personal learning networks. vanas
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This is a presentation for a VANAS Conference at Colegio Internacional de Carabobo. VenezuelaTRANSCRIPT
Personal Learning Networks
Ana Valentina Chavez
EBV
Why?
Why?
• Gap between how we learned and how we teach today
• The urge to stay current
• The transformation of our practice
The open bubble
Personal Learning Network
PLN
• Informal
• Free
• Independent
• Appealing
The importance of the P
Significance
Filters
1.0 2.0
1.0 & 2.0
1.0
“I consume”
2.0
“I create and share”
… but how?
The struggle
• When am I going to have the time to sit and write a post?
• It’s impossible to read all tweets.
• I barely have any time to plan a lesson And grade,
when will I have the time to tweet or blog?
The importance of the P
You create your own rules.
Schedule
Twitter Lists
Automatic posts
Filters
The 2.0 Teacher and the newborn PLN
Simple
Quick Micro blogging
Conversations
More Twitter
• Class communication
• Student tweets
• Teacher tweets
• Parents are informed
• Engaging teacher-student and student-student interaction
Blogging
• Global connections
• Social skills
• Authentic audience
• Social skills
• Home – School
• Classroom community
• Literacy
Blogging – 1 way…
Teachers’ learning
1. Join a conversation 2. Share your thoughts 3. Engage in discussions
Blogging – 1 way…
Main source of brand new content
Blogging – the other way…
Class blog
1. Define the purpose 2. Plan for content 3. Start posting
Facebook pages
Class page
1. Define the purpose 2. Plan for content 3. Start posting
Are you ready to become 2.0?