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Building Communities and Networks for Professional Development (Chap. from
Tuesday, 29 March 2011Utecht, J. (2010)
By Ernest NgendahayoFlinders University
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Communities◦ Common personal or professional interests
Networks“An extended group of people with similar interests or concerns who interact and remain in informal contact for mutual assistance or support”
◦ One’s choice based on interest◦ Meaning Power
E.g. Facebook, Twitter
(Online) Communities and Networks
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PLNs= “those networks you create that revolve around personal and professional development’
It starts with youHow does it work? Watch this Specific people you decide to connect withhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK8kqjNomAg
PLNs (Cntd)
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‘My PLN is a real time professional development network of educators that I rely on to do my job as an educator’
Examples : Delicious, Diigo, Google docs, etc.◦ E.g. Links to articles, ideas on lesson plans
PLNs (Cntd)
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You
Delicious
Diigo
PLNs (Cntd)
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Really Simple Syndication (RSS): Internet format that allows a user to connect a website to an “RSS reader”
Firefox's icon is used Link to RSS video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0klgLsSx
GsU How to use RSS?
Go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLKZrsotvsQ
Networks without communities
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The info finds you You choose your favourite web site: you
control the control that comes to you Used on any devise that has internet
connection Sequentially ordered content It connects you to other websites and blogs
(e.g. Twitter, Delicious, Diigo). Use a RSS Reader that acts as a ‘gateway to
the web’
RSS: the ‘most powerful’ Web 2:0 tool!
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Networks without communities (Pictures from http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=oK8kqjNomAg)
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Networks without communities
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With RSS, you are in a virtual staff room
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How do you feel when you don’t get a feedback from an email or a post?
Time and effort needed for better use Active participation better learning
Building your Network: You have to make it benefit you! How?
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Get actively involved, share Don’t stay behind the community Can be overwhelming for educators! What
to do?◦ Get aware of the potential of the people you can
be networking with through your ‘virtual staff room’
◦ Use any spare time you have
Become Part of a Community
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Self-promoting introduction (bio) ‘Online Magnet’:◦ An avatar (created or own photo)◦ Saying◦ Quotations◦ Website◦ A combination of any of the above◦ Etc.
Growing your Professional Network
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“Being connected is NOT being networked!” Use connections in place to create your PLN.
Provide feedback on how ‘it’ works for you. Make it work for others especially your
students
Q3: Should all educators join online PLN(s)?
Making your network work for you
