This document summarizes 10 influential people in the author's professional learning network (PLN). For each person, it provides their main areas of work, superpowers, personal attributes, and website. The PLN members work in a variety of fields including language teaching, education, and consulting and have strengths like creativity, community building, and sharing resources.
1. My PLN
A Top Trumps analysis of
10 of my best tweeps
2. @joedale
Principal areas of activity:
Tech in language teaching consultancy
Superpowers:
Tech wizardry
Community building
Personal attributes:
Helpful
Master networker
Headquarters:
http://joedale.typepad.com/
3. @josepicardo
Principal areas of activity:
Secondary Languages
Superpowers:
Creativity
Leading by example
Personal attributes:
Generous
Energetic
Headquarters:
http://www.josepicardo.com/
4. @simfin
Principal areas of activity:
E-safety consultancy
Superpowers:
Could save the world
Personal attributes:
Selfless
Modest
Headquarters:
http://simfin.wordpress.com/about/
5. @drbexl
Principal areas of activity:
Higher Education
Superpowers:
Social media expertise
Biblical dissemination
Personal attributes:
Indomitable
Renaissance woman
Headquarters:
https://twitter.com/drbexl
6. @tomwhitby
Principal areas of activity:
U.S. Higher Education
Superpowers:
Creator of #edchat
Community building
Personal attributes:
Insightful
Kind
Headquarters:
http://tomwhitby.wordpress.com/
7. @timbuckteeth
Principal areas of activity:
Higher Education
Superpowers:
Extreme common sense
Academic brilliance
Personal attributes:
Tolerant
Supportive
Headquarters:
http://steve-wheeler.blogspot.co.uk/
8. @bellale
Principal areas of activity:
Secondary teaching
Superpowers:
X-ray vision
Bottom up activist
Personal attributes:
Gamesmaker extra-ordinaire
Courageous
Dedicated
Headquarters:
http://alexbellars.wordpress.com/
9. @mgraffin
Principal areas of activity:
Global supply teacher, Australia
Superpowers:
Connectivity
Project leadership
Personal attributes:
Indefatigable
Dedicated
Headquarters:
http://mgraffin.edublogs.org/
10. @sensor63
Principal areas of activity:
Higher Education, France
Superpowers:
Escapolagist
Out of the box - What box?
Personal attributes:
Pioneering spirit
Advocacy of autonomy
Headquarters:
http://tachesdesens.blogspot.co.uk/
11. @icpjones
Principal areas of activity:
Secondary language teaching
Superpowers:
Inspiration
Sharing
Personal attributes:
Enthusiastic
Knowledgeable
Headquarters:
http://isabellejones.blogspot.co.uk/