PLE’s if you PLEASELaura DeisleyBuffy Hamilton

Wendy Drexler PhD

AGENDA

What is a PLE?

The Strategic Questions

What Kind of Teacher Are You?

The Networked Student

Contact Information/Learn More

The space we CHOOSE to make learning connections

A PLE is not simply a technology but an approach or process that is individualized

by design, and thus different from person to person.

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Widespread adoption of PLEs, once the tools and approaches are clearer, will almost certainly also

require a shift in attitudes toward technology.

2011 Horizon Report (K12)            

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STRATEGIC THINKING

Shifting Pedagogy

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The Learning Studio

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APPROPRIATE/ACCEPTABLE USE

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GETTING STARTED

PERSONAL

BUIILDING A CLASSROOM PLE

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MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT DASHBOARD: A BEGINNING

Strategic Thinking:Building a culture where the

habit is to be a learner.

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“what kind of teacher are you?”

the librarian as learning specialist

buffy j. hamilton

seed ideas of media 21

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partnerships for learning

vanishing boundaries

backwards design

Media 21 Target Groups and Timeline

• Two sections of 10th Honors Literature/Composition

• Original plan: nine to twelve week unit of study

• Conceptual model of librarian and classroom teacher as co-teachers in an integrated setting

• Information literacy as a seamless, integrated literacy into content area study

Media 21 Learning Targets

• Identify and evaluate the authority of any information source

• Identify cloud computing and social media tools for managing and organizing information

• Apply strategies for developing lines of inquiry and research questions

Media 21 Goals

• Construct a personal learning network (PLN) and environment (PLE)

• Collaborate with others to construct new meanings

• Identify and utilize alternate ways of producing and sharing knowledge

information evaluation/

social scholarship

through subject guides

libguides mobile

supporting network and

attention literacy with information dashboards

netvibes

netvibes

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challenges

“The progress they have made as independent learners and critical thinkers has been rewarding to watch. It has been such a stretch for them to move from “learned helplessness” where they are totally dependent on their teachers to “resourceful thinker” where they can access information and accept responsibility for their own learning. “

Susan Lester

What are the processes students go through when constructing personal

learning environments?

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Contact Us

Laura Deisley Twitter @deacs84 ldeisley@gmail.com

Buffy HamiltonTwitter @buffyjhamiltonbuffy.hamilton@gmail.com

Wendy DrexlerTwitter @wendydrexlerwdrexler@gmail.com

Learn More

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