I want them to be contributing. I want conversation. I also want openness.
The Garden
Textbooks & Lectures
are mainlining food (for thought)
Video, animation, visual tutorials
are Fast Food (for thought)
Understanding the information eco-system
Understanding today's prevailing networked, digital, & abundant information landscape, is growing your own food (for thought)
Innovative Educators
Where did they learn it?
Not in Workshops
By engaging in conversations PLNs
Boundariless
responsive
Multimedia
Nothing New
Teachers around me
Librarian
Publication
Television & Radio
Definition
A Personal Learning Network is a...
Network
Of people & resources
That help me do my job
Components of a PLN
Conversation Connectors
Blogging
Micro blogging
Social Bookmarks
Social Media
Conversations Mining
Twitter Searches
Blog Searches
Social Bookmark Searches
Social Media Searches
The Conduit (Sticky Content)
RSS Readers
Readers
Google Reader
Bloglines
Graphical (Start Pages)
iGoogle
PageFlakes
NetVibes
Connecting too
Blogs
Wikis
Microblogging
Bookmarks
Podcasts
Social Media (Flickr)
News
News Searches
Blog Searches
Defining Qualities of PLNs
Personal
Spontaneous or Directed
Connective
Sticky People
Stick Content
Cultivating Gardeners
Identify your Teams
What are the Qualities you are looking for?
Tech savvy
Curious
Innovative
Self directed
Bored
Stagnant
Who are you looking for? Name Names
Where do you start? What Avenues?
What do you think?
Me?
Blogs
Aggregators
Routine
Avenue Tracks
1st
Blogging
Aggregator
2nd
Outside Bloggers
3rd
Social Bookmarks
4th
Social Media
Tipping Point
What are the Signs?
Inviting new members
Adding new avenues
Learning new avenues
Go Viral
How do you spread this?
Some ideas?
Describe in Faculty Meeting
Contribute video tutorials
Invite parents into PLN
Celebrate new learning
Add to web site
Put on the door
Talk about it
Start a digital library of new resources
The Shifts
Classroom/Workshop learning
to
Network Learning
Institution Dependent
to
Independent (self-directed)
Literacy
to
Learning Literacy
Lifelong Learning Skills
to
Learning Lifestyle