1. Personal Learning
Network
PLN

2. What is a PLN?
Personal Learning networks
refers to a range of social and
personal networks that allow
people for example teachers and
educators to share and learn
from and with.

3. professional
development
There are many different
networks an educator may seek
for their personal learning. The
best ones are the ones that suite
you!

4. A small selection of my personal
favourite social networks that
assist with my own personal
learning…

5. Key online Networks

6. Pinterest is an imaged based
online pin board. Your pin board
can be organised in different
categories

7. Examples of Boards
Variety of
educational blog
links
Lesson plan
ideas
Art and craft
ideas

8. Facebook is one of the
largest social networking
sites in the world.

9. On Facebook you can like and follow
a variety of groups and pages. For
PLN purposes you may choose to
follow educational posts or groups
with other educators to mentor, be
mentored, share ideas and stories,
ask and answer questions with others
who share your education passion

10. Twitter is a powerful micro-
blogging, social networking
service where you can
connect and collaborate with
educators and other
professional educators around
the world.

12. Like many social networks for your
personal learning, blogging is a great
way to both give and receive learning
and ideas.
Blogging is an excellent way to
reflect on your practice and share
what you have learnt.

13. Blogging was once simply writing
and reading these ideas and stories,
it is now open to other media such as
podcasting and videocasting.
There are many blog site options you
could explore:

14. Blogging can give you the power
to reflect collaborate and
exchange ideas!
Don’t just be a blog reader -be a
blogger!

15. What you put out into social
networking is related to what you
get back from it!