Blogging with Wordpress
Microblogging using Twitter
Finding communities with Ning, edna and LinkedIn
Reading Weblogs via Newsreader
Discovering Images via Flickr and Picassa
Finding and sharing resources with Del.icio.us and Diig
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Standardise your Nick across services
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Make friends with your feeds
๏ Many services generate RSS feeds
๏ Tools like FriendFeed allow you to aggregate
๏ Some other tools allow cross pollination
๏ Avoid treating each technology in isolation
AGGREGATE
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Enjoy your mash!
๏ Flickr
๏ Youtube
๏ Delicious
๏ And more...
INTEGRATE
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Everything can be labeledTrial new tools before deciding they are not worth your time.
๏ Sort your information with tags
๏ Search for information with tags
๏ Tags allow for ease when searching PLN’s for specific content
SORT AND TAG IT
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How to untangle the flow
http://www.flickr.com/photos/warpedvisions/17308628/
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Standardise your Nick across services
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It’s all about Life Long Learning
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Risks with PLN’sWhat has worked for ME!
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The Risks
PastoralResponsibility
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The Risks
Get
Approval
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The Risks
Don’t Be Too Open.
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The Risks
Remember. This is Public
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ThankyouPresenter: Julian Ridden
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: moodleman
www: http://moodleman.net
http://www.moodleman.net