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21st Century
Administrator PLN
Presented by: Diana Benner @diben
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About Me
Director of Professional DevelopmentTexas Computer Education [email protected]@diben
DIANA BENNER
http://dbenner.org
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PLC’s
Source: https://youtu.be/_4EMeywsH3s #tcea16
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In the next 50 min...
Discover
Connections
Identify the
Benefits of PLN
Examine
Resources for
Managing your PLN
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PLN
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The word “PLN” stands for Personal Learning Network.
Personal:Make connections and building personal relationships.
Learning:Share ideas and resources, collaborate, and learn.
Network:Build global learning connections that enable you to tap into and share diverse perspectives on various topics.
What is a PLN?
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Remember the Key Word is “Personal”
Make it what YOU need it to be
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“Meaningful change ain’t
gonna happen for our
kids if we’re not willing
to invest in it for
ourselves first. At the
heart, it’s not about
schools…it’s about us.”
~Will Richardson#tcea16
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Starting a PLN
Source: https://youtu.be/MqSH5TMYlz4 #tcea16
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Why Create a PLN?
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Growing Your PLN
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Ways To Build Your PLN
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1. Review one link on the Texas ISD Technology in
Education page: https://goo.gl/dT1w0t
2. Share something you discovered on Today’s Meet
http://todaysmeet.com/tcea16
Tweet @diben#tcea16
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Number of new Twitter users signing
up everyday - 135,000
Average number of tweets per day - 58 million
There are nearly 640+ million registered Twitter accounts
July 2014
Number of tweets that happen every
second - 9,100
Percent of Twitter users who use their phone to tweet - 43 %
Number of unique Twitter site visitors every month - 190 million
Number of active Twitter users every month - 115 million
Percent of Twitters who don’t tweet but watch other people tweet - 40%
Number of people that are employed by Twitter - 2,500
Number of days it takes for 1 billion tweets - 5 days
Twitter Statistics
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@diben
@TCEA
@NMHS Principal
@teainfo
@mrhooker
@corderj
@EdTechSandyK
@Larryferlazzo
@E_Sheninger
@mguhlin
@TechNinjaTodd@technolibrary
@woscholar
@OfficeofEdTech
@courosa
@tammyworcester
What are you interested in?
People to Follow
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#BYOTchat
#classroom20
#cpChat
#disted
#earlyed
#edAdmin
#edChat
#engChat
#iPadEd
#edTech
#iosEdApp
#library
#edPolicy
#mlearning
#edReform
#GAFE
#smedu
#edLeaders
List of Educational Hashtags:
• Cybraryman - http://goo.gl/pdY3
• Alan November - http://goo.gl/VXrs44
Popular Twitter Hashtags & Chats
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Hootsuite Tweetdeck
https://hootsuite.com/ https://tweetdeck.twitter.com/
Twitter Third-Party Services
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https://bufferapp.com/
http://futuretweets.com/
Tweet Schedulers
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Twitter Challenge
1. Do a Twitter search (https://goo.gl/cmzjU) of one of the
Twitter Chats and check out the information shared
during the twitter chat.
2. Here is a Twitter search of #edchat
(https://goo.gl/fkPsqm) to get you started.
3. Leave a comment on Today’s Meet
(http://todaysmeet.com/tcea16 ) to share what you
learned from checking out the tweets shared via
the Twitter chat hashtag. What resources or
ideas did you discover?
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Blogs
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Connected Principal’s Blog- http://connectedprincipals.com/
A Principal's Reflection - http://esheninger.blogspot.com/
The Principal of Change - http://georgecouros.ca/blog/
Best Administrators Blogs 2015 - https://goo.gl/LSKSQw
20 Education Admin Blogs - http://goo.gl/xJ1zdD
Blogs
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• Blogger - https://www.blogger.com/
• Edublogs - http://edublogs.org/
• Wordpress - https://wordpress.com/
• Typepad - http://www.typepad.com/
• Tumblr - https://www.tumblr.com/
Start Your Own Blog
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Blog Challenge
1. Search the 20 Education Administration Blogs - http://goo.gl/xJ1zdD
2. Subscribe to a blog
3. Read a post from one of the blogs and make a comment about it
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Google+
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Google+ is a great collaboration tool for building
your PLN. It has a quickly expanding
membership and offers some exciting tools that
make it particularly useful to educators.
• Build your profile and circles
• Post and Share
• Join and participate in communities
• Host hangouts
Google+ | Communities
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Google+ Challenge
1. Join the Texas4TEE Google+ Community -https://goo.gl/xzK8fi
2. Add a comment to this post -https://goo.gl/LZt3pl
3. Create your own post and share a resource in the community
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Social Bookmarking Tools
More Ways to Connect …
VoxerLinkedIn
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Voxer Challenge
1. Go to Voxer - http://www.voxer.com/or get the Voxer app - https://goo.gl/cizK28
2. Sign up and Log in
3. Join the #tecsigchat on Voxer - https://goo.gl/D2u7FB
4. Press the walkie talkie icon and introduce yourself to your new PLN.
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Challenges for Administrators
Source: https://youtu.be/FYmz2g8K5Ws #tcea16
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Lets Build Our PLN Challenge
Complete the form below so we can
connect with the people in this room
“Learn Today, Use Tomorrow”
https://goo.gl/C04hsW
See Results Here and Start Connecting -
https://goo.gl/QYl7XC
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Questions#tcea16
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Continue Learning
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Your TCEA Social CommunityGain insights, solve problems, and share resources
Join the “TEC-Sig” Group
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What are some ways you are going to build your PLN?
REFLECTING ON BUILDING YOUR PLN
Thinking it through…
Share on Today’s Meet - http://todaysmeet.com/tcea16
Tweet @diben
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My PLN
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This session counts towards requirements for the
21st Century Administrator Certification
To learn more about this certification, go to
http://ly.tcea.org/certifications
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