“Life is about learning; when you stop learning, you die.” – Tom Clancy There are people and resources everywhere that can help you stay on the leading edge, develop new skills, and stay relevant in your chosen profession. It’s easier than ever to reach out and connect these days. This presentation focuses on social media networks, online resources, and the dispositions you need to build your own personal learning network (PLN) and manage it so you can become a learner for life, bring out your best at work, and have a personal life, too.

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2. Becoming a Learner for Life Deb Hanson Online resources can be found at http://fourcircleslearning.com SWFLN Paraprofessional Day May 10, 2011

4. “ There is only now.”

5. “ Change is the only constant.”

6. Why become a learner for life? What gets you up in the morning? Were you better today than you were yesterday?

7. “ Motivation is deeply personal.” – Daniel Pink, author of Drive

8. What does it take to become a successful learner for life?

10. Establish a “growth mindset” (Carol Dweck)

11. Engage in “deliberate practice” (Anders Ericsson)

12. It’s about changing your performance…

13. “ The battle is within ourselves. What is important is to look at yourself, train yourself, improve yourself.” – Gaku Homma

14. Create and Nuture Your P LN

15. Learning Network Personal

16. Learning Network Professional

17. Learning Network Perpetual

18. A learning network consists of the entire set of resources that you use to answer questions, provide context and illustrate processes. (David Wetzel, 2010)

19. A (PLN) is a group of people you count on to: -guide you in your learning -be your source of advice and resources -make you aware of learning opportunities -share their best practices -point you to answers and support (Silvia Tolisano, 2011)

20. What does your PLN look like ?

24. Set your goals…

25. Choose Your PLN Tools

26. Take one step at a time…

33. Hashtags & Twitter Chats #libchat – Wednesdays at 8 PM #libpitch #tlchat #library #libraries #librarians #streetlit, #Goodreads, #readers, #YA, #lib_resources, #infoliteracy, #onlinesafety, #cyberbullying, #digitalcitizenship, #transliteracy, #yalsa, #ALA, #Books, #literature, #bannedbooks, #reading, #Kindle, #ipad, #ebook, #ereader, #SocialMedia

36. Just today…in my Twitter stream…

37. One step always leads to another…

38. More Tools for Connecting, Learning

54. Sharing

55. Netvibes

56. Hootsuite

59. Good stuff to check out…

60. If you feel like you’re getting in too deep…

62. Give your learning 30 minutes a day…

64. All that said…

66. Don’t forget to take time to look closely, wonder, think deeply…

67. It’s all about balance

70. Contact me: [email_address] @DebH2U (Twitter) http://fourcircleslearning.com