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What the heck is a PLN? …and how do I get one? By: Kristina Peters Twitter:@Mrskmpeters Blog: kristinapeters.wordpress.com

What the Heck is a PLN?

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What the heck is a PLN?…and how do I get one?

By: Kristina PetersTwitter:@MrskmpetersBlog: kristinapeters.wordpress.com

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PLNPersonal Learning Network or Professional Learning Network

You define it!

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HOW DO I START ONE?

1.Twitter2.RSS

3.Ning

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DON’T BELIEVE THE WHAT YOU HEAR ABOUT TWITTER…

Celebrities be warned…people use Twitter for more than telling people what they ate or what they did for the day.

There is an entire network of people ready to listen, contribute, engage, share, support, and challenge YOU!

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Sign up!- Fill out your profile completely so people know who you are- Upload a photo so people can see who you are

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Some might call it lurking, others call it learning from the network

of other learners

- Find people that have commonalities with you- Look at other people’s Following list to see who you can add to your network- Use tools that already tell you about people who to follow

- Who to Follow in Twitter- Twitter4teachers

- Use the # to search for interests- #edchat - #elemchat - #passiondriven- #edtech - #mused - #ELLCHAT

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Practice 70-20-10

Be transparent

Contribute

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Power of a PLN

9:10am

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The responses were all posted within 20 minutes

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JOIN THE TRIBE AND SUBSCRIBE

- Use Twitter profiles to help find people’s blogs-Look at the blogs that other people - subscribe to - Subscribe to 5 blogs and give them a try

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SUBSCRIBE AND BRING THEM TO YOU…

- Use a blog feed like Google Reader- Click on RSS button to subscribe and send blogs to one place

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Save timeBe organized

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Ning…a professional alternative to Facebook

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Sign up!

• Follow the same rules as getting started on Twitter

- Fill out your profile completely so people know

who you are- Upload a photo so people can see who you are- Look at the groups to find people discussing what

you want to know or further explore

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@cybraryman has a list of Nings to investigate and discover