Learn about what a Personal Learning Network is for teachers.

1. Personal
Learning
Networks
Changing the way
we collaborate

2. What is a PLN?
 It is an entire collection of people with whom you engage and exchange
information. It is usually done online.

3. Why use a PLN?
 Because two heads are better than one!

4. Where can I get information?
From any social networking sites or blogs such as…
 Facebook
 Twitter
 RSS
 Tumblr
 Flickr
 Wordpress
Just follow or
‘like’ educational
people so you
can share your
ideas with them.

5. Who will provide me with information?
 Other educators whether they are first year teachers or more experienced.
The more people you share your information and ideas with the more
resources you will have.

6. When do I start my PLN?
 Now!
 As soon as you start your own Personal Learning Network the better.
 You can never have too many resources, ideas and information.

7. How do I start my PLN?
 Begin by either creating a social networking site or a blog.
 Start following educational people, other teachers or anybody who you
think has great ideas that you could use in your classroom.
 Now start sharing your ideas with everybody else and you can take other
people’s ideas to create your own resource file or your PLN.

8. Example: What my PLN would look like.
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social
netwo
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sites,
blogs
and
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I
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9. A few more tips...
 Don’t forget it’s your PLN which means you can do whatever works for you to
gather and collect resources.
 Electronic copies of various resources such as lesson plans are best because they
cannot be lost.
 The sky is the limit!!

10. So start your PLN now and become the 21st Century Networked Teacher!