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Aim of this keynote
We Will
๏ Discuss what is a Personal Learning Network
๏ Why should we use a PLN?
๏ Keys to success with a PLN
๏ Discuss the risks involved wit online PLN’s
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So just what is a PLN
PLN = a dynamic and evolving community facilitating personal growth and learning -
@michelledodd
It is dynamic - can grow and shrink and change, often if you've good contacts they grow with
you. Likely be heading in same direction - @sirchris
PLNs are the sum of all social capital and connections that result in the development and
facilitation of a PLE. - @courosa
Hi from Raleigh, NC! I use my PLN to bounce off ideas and find out whats happening in
Instructional Tech - @bethanyvsmith
PLN's provide a great way to connect with others around the world so that I can keep up to
date and extend my thinking. - @marsenault
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Image creates by Alex Couros - @courosa
Roles of an effective PLN
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Stages of Use
Stage 3 - Know It All
Stage 1 - Immersion
Immerse yourself into networks.
Stage 5 - Balance Have a feeling of not being able to
Stage 4 - Perspective leave it.
Afraid you will miss something and
Stage 2 - Evaluation
feel if you do miss something you
missed an opportunity.
Interest level
Stage 1 - Immersion
Time since account creation
Based on graph created by Jeff Utecht - @jutecht
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Stages of Use
Stage 3 - Know It All
Stage 2 - Evaluation
Evaluate your networks and start
to focus in on which networks you
Stage 5 - Balance
really want to focus your time on.
Stage 4 - Perspective
You still have that feeling of
Stage 2 - Evaluation urgency and are trying to figure out
a way to “know it all”
Interest level
Stage 1 - Immersion
Time since account creation
Based on graph created by Jeff Utecht - @jutecht
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Stages of Use
Stage 3 - Know It All
Stage 3 - Know It All
Find that you are spending hours
trying to learn everything you can.
Stage 5 - Balance
Stage 4 - Perspective You realise that there is much you
do not know and feel like you can’t
Stage 2 - Evaluation disconnect.
This usually comes with spending
every waking minute trying to be
Interest level
connected to the point that you
give up sleep and contact with
others around you to be
connected to your networks of
Stage 1 - Immersion knowledge.
Time since account creation
Based on graph created by Jeff Utecht - @jutecht
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Stages of Use
Stage 3 - Know It All
Stage 4 - Perspective
You start to put your life back into
perspective.
Stage 5 - Balance
Stage 4 - Perspective This usually occurs when you are
forced to leave your network for a
Stage 2 - Evaluation while and spend more time with
friends and family.
(typically this is an enforced
Interest level
disconnection when on a holiday
pr dragged to places with lack of
an internet connection)
Stage 1 - Immersion
Time since account creation
Based on graph created by Jeff Utecht - @jutecht
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Stages of Use
Stage 3 - Know It All
Stage 5 - Balance
You finally find that balance
between learning and living.
Stage 5 - Balance
Understanding that you cannot
Stage 4 - Perspective
know it all.
Stage 2 - Evaluation You realise that your network can
learn and store knowledge for you.
A sense of calm and
Interest level
understanding that you can learn
when you need to learn and you
do not need to learn it all right
now.
Stage 1 - Immersion
Time since account creation
Based on graph created by Jeff Utecht - @jutecht
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Note: Each of these Web 2.0 applications has multiple functionality – for each service the primary positioning has been used
Published under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareALike License
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CREATING
EVALUATING
Text
ANALYSING
APPLYING
UNDERSTANDING
REMEMBERING
Based on new version of Blooms Hierarchy/Taxonomy created by Mike Fisher - @fisher1000
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Some tools I use
Photos Audio Video Bookmarks Information Networking
Flickr iTunes YouTube del.icio.us Twitter Facebook
iStockPhoto Podomatic TeacherTube Diigo Slideshare LinkedIn
Vimeo StumbleUpon Edublogs me.edu.au
Ning
Based on table created by Lucy Gray - @elemenous
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A Little birdie
once told me...
Twitter truly sums up all my
reasons for a PLN
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My Key Uses of a PLN
Blogging with Wordpress
Microblogging using Twitter
Finding communities with Ning, edna and LinkedIn
Reading Weblogs via Newsreader
Discovering Images via Flickr and Picassa
Finding and sharing resources with Del.icio.us and Diig
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Make friends with your feeds
AGGREGATE
๏ Many services generate
RSS feeds
๏ Tools like FriendFeed
allow you to aggregate
๏ Some other tools allow
cross pollination
๏ Avoid treating each
technology in isolation
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Enjoy your mash!
INTEGRATE
๏ Flickr
๏ Twitter
๏ Youtube
๏ Delicious
๏ And more...
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Everything can be labeled
Trial new tools before deciding they are not worth your time.
SORT AND TAG IT
๏ Sort your information
with tags
๏ Search for information
with tags
๏ Tags allow for ease
when searching PLN’s
for specific content
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How to untangle the flow
http://www.flickr.com/photos/warpedvisions/17308628/
