Personal Learning Networks

Ted SakshaugTechnology Director Wheatland-Chili Schools.

tsakshaug@gmail.com

Life as an educator?

Change is too fast, can’t keep up

Not enough hours in the day

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Do you need to re-invent the wheel?

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Would you rather havea group to help?

PLN to help you reach the NHL

Professional (or personal) Learning Networks(PLN)to help reach your Next Highest Level (NHL)

Professional Learning Network

A group of people who can guide your learning, point you to learning opportunities, answer your questions, and give you the benefit of their own knowledge and experience.

Daniel R. Tobin, Ph.D.

Can you get through at work? Why not?May be an AUP issue.

Warning:Check with your tech department

Can youPlurk atWork?

AreAre youAble toTwork?

PLNs and Social Networks PLNs can be social. Primarily grouped on areas of interest Social

Facebook MySpace

Blogs, Aggregators, Microblogging, Social Bookmarking, Wikis, Nings, Podcasts. Which are best for you?

Blogs

Where to start?Finding Edubloggers.

Aggregators

Microblogging

http://twitter.com/homehttp://www.plurk.com/user/tsakshaug

Social Bookmarking

social bookmarking web based collaborative repository of Internet bookmarks (URLs or links). Such repositories typically support some sort of rating or commenting mechanism to help visitors find and manage bookmarks.

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Podcasts

Did you know?

Other things Nings Second Life More than I know Something new all the time

Now what?

That is up to you Takes time and effort, but is worth the time

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