TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR OWN PROFESSIONAL LEARNING

Participants will learn ways to build their own Professional Leaning Network through OER for educators, un-conference learning opportunities, online portfolios, and social bookmarking. Please bring your computer!

By Michele Hurley Davis

What is a Professional Learning Community?

--OR --A Personal Learning Network?

Why should we have one?

n. – the entire collection of people with whom you engage and exchange information, usually online.

Here are some ways that educators are using their PLNs:-    Professional development – learn from content-area

specialists-    Locate resources for your classroom, such as free

websites and software-    Get lesson plan ideas from master teachers-    Learn about new technology and how to integrate it into

your teaching-    Find collaborative solutions-    Find interesting links to education news

STUDENT EXAMPLE:

Welcome to My PLE – Personal Learning Environment! – a 7th Grade Students’ PLE

Will Richardson’s weighs in on PLN’s

Will Richardson is the author of the highly ranked and read edublog Weblogg-ed and author of the book, Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms. Wikipedia

5 Ways to Begin Building Your

Personal Learning Network 1.0

1.Create an account. www.symbaloo.com

2.Verify account through your email.

3.Click on HOME webmix.* Click on Change Wallpaper (optional).

1.Choose one of their themes.2.Upload a photo of yours.3.(Or) Go to Google, find a

picture, Save As, and Upload it as Theme.

4. Rename Home Webmix (optional)5. GREEN tiles (Click Weather, Settings)6. WHITE tiles (Facebook) (Flickr) (Pandora)7. Twitter8. Move tiles around

9. ADD:A. Classroom 2.0B. TED blogC. The Innovative Educator BlogD . Look for at least 2 more sites or

blogs you might be interested in

1. Search up top2. Search in an already existing

tile3. Go to Google: Top 100 Edu

Blogs

1. Go back into Twitter2. Sign up for account, if you

haven’t already3. Check out some of the ones listed

on Word document4. Search for other issues you might

like:1. Common Core2. Constructivism3. Politicians4. Sports players, celebrities,

musicians, etc.

1.Create account, if you don’t have one.2.Create boards.3.Search for Education, Common Core,

high school English, bulletin board ideas, etc., etc.

So, how do we navigate this world in the 21st Century?

--collaborate--connect--communicate--create

My ePortfolio

But we also have to remember to take time to…

Thank you!Michele Davismldavis@tie.net

SURVEY:http://tinyurl.com/PLCsPLNs