A presentation for introducing the concept of creating a PLN for educators.
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4. The Average 14 Year Old Wake up: alarm on mobile phone, opportunity to send a text Log into Facebook: iPad Stream radio/tv on Nintedo Wii Check email on a netbook/laptop/computer Listen to iPod on way into school whilst playing gamesand texting
5. At School: Text and listen to music in-between lessons and at break Computers in ICT suite Check social network sites throughout the day
6. After School: A computer to watch tv Internet research (school work at last!) Email (share some work) Facebook – instant messaging, sharing videos… Xbox gaming-VOIP All this whilst texting and tweeting
7. Did you know? 8-18 year-olds devote an average of 7 hours and 38 minutes to using entertainment media across a typical day They spend so much of that time ‘media multitasking’ (using more than one medium at a time), they actually manage to pack a total of 10 hours and 45 minutes worth of media content into those 7½ hours. http://www.kff.org/entmedia/entmedia012010nr.cfm
8. What can I do about it? Up skill yourself Share your knowledge Build up a bank of digital resources Engage your pupils Allow the pupils to drive the technology, whilst you focus on the subject knowledge
9. That’s all well and good But seriously, how am I going to do it?
11. What is a PLN? A personal learning network (PLN) is your very own, handpicked online community of educators who could offer you more advice, ideas, lesson plans and resources than you could possibly ever use. Think of it as that teacher in your school with all the best CDs, textbooks and planning locked in their store cupboard. Not only do you have your own key, but these tantalising riches are shown on a never ending conveyor belt for you to choose from.
12. How do I get a PLN? Sign up to a free account on a widely used social networking site, such as Twitter, Google+ or Facebook. Signing up to an account is straight forward if you have an email address and you don’t need to be good with computers to use it. Then follow educators who post interesting and useful things. Ask if you are looking for a resource or an idea as someone in you PLN will have it, saving you time and expense.
13. What must I do in return? What do you have to do in return for revolutionisingyour teaching and your professional developmentand collaborating with like-minded professionals to find great resources and ideas? As little or as much as you choose. We hope that you would write some posts about a few things that work well in your class. We would love to see things you have made yourself and hear about any online resources that you find and like. Martin Burrett - @ICTmagic
14. Twitter Isn’t Twitter just about ‘telling people you are having a cup of coffee’ and ‘Stephen Fry’? If that’s what you want it to be, yes!
15. It’s all in the Follow! @dughall @deerwood @karl_goddard @kamyousaf @simfin @neiladam @tombarrett @mrthomson @janwebb21 @nellmog @kristianstill @jamesmichie @tomsale @largerama @chickensaltash @ICTmagic
