2. “The summation of human experience
is
being expanded at a prodigious rate,
and
the means we use for threading
through
the consequent maze to the
momentarily
important item is the same as was
used in
the days of square-rigged ships.”
Vannevar Bush, 1945
3. Personal Learning Networks
are deliberately formed
networks of
people and resources capable
of guiding
our independent learning goals
and
professional development
needs.
4. An important part of Personal
Lreaning Networks is the theory
of connectivism developed
by George Siemens and Stephen
Downes. Learners create
connections and develop a
network that contributes to their
professional development
(mathematical skills) and
knowledge.[The learner does not
have to know these people
personally or ever meet them in
person.
6. The first officially recognized
social network was
sixdegrees.com that launched
in 1997 and officially shut
down in 2000. According to
the Wharton School of
Business, as of October 2008
social networks impacted
more than 230 million people
worldwide.
8. Identify people in your field
whose work you admire
Find their individual and/or
organizational blogs
Subscribe to their blog’s RSS
feed
Expand the list of experts
you subscribe to by:
Checking their blog roll
Following links on their
blog to other blogs
Checking to see if your
favourite twitter users blog
9. Class chatter that allows students to
continue discussion topics outside the
classroom (Parry, 2008)
Follow professionals who are actively
engaged in particular topics or events.
For example, students can follow any
number of correspondents at MSNBC,
CNN, and other news outlets
Writing assignments where students
build on each other’s tweets to generate
a story, poem, or haiku. (Parry, 2008)
Collaboration with students from other
countries regarding specific topics of
political or historical significance