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Grow your own PLNFrom information to knowledge
By Nik Peacheyhttp://technogogy.org.uk/
A manual for building your PLN and managing informationhttp://tinyurl.com/65sgzz5
Everything you need to know is on the internet
Somewhere
“THERE IS SOMETHING IN THE AIR, AND IT IS NOTHING LESS THAN THE DIGITAL ARTIFACTS OF OVER ONE BILLION PEOPLE AND COMPUTERS NETWORKED TOGETHER COLLECTIVELY PRODUCING OVER 2,000 GIGABYTES OF NEW INFORMATION PER SECOND.” MICHAEL WESCH KNOWLEDGABLE TO KNOWLEDGE-ABLE: LEARNING IN NEW MEDIA ENVIRONMENTSHTTP://WWW.ACADEMICCOMMONS.ORG/COMMONS/ESSAY/KNOWLEDGABLE-KNOWLEDGE-ABLE
LEARNING IN NEW MEDIA ENVIRONMENTS
The problem
Finding what you need when you need it
The solution
Constructing knowledge with your PLN
Build a network of
contacts
Access information
sources
Evaluate information
Reflect on information
Reformulate and assimilate
Share &Collaborate
Knowledge development cycle
Personal Learning Network
Build your PLN to access quality information
• Explore the timeline
• Check following
• Explore #hashtags
• ELTchat
http://twitter.com/nikpeachey
Twitter Peoplehttp://twitter.com/thornburyscott
http://twitter.com/LukeMeddings
http://twitter.com/English_Phrases
http://twitter.com/ozge
http://twitter.com/vale24
http://twitter.com/SeanBanville
http://twitter.com/esolcourses
http://twitter.com/russell1955
http://twitter.com/harmerj
http://twitter.com/NikPeachey
http://eltchat.com/
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/
Identify influential bloggers
Blogs
• Look for the blogroll to help grow your network
http://blogs.onestopenglish.com/blogs.php
Best ELT BlogsIntegrating ICT into the MFL classroom:http://joedale.typepad.com/integrating_ict_into_the_ Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.orgThe English Bloghttp://jeffreyhill.typepad.com/english/Kalingo Englishhttp://kalinago.blogspot.com/ An A-Z of ELThttp://scottthornbury.wordpress.comJeremy Harmer’s Bloghttp://jeremyharmer.wordpress.com/Teaching Villagehttp://www.teachingvillage.orgQuickShouthttp://quickshout.blogspot.com/Learning Technology Blog http://nikpeachey.blogspot.com/Ozge Karaoglu’s Bloghttp://ozgekaraoglu.edublogs.org/
Wow!
You PLN can help to reduce overload
Capturing Information
With RSS
RSS
• Brings the information to you
• Continually updates
• Saves you time
• Doesn’t store or classify
• Doesn’t evaluate
RSS - Personal HomepageHTTP://WWW.NETVIBES.COM
Build your
Processing Information
• Instapaper.com
• Scoop.it
Useful tools
Simple BookmarksSAVE NOW AND READ LATER
ADD COMMENTS TO CREATE A BIBLIOGRAPHYREAD AS TEXT ONLY
Curating content
Information vs Knowledge
• What’s the difference?
“Information's pretty thin stuff unless mixed with experience.”
-- Clarence Day
Turning information into Knowledge
• Use
• Reflect
• Reformulate
• Republish
Knowledge sharing and reflection
• Classroom
• Working context
• Personal journal
• Blogging
BloggingHTTPS://WWW.BLOGGER.COM/START
Publish and share your reflections
Blogging by emailhttps://posterous.com/
Get responses to your reflections
Let’s Make Knowledge
Now Share!
Feed your thought and reflections back to your PLN
Outcomes
Outcomes
• Manage you time and personal development
• Enhance your classroom practice
• Keep up to date and informed
• Share your knowledge
• Grow as a community
Teachers are like sharksIF THEY DON’T KEEP MOVING FORWARD THEY DIE
A Manual for Building your PLNOn Scribd
IMAGES SOURCES
SCIENCE & KNOWLEDGE BOOKS HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/DVDMERWE/316592724/
MY SOCIAL NETWORK HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/LUC/1824234195/
EVE LISTENING TO THE VOICE OF ADAM HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/DRZAX/3074871531/
PROCESSING AND CATALOGING - LIBRARY101 HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/MLIBRARIANUS/3742252739/
REFLECTING MY WORLD HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/VIAMOI/2937397649/
TOOL TRADER II HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/MEANESTINDIAN/3323439406/
PARALLEL LINES HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/PCHWEAT/306609158/
CAPTURING THE ART SHARK HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/ARTOLOG/1693491849/
