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PLN’s “Friends Educating Each Other”: Informal, Self-directed, and Social PD
Tech TuesdayDebbie FucoloroMarch 4, 2014
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/11/teacher-tutorial-on-creating-personal.html
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Personal Learning Networks
PLN = connections to people and resources, both offline and online, who enrich our learning
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PLN = “friends educating each other” revived
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Typical Teacher Networkby Alec Couros
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The Networked Teacher
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Socially Networked Teacher
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New Paradigm Suggested
• Self-directed• Differentiated• Ongoing• Job embedded• Flexible• Encourages self-analysis and personal
reflection
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New Paradigm
• PLNs should be validated as a powerful professional development component
• Not: Traditional vs Informal
• But a mix of:
traditional & emerging, formal & informal
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Key Findings
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FindingsFavorite social media application to use for informal professional development:
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Open-ended Themes - Why Twitter? Community & Convenience
“It is the modern equivalent of the 18th century coffeehouse—a place teaming with ideas, opinions, research, discussion, collaboration, and bold vision.”
http://blog.songcastmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/twitter-community-600.jpg
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Open-ended Themes – Why Twitter? Informal Learning & Sharing
“I have created a PLN that I feel meets my needs by providing resources, ideas, and challenges to improve learning for my students.”
http://images.wisegeek.com/people-independently-working-in-a-cafe.jpg
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Open-ended Themes – Why Twitter? Professional Improvement
“I have developed more as a professional since participating in #edchat than I did in the last five years.”
http://appliedsimplicity.org/files/u2/group_3w.jpg
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Open-ended Themes – Why Twitter? Isolation Reduction*
“The largest difference is that I no longer feel alone in the classroom. I think it is hard for those outside of education to realize how isolated teachers were before social media.”
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Implications forEducators
1. Participate in informal, online professional development by starting your own PLN built on your needs and passions—start small, find mentors, be patient.
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Implications forEducators
2. Be bold and
share what you
learn in these
environments
and join in the
conversation.
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The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are.
~ C. S. Lewis
The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are. ~ C. S. Lewis
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http://sociability.ca/blog/thanks-21st-century/
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