IFL-PLN

=Personal Learning Networks: How to Accelerate Your Learning and Improve Your Classroom=

Innovations for Learning Conference Dr. Justin Bathon June 4, 2013

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 * 1. Big Picture**


 * What did you do last night?
 * This?
 * This?
 * This?
 * This? (okay, I'll admit I really like this one).
 * Clay Shirkey - Cognitive Surplus
 * "200 Billion Collective Hours Watching TV"
 * Could have been doing this.
 * #edtechchat
 * conversations with hundreds of educators
 * Great quotes
 * Big Shifts (from Will Richardson).
 * 1) Analog >>> Digital
 * 2) Tethered >>> Mobile
 * 3) Isolated >>> Connected
 * 4) Generic >>> Personal
 * 5) Consumption >>> Creation
 * 6) Closed >>> Open
 * 1) Closed >>> Open


 * Task **: Are You Literate (according to National Council of Teachers of English).
 * Take this survey.


 * 2. What is a Personal Learning Network?**
 * Richardson:
 * "there is now an easy connection between a person's passion to learn something and the resources to learn it. It's called a network, and it needs to be a part of any literate adult or student life."
 * Eric S. Video - http://goo.gl/5QR4I
 * Also, the guru Will Richardson - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mghGV37TeK8
 * Quality more important than quantity.
 * Local & Onsite Networking Still a HUGE Part.


 * 3. Creating a PLN.**
 * Tools
 * Twitter
 * Blogs (switch from Reader to Feedly).
 * Wordpress
 * Blogger
 * Tumblr
 * Diigo
 * LinkedIn
 * Facebook
 * Google Plus
 * Pinterest
 * Tips, Guides & Resources for Building Your PLN Online


 * 4. What's Next?**
 * Now that you have a PLN, how about
 * your students?
 * your school?

1. Look at this chart. 2. Take this survey.
 * Task: ** Ladder of Activity for Users of Online Social Media


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