for NAIS13 conference

2. NAIS is a
Professional
Learning
Community
(PLC)
SpecialKRB, "NAIS Suits"
http://www.flickr.com/photos/speci
alkrb/5485122528

3. What is a
Personal
Learning
Network ?
(PLN)?

4. PLN Characteristics
• Who: (P)ersonal/ Do It
Yourself
• Why: (L)earning
• Where: f2f/online
(N)etwork

5. My PLN
Email: larry.kahn@kinkaid.org
Twitter: @ larrykahn
Diigo: larrykahnSkype:
larry.kahn
Facebook: Larry Kahn
LinkedIn: Larry Kahn
ISEN: Larry Kahn
Community Hub: Larry Kahn

6. Who's your
teacher
Think of a problem you solved recently

7. What happened next?
(e)(b)Yousharedyour your problemsolution via email.
(c) Yoursharedcommented on and your problem,blog,
(d)you PLNyour answer, solved solution via a
(a) you got yourproblem your with a
you discussed problem and blog,
Learning or away post, and briefly and then
retweeted otherand the learning stopped
filed it your briefly, started a
micro-blog,learning continuedwasspace. The learning was
colleague, continuedcommunity probably buried and
conversation on thencontinued indefinitely.
archived toabe stopped.
probablysocial network.
stopped.
Learning continued, learning continued,
learning continued.

8. PLNs Add Value to Society:
Personal, Communal, Public, Civic
"More value can be gotten
out of voluntary participation
than anyone previously
imagined, thanks to
improvements in our ability to
connect with one another
and improvements in our
imagination of what is
possible from such
participation."

9. Learning Theories Reflect The Time In Which
They Were Created
Constructivism:Learner acts to
Humanism: Learner actsisto fillto
Connectivism: Learner acts
Behaviorism: Learner passive
Cognitivism: Learner as CPU
construct knowledge
potentialto knowledge
connect
Vygotsky Pappert Downes Siemens
All photos from Wikipedia.

10. My PLN Story
Leaning into my discomfort
Practicing Inquiry

11. Punch Line 1:
We need, first, to take charge of our own learning,
and next, help others take charge of their own
learning. We need to move beyond the idea that an
education is something that is provided for us, and
toward the idea that an education is something that
we create for ourselves.
Stephen Downes,
The Huffington Post

12. Punch Line 2
Build relationshipsinformationevaluate multimediaproblems
Create, and analyze, and with the tools ofcommunities to
Attend to the ethical responsibilities required by these
Design critique, analyze,synthesize multiple solve texts
Manage, share with othersfor pose and streams of
Develop proficiency and to global technology
collaboratively and cross-culturally
meet a variety of purposes
simultaneous information
complex environments

13. Changing Conversations