This concept of a PLN has been around for many years. What has changed in recent years though is the reach, the size and the availability of that network. Your PLN is no longer tied to your zip code and you no longer work in isolation. Collaboration no longer just means to work with a colleague in your building. You are able to connect to educators from around the world who are ready and willing to teach beyond the walls of their own classroom.
Your PLN is customized as:
• it filters the vast information available and pushes what interests you
• you choose who is part of your network
• you decide when and how to access and use it
Learning how to build your own PLN is:
• a 21st century skill
• learning about tools that enable your to make these connections
• being in charge of your own Professional Development
• connecting to educators who will contribute to your learning
• extending your learning
• receiving “just in time” learning and help
• becoming globally aware
• sharing your own best practices
• experiencing the power of 21st century learning for yourself
• filtering through “too much” available information
7. Sharing
The Ethics ofmoral imperative
Dean Shareksi & Darren Kuroptawa
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12. Redefine Learning
Not About the Action, but about the
Impact!
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76. CreateD Account- Chose Appropriate and Meaningful Username
Uploaded an Avatar
Included Descriptive Profile Description
Keeping an Eye (Allow/Follow Back/Block) on the Users Following Me
Followed a #Hashtag
Tweeted a Resource
Tweeted a Link with Description and added Value
Included a #Hashtag in a Tweet
Chose Quality people to Follow (Lists, Followers, #Hashtags)
Answered someone else's Question
@mentioned someone else to catch their Attention and/Or pointED them to
a Resource
Included an Image in a Tweet
RT- Re-Tweeted someone Else's Tweet
RT- Re-Tweeted someone Else's Tweet AND Added Value
Participated in a Chat
Asked a Question
Did not Lock my Account
Chose Quality people to Follow (Word of Mouth, @mentions, Blogs,
WEbsites, Ads)
Documented & Shared Live Learning
Recognized a Spam Tweet or Hacker Tweet
Sent a DM (Direct Message)
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