2. • What is a Personal Learning
Network:
• A collection of people with whom
you engage and exchange
information, usually online.
PERSONAL LEARNING
NETWORK

3. WHY I WOULD USE PERSONALISED
LEARNING NETWORKS AS A TEACHER
• Professional development – learn from content-area
specialists
• Locate resources for my classroom, such as free websites
and software
• Get lesson plan ideas from master teachers
• Learn about new technology and how to integrate it my
teaching
• Find collaborative solutions
• Find interesting links to education news

4. • What are Blogs?
• Blogs are a great sources of information for
classroom best practices as well as personal
opinions.
• Blogs monitor the heartbeat of new trends in
education and the commenting back and forth
leads to many great ideas to use in the
classroom.
Links:
Educational Blogs: http://education.alltop.com/
Blog Search Engine: http://technorati.com/

5. • What are Nings?
• Nings involve communities of people
interested in similar topics, with forums
and messaging. This can be useful as a
teacher finding about topics of interest that
will benefit your teaching knowledge and
current educational issues.
Links:

6. • What are Ted Talks?
• TED talks are useful and free ways to
bring high-level thinking and through-
provoking ideas into the classroom
and your home.
Links:
• Top 10 Education Ted Talks:
http://blog.simplek12.com/education/top-ten-
education-ted-talks/

7. • What is Micro blogging?
• Populated with educators from around
the world who share best practices and
resources in short bursts.
• Useful for:
• Questioning experts and educators
• Finding links to educational articles

8. • What is Social Bookmarking?
• Social bookmarking such as Diigo
enables teachers to share
bookmarks with others, see what
others are bookmarking; and join
groups and get email updates on
new bookmarks.
SOCIAL BOOKMARKING

9. • Through my Course at Avondale
College of Higher Education I compete
Professional Experience Placements
where I continually learn from
teachers, principals and administration
staff about education and all that is
involved with the running of a school.
TEACHERS AND EXPERTS

10. • Blogging
• Ning
• Ted Talks
• Micro-blogging
• Ted Talks
• Social
Bookmarking
TECHNOLOGY ALLOWS ANYONE,
ANYWHERE TO ALSO TO HAVE ACCESS TO
THE BELOW PERSONAL LEARNING
NETWORKS
Give some a