The Power of Personal Learning Networks: How Social Networking Can Transform Organizational Learning and School Culture

1.  A broad deep undulation of the ocean, often

caused by a distant storm or an earthquake.

2.  A sudden gathering of force.

ground· swell  (groundswl) n

1999 2011

New Workforce

Toby Language

Learning Organization Culture of Learning

Learning Community Vs. Community of Pratice

New Infomration Landscape

If we look back on this 50 years from now

We’re going to address:

�  What is a PLN and how do educators become use them?

�  Why is it imperative that we change the paradigm?

�  Are school innovation factories?

�  Do teachers feel they have the ability to be creative?

�  What is organizational learning (performance)?

�  What does this have to do with school culture?

Cont…

�  How social technologies connect people to ideas

�  The history of knowledge and what to do with it today?

�  Teaching and learning in an error of disruptive innovation.

What’s happening today?

�  Current Economy

�  Concerns about sustainability

�  Use of technology in teaching and learning

�  Incredible pressure to succeed despite diminishing resources

I don’t even know, what I don’t know!

Twitter

http://www.thedailyriff.com/head%20in%20sand.jpg

Some BIG shifts, caused by new trends, to which many view as problems, are really new opportunities.

The Myths of Internet Filtering

1.  Accessing YouTube is not violating CIPA rules.

2.  Websites don’t have to be blocked for teachers.

3.  Broad filters are not helpful. Schools will not lose E-rate funding.

4.  Kids need to be taught how to be responsible digital citizens. 

5.  Teachers should be trusted. 

Department of Education’s Director of Education Technology,

Karen Cator

How Social Media Transforms Professional Learning?

�  What does it mean to be a learning organization? How can technology and social media improve organizational learning? Is there a strategic planning component to all of this? Learning, supported by social networking and other collaborative tools, will help to construct and share new knowledge in an accelerated and more engaging format. Successful and sustainable outcomes will depend on educators’ knowledge of these tools, their passion to learn, and the support and guidance to do so.

The Scoop on Twitter

The Current Context

The people in charge of leading school organizations into the 21st century …

often are the least knowledgeable

about the 21st century.

dangerouslyirrelevant.org

If the leaders don’t get it,

it’s not going to happen.

dangerouslyirrelevant.org

“My Teachers”

What are you learning about?

Thomas L. Friedman

Sir Kenneth Robinson

Tony Wagner

Clayton M. Christensen

John Kotter

What should learning look like?

�  Driscoll (2000) defines learning as “a persisting change in human performance or performance potential…[which] must come about as a result of the learner’s experience and interaction with the world.”

What should learning look like?

�  Driscoll (2000) defines learning as “a persisting change in human performance or performance potential…[which] must come about as a result of the learner’s experience and interaction with the world.”

IS THIS THE EXPERIENCE WE WANT?

The Networked Student

A personal or professional learning network (PLN) involves an individual’s topic-orientated goal, a set of practices & techniques aimed at attracting and organizing a variety of relevant content sources, selected for their value, to help the owner accomplish a professional goal or personal interest.

-David Warlick

A Working Definition of PLN

An idea can turn to dust or magic depending upon the creative talent that rubs against it.

Now. Unleash the Magicians!

- Bill Bernbach

Some Important Questions

Meet Fred

How about a different look at this? People are happier when they contribute to the

system. – daler bucks