Public webinar I coducted on 10/22/10

1. POWERFUL
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT IN YOUR
PLN!
Lisa Dawley
lisadawley@boisestate.edu

2. Why PLN?
 Overcomes isolation of online
teachers/learners
 Supports knowledge construction through
distributed nodes and networks
 Empowers learners to become self-led,
independent knowledge seekers and creators
 Allows customization of learning paths specific
to individual interests or needs
 It’s fun and you can take it with you!

3. What is a PLN?

4. Example of PLE

5. How:
social network knowledge
construction

6. Twitter: tweetchats
SecondLife: virtual world conferences
Connect or Elluminate: webinars
Wordpress: blogging
Ning: forums & personal learning
communities
Diigo: resource sharing
Listservs: information sharing (IT Forum)
Tools & PD Activities

7. Twitter: hashtags & tweetchats
Try a
TweetChat!
**use
TweetDeck
to manage
the flow of
conversation
**
http://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/infolit/tagging/

8. SecondLife: conferences
Attend the
Virtual
Worlds
Unsymposiu
m this
weekend!
http://www.wirededucator.org/

9. Webinars
Hosted by
you or your
favorite PLC
Try Adobe
Connect or
Elluminate

10. Webinars
Hosted by
you or your
favorite PLC
Try Adobe
Connect or
Elluminate

11. Diigo, Wordpress, Ning

12. Getting Started
 Create a blog, write about your learning
 Share it through tweets, Facebook, LinkedIn,
etc.
 Join or start a PLC of interest to you
 Find and share relevant resources in Diigo,
use tags!
 Follow/friend people
 Manage your communications: iGoogle,
Symbaloo, use RSS readers