7 Easy Steps

for creating your own

PLN

What is a

PLN?

PLN

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Your PLN includes all the different people and websites you use in order to collaborate, communicate and learn. From social networking to bookmarking, the avenues of sharing ideas across the web are vast!

Who needs a

PLN?

Anybody who wants to learn and teach others in a web community.

This is particularly useful for people in the field of education who want to discuss and improve the ways they incorporate web 2.0 practices in the classroom.

Your PLN includes all the different people and websites you use in order to collaborate, communicate and learn. From social networking to bookmarking, the avenues of sharing ideas across the web are vast!

OK... where do I

start?

1 Micro-Blogging

Twitter, Gmail Buzz, etc

1. Micro-Blogging

• Fast and easy way to communicate ideas• News and blog post updates• Arranged by most recent hierarchal order

1. Micro-Blogging

yourwebsite

here

1. Micro-Blogging

searchfor relevant

twittertopics

DO: Follow like-minded people and share your relevant news/blog posts

DON'T: Give out useless information or use an unprofessional tone

1. Micro-Blogging

2 Blogging& RSS

Blogger, Wordpress, TypePad

2. Blogging & RSS

• Write your own and establish yourself as an authority• Subscribe to RSS feeds• Contribute to discussions

2. Blogging & RSS

DO: Blog on relevant topics to your profession or hobbies

DON'T: Use it for personal rantsor arguments

2. Blogging & RSS

3 SocialBookmarking

Delicious and Diigo

3. Social Bookmarking

• Share great websites and find great resources• Annotate and tag websites for easy searches and discussion

3. Social Bookmarking

organizewith tags& groups

DO: Keep organized

DON'T: Forget to tag and annotate or you'll have trouble finding things later

3. Social Bookmarking

4 Podcasts & Webinars

iTunes, YouTube, Slideshare, Animoto

4. Podcasts & Webinars

• Watch, listen and learn, then make your own• Save and subscribe to channels and users• Establish yourself as an authority

4. Podcasts & Webinars

DO: Share with colleagues in presentations

DON'T: Commercialize your podcast/webinar with product endorsements

4. Podcasts & Webinars

5 Wikis &NINGs

5. Wikis & NINGs

• Make a profile and join an online community• Specific to your own interests and profession• Many NINGs let you have your own blog

5. Wikis & NINGs

DO: Join and contribute to forums and discussions

DON'T: Spam people with business solicitations

5. Wikis & NINGs

6 ChatiChat, AIM, Skype,

Gmail Chat

6. Chat

• Communicate quickly and for free• Video or type chat• Send images and video

6. Chat

Hi! How’s your new fundraiser

going? Oh, just great!The kids really

love it!

DO: Keep in touch with old colleagues

DON'T: Talk to strangers or give out personal information online

6. Chat

7 PhotoSharing

Flickr, Picasa

7. Photo Sharing

• Share photos and annotate them• Great learning resource

7. Photo Sharing

DO: Visit the Library of Congress archives for amazing archive photos

DON'T: Upload other people's photos or those protected by copyright

7. Photo Sharing

Links to get you started...Twitter.comGmail.com

Blogger.comWordpress.comTypepad.comDelicious.com

Diigo.comApple.com/itunes/podcasts

Youtube.comSlideshare.comAnimoto.com

Wikispace.comNing.com

Skype.comGmail.comFlickr.com

Picasaweb.google.com

If you're interested in learning more about PLN websites, check

out our Fundraising PLN here: www.thefundraisingpln.com

Another great resource is The Educators PLN:

www.edupln.ning.com

This presentation created by Believe Kids Fundraising, for more

information visit www.believekids.com

Believe Kids Fundraising