2. What is a PLN?
It is an entire collection of people with whom you engage and exchange
information. It is usually done online.
3. Why use a PLN?
Because two heads are better than one!
4. Where can I get information?
From any social networking sites or blogs such as…
Facebook
Twitter
RSS
Tumblr
Flickr
Wordpress
Just follow or
‘like’ educational
people so you
can share your
ideas with them.
5. Who will provide me with information?
Other educators whether they are first year teachers or more experienced.
The more people you share your information and ideas with the more
resources you will have.
6. When do I start my PLN?
Now!
As soon as you start your own Personal Learning Network the better.
You can never have too many resources, ideas and information.
7. How do I start my PLN?
Begin by either creating a social networking site or a blog.
Start following educational people, other teachers or anybody who you
think has great ideas that you could use in your classroom.
Now start sharing your ideas with everybody else and you can take other
people’s ideas to create your own resource file or your PLN.
8. Example: What my PLN would look like.
these
social
netwo
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sites,
blogs
and
sharin
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I
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9. A few more tips...
Don’t forget it’s your PLN which means you can do whatever works for you to
gather and collect resources.
Electronic copies of various resources such as lesson plans are best because they
cannot be lost.
The sky is the limit!!
10. So start your PLN now and become the 21st Century Networked Teacher!