Why teachers should develop professional learning networks - ideas and tools. Presented at Innovate 2012 - October 2012

1. CONNECT
Presented by Arthur Preston
@artpreston
http://www.headthoughts.co.za

2. Soutenir la révolution!
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3. Amandla kubantu!
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7. “For centuries we’ve been declaring
our independence and perhaps its
finally time for us to declare our
interdependence.”
Tiffany Shlain –
Director & Co-writer “Connected”

8. Lone
RANGER

12. PLNs are deliberately formed networks of
people and resources capable of guiding our
independent learning goals and professional
development needs.

13. © Alec Couros

15. © Alec Couros

17. “In this new interactive web world, I have become a
nomadic learner; I graze on knowledge. I find what I
need when I need it.“
- Will Richardson

19. CONNECTING THE CONVERSATION
• Blogs
• Wikis
• Microblogging
• Social Networks
• Virtual Worlds

20. MINING THE CONVERSATION
• Social Bookmarking
• Twitter search
• Blog search
• RSS

21. RSS
SOCIAL
BOOKMARKING

22. j.lane@ecu.edu.au /
@edujen

23. 140 characters or less
Discover new resources
Capture an idea
Learn from peers
Share a resource
Develop professional network
Share your experience / knowledge
Learn in your PJs! 

24. What is a tweet?
- A short message of 140 characters
or less
What goes into a tweet?
- Short message
- Link to content
- Hashtag

26. Replying:
- Use @ sign followed by Twitter name
Direct Messaging:
- Start tweet with D followed by Twitter name
ReTweeting:
- Start tweet with RT

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32. Saves time
Filter information
Keep up to date
Share with others easily
Be informed
Track trends

36. Collecting tags – “backchannel”

37. “If you sit at this interesting juncture between many
information flows and knowledge exchanges, you’re in a
good spot to see innovation and share it with all the groups
you’re connected to.” – Valdis Krebs

40. Make your PLN a priority
Choose a tool
Bring focus to the task

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