what's a pln ?

What’s a PLN ?

Personal Learning Networks

Susan Geiger

Moreau Catholic HS

2011

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We get information from many sources

In early internet days listserves were popular

They are still useful but we have now other resources as well

Lots of new ways to learn !

How does it all work

Subscribe to blogs by using an RSS Feed

Google Reader Organizes Your Blogs

School Library Blog

Blogroll Variety Library

Education

Tech

Administration

Fun

A Few BlogsSchool Library

The Unquiet Librarian (Buffy Hamilton)

Not So Distant Future (Carolyn Foote)

Archipelago (Elizabeth Arbarbanel)

LibraryStephen’s Lighthouse (Stephen Abram)LibrarianInBlack (Sarah Houghton-Jan)Shifted Librarian (Jenny Levine)Ubiquitous Librarian (Brian Matthews)

Education

Infomancy (Chris Harris)CoolCatTeacher (Judy Davis)Weblogg-ed (Will Richardson)ThinkingStick (Jeff Utecht)Edublogger (Sue Waters)

AdministrationLeaderTalk (Group Blog sponsored by CASTLE)

Practical Theory (Chris Lehamann, Science Leadership Academy Philadelphia)

Dangerously Irrelevant (Scott McLeod, Iowa State Univ. , Director of CASTLE)

Live interactive presentations and discussions using Elluminate (usually archived for on demand viewing)

Online Conferences

You can Join the Conversation

Social Bookmarking

Diigo

Diigo Community Groups

Tap into the Community Brain Trust

TeacherLibrarianNing

BAISL Ning

Why I love

Twitter

Twitter Resources

Twitter in Plain Englishhttp://www.commoncraft.com/Twitter

David Lee King: Twitter explained for Librarians or 10 ways to use Twitterhttp://tinyurl.com/2ljtmr

Newbie’s guide to Twitterhttp://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-9697867-2.html

Information Conduit

Travis Grey http://flickr.com/photos/tgray/50136529/

Your PLNis your passport toLife long Learning

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