Personal Learning Network - SD#61 Workshop

1. Building a PLN
(Personal Learning Network)
(How can we increase digital literacy
in our school and our classrooms?)

2. What’s the issue?
• Teachers are inquisitive
about technology
• Have time constraints
• How do we find
solutions?

3. How can we learn about technology
from each other?

4. Teachers were
inquiring about
many of these
applications:

10. Teacher Outcomes
• Teachers could make time to play & familiarize
themselves with new technologies
• Work together/Share ideas
• Build projects/activities/lessons
• Interdepartmental initiatives
• Created avenues to increase dialogue during
the week – spontaneously

11. Student Outcomes
Teacher learning = Student learning
• Learning from personal interest
• Student focused
• Motivating/Autonomous
• Modeling/enthusiasm/interest
• 21st Century skills
• Shift focus of learning – Active vs Passive

12. What’s next?
• Awakened curiosities – continue during selfdirected ProD next year
• Build projects/lessons/activities using new
digital literacies
• Increase PLNs with social media – Twitter
• Use more of these: #RSSLearns, #Reynolds,
#SD61learn, #educ, #edchat, #bced