1.
If You PLEs …
You’ll Thank Me Later
@valarywithawhy
#usdlaPLE
valaryo@gmail.com
about.me/valary

2.
http://bit.ly/Pui6sw

3.
Personal
Learning
Environment

4.
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Learn, Rinse, Repeat: Where the learning never stops

5.
http://bit.ly/1jCs0R0
Steve Wheeler’s diagram from Learning with 'e's

6.
http://bit.ly/1k7gn7N
Dr. Mark Bilandzic’s diagram …

7.
People
Learn
Everywhere

8.
Progressive
Learner-controlled
Enduring

9.
Perpetual
Learning
Experiences

10.
Proactive
Learning
Experiences

11.
http://www.kiostark.com/dont-go-back-to-school/
“many more ways to
learn outside of
school than within”

12.
YOUR PLE IS AN ALTERNATE ROUTE

13.
http://bit.ly/1rmQMJ4

14.
YOUR PLE KEEPS YOU RELEVANT

15.
Median tenure of
U.S. employees is
4.4 Years
http://bit.ly/1iZ2yIw

16.
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“… knowledge is like milk. It has a shelf
life … *if you don't replace it+ … your
career is going to turn sour fast."
Louis Ross, Ford Motor Company

17.
YOUR PLE IS A FILTER

18.
http://bit.ly/1mAqDGw

19.
TAKE A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR PLE

20.
What is in my current PLE?
Formal / Informal
Consumer / Producer
Digital / Analog
Personal / Professional

21.
What is in my current PLE?
Formal / Informal
Consumer / Producer
Digital / Analog
Personal / Professional
Process of developing your PLE
Curate | Contemplate | Contribute
Formal Learning
+ Work LMS
+ UMBC
+ MOOCs
(also informal)
Social Media
+ Google+
+ Facebook
+ Twitter
– hashtags
– microblog
– backchannel
– join chats
+ Tumblr
+ LinkedIn
– professional
profiles
– join groups
– ask/answer
questions
Me
Digital Content
+ Blogs
– comment
– add value
– start
conversations
+ Webinars
+ Safari online
+ Kindle reader
+ Google reader
– aggregator
– tag posts
In Person
+ Friends/Family
+ Work Colleagues
+ Conferences

22.
Process of developing your PLE
Curate | Contemplate | Contribute

23.
“… my PLE has
become my lifeline. I
placed the learners
… where the heart is
because they are
why I do what I do!”
http://bit.ly/1jCtBWU
Nona Barker’s PLE

24.
DEVELOP YOUR PLE

25.
#1 TAKE 5 … BLOGS THAT IS

26.
http://www.scoop.it/t/learn-rinse-repeat

27.
http://www.usergeneratedlearning.com/
“I routinely declare
‘Google Reader
bankruptcy’ (aka
marking all my
posts as read and
just starting over) to
easy my anxiety!”

28.
#2 GET ALL A-TWITTER

29.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57dzaMaouXA
#Hashtag

30.
https://www.tagboard.com/

31.
#3 BUILD A BRIDGE

32.
http://www.thenewsociallearning.com/
“Training often gives
people solutions to
problems already
solved. Collaboration
addresses challenges
no one has overcome
before.”

33.
#4 SHARING IS CARING

34.
“Blog, blog,
blog, blog, b
log …”

35.
Curate Contemplate Contribute

36.
“I write to discover
what I know.”
Flannery O’Connor
Image from http://bit.ly/1f53JqT

37.
#5 ADD TO YOUR TOOLBOX

38.
Jane Hart’s 10 Tool Challenge
1.Bitly
2.Scoop.it
3.Scribd
4.Voicethread
5.Tagboard
6.Haiku Deck
7.FeedReader
8.Picmonkey
9.Degreed
10.Tapestry

39.
#6 TRY SOMETHING NEW

40.
Попробуйте
что-то новое

41.
“In the beginner’s mind there
are many possibilities, in the
expert’s mind there are few.”
Shunryu Suzuki
http://bit.ly/1rmSWsa

42.
MAKE A COMMITMENT

43.
Review content
Reflect and writeComment on posts
Respond to comments
Share a link
Got an hour? Get online

44.
❑ 2 retweets
❑ 2 new tweets
❑ 1 tweet about you or your business
❑ 3 replies to new people
❑ 3 replies to people you already know
❑ Give thanks
Workout from http://bit.ly/1f53VGQ Image from http://bit.ly/1nHcbMC
Daily Twitter Workout

45.
Image from http://bit.ly/1tHrLMF

46.
If You PLEs … You’ll Thank Me Later
@valarywithawhy
#usdlaPLE
valaryo@gmail.com
about.me/valary
Slides
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47.
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10-tools-challenge/
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