1. BUILDING STUDENT LEARNING
NETWORKS IN THE EARLY YEARS
Presented by Karen Lirenman
@klirenman

2. What does
building student
learning networks
mean to you?

3. To me it means…
• to collaborate
• to create and
• to share
…with others to create
authentic learning opportunities

4. How do I do this?

5. With…
• Class and Student Blogs
• Video Conferencing
• Twitter
• Collaborative Projects

6. Using Blogs to Create Personal
Learning Networks in the Early Years

7. Our class blog: www.mslirenmansroom.blogspot.ca

8. My Students’ Blogs (2013-14)
http://kidblog.org/MsLirenmansClass2013-2014/

9. Blogging lets students share learning
with the world.

10. And encourages feedback from the world .

11. Some things my students share include
story comprehension.

12. Their feedback for an author.

13. An invitation to an expert.

14. A lesson for another.

15. Using Video Conferencing to Create
Personal Student Learning Networks

16. Video conferencing helps create student
learning networks by learning from an expert.
Programmers, App Developers, Skype, Animal Experts

17. Learning with other classes.
Global Read Aloud, Gr 1 Book Club, Gingerbread Man Adventures, Projects
by Jen Lucky Charms

18. Learning math with classes from
around the world.
Guess My Number, Guess My 2D/3D Shape,
Is it Heavier/Lighter, Is it Longer/Shorter

19. Learning math with individual students
from around the world.
Guess My Shape, Math Stories

20. Teaching other classes.
Hanukkah, Salmon

21. Using Twitter to Create Personal
Student Learning Networks

22. Learning and connecting with the world.

23. And the WORLD responded.
South Africa
Texas
Iowa Ontario
Florida
New Zealand
British Columbia
Australia
England
Michigan
Saskatchewan
Wisconsin
New York
Oregon

24. Learning and connecting with an author.

25. Learning by creating and using
hashtags to…
• experiment with voice (#LRRH13,
#GBM)
• Practice, Learn, and Share Math
(#mathstory, #aabb, #2d3dshapes)
• Backchannel about a webinar
• Participate in a bookclub

26. Learning by asking and answering surveys.

27. Using Collaborative Projects to Create
Personal Student Learning Networks

28. Joining collaborative projects help
promote personal learning networks.

29. Globally organized collaborative projects
for the early years include…

30. A Global Read Aloud Project

31. Locally organized projects with classes in
North America - Good News Bad News

32. Locally organized
projects with classmates.

33. Locally organized projects with students
in our district.

34. Even our youngest learners can and should
create student learning networks.

35. Karen Lirenman
@klirenman
Skype: klirenman
karen.lirenman@gmail.com
learningandsharingwithmsl.blogspot.ca
handoutsbykaren.wikispaces.com
Grade One, Division 19
Woodward Hill Elementary, Surrey, BC
@MsLsClass
mslirenmansroom.blogspot.ca
kidblog.org/mslirenmansclass2013-2014
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