7 easy steps for creating your own pln
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Seven easy steps for setting up your own Personal Learning Network! Get Web 2.0 saavy, meet fellow educators, learn and get connected online!TRANSCRIPT
7 Easy Steps
for creating your own
PLN
What is a
PLN?
PLN
ersonalearningetwork
Your PLN includes all the different people and websites you use in order to collaborate, communicate and learn. From social networking to bookmarking, the avenues of sharing ideas across the web are vast!
Who needs a
PLN?
Anybody who wants to learn and teach others in a web community.
This is particularly useful for people in the field of education who want to discuss and improve the ways they incorporate web 2.0 practices in the classroom.
Your PLN includes all the different people and websites you use in order to collaborate, communicate and learn. From social networking to bookmarking, the avenues of sharing ideas across the web are vast!
OK... where do I
start?
1 Micro-Blogging
Twitter, Gmail Buzz, etc
1. Micro-Blogging
• Fast and easy way to communicate ideas• News and blog post updates• Arranged by most recent hierarchal order
1. Micro-Blogging
yourwebsite
here
1. Micro-Blogging
searchfor relevant
twittertopics
DO: Follow like-minded people and share your relevant news/blog posts
DON'T: Give out useless information or use an unprofessional tone
1. Micro-Blogging
2 Blogging& RSS
Blogger, Wordpress, TypePad
2. Blogging & RSS
• Write your own and establish yourself as an authority• Subscribe to RSS feeds• Contribute to discussions
2. Blogging & RSS
DO: Blog on relevant topics to your profession or hobbies
DON'T: Use it for personal rantsor arguments
2. Blogging & RSS
3 SocialBookmarking
Delicious and Diigo
3. Social Bookmarking
• Share great websites and find great resources• Annotate and tag websites for easy searches and discussion
3. Social Bookmarking
organizewith tags& groups
DO: Keep organized
DON'T: Forget to tag and annotate or you'll have trouble finding things later
3. Social Bookmarking
4 Podcasts & Webinars
iTunes, YouTube, Slideshare, Animoto
4. Podcasts & Webinars
• Watch, listen and learn, then make your own• Save and subscribe to channels and users• Establish yourself as an authority
4. Podcasts & Webinars
DO: Share with colleagues in presentations
DON'T: Commercialize your podcast/webinar with product endorsements
4. Podcasts & Webinars
5 Wikis &NINGs
5. Wikis & NINGs
• Make a profile and join an online community• Specific to your own interests and profession• Many NINGs let you have your own blog
5. Wikis & NINGs
DO: Join and contribute to forums and discussions
DON'T: Spam people with business solicitations
5. Wikis & NINGs
6 ChatiChat, AIM, Skype,
Gmail Chat
6. Chat
• Communicate quickly and for free• Video or type chat• Send images and video
6. Chat
Hi! How’s your new fundraiser
going? Oh, just great!The kids really
love it!
DO: Keep in touch with old colleagues
DON'T: Talk to strangers or give out personal information online
6. Chat
7 PhotoSharing
Flickr, Picasa
7. Photo Sharing
• Share photos and annotate them• Great learning resource
7. Photo Sharing
DO: Visit the Library of Congress archives for amazing archive photos
DON'T: Upload other people's photos or those protected by copyright
7. Photo Sharing
Links to get you started...Twitter.comGmail.com
Blogger.comWordpress.comTypepad.comDelicious.com
Diigo.comApple.com/itunes/podcasts
Youtube.comSlideshare.comAnimoto.com
Wikispace.comNing.com
Skype.comGmail.comFlickr.com
Picasaweb.google.com
If you're interested in learning more about PLN websites, check
out our Fundraising PLN here: www.thefundraisingpln.com
Another great resource is The Educators PLN:
www.edupln.ning.com
This presentation created by Believe Kids Fundraising, for more
information visit www.believekids.com
Believe Kids Fundraising