Personal Learning Communities (Network)

While reading a discussion on Professional Learning Communities in Classroom 2.0, I found this post by Lisa Nielsen, The Innovative Educator: 5 Things You Can Do to Begin Developing Your Personal Learning Network.

1. Join a professional social network
2. Pick 5 blogs to read
3. Set up an iGoogle and Google Reader accounts
4. Comment on blogs
5. Microblog (twitter)

My Personal Learning Network continues to evolve:

1. iGoogle and Google Reader account
   
2. Subsribe/read educational blogs
   
3. Member of Professional Social Networks (Nings)
   
   
   
   • Classroom 2.0
     
   • NECC 2008
     
   • Ning in Education
     
   
   
4. My summer goals
   
   • Comment on blogs
     
   • Start a discussion on Classroom 2.0
     
   • Create a ning for school - technology professional development
     

Will Richardson explaining PLN



Summer Project
Create your own Personal Learning Network!

Ning in Education Videos

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Social networks in Education

I have been reading about Ning networks as a way to share ideas with others.

Classroom 2.0 is a Ning for educators who are interested in Web 2 and collaborative technologies.

Read this blog posted on the Classroom 2.0 site which describes how students used art, videos and blogs to focus attention on social issues in their community. Creating networks of purpose

The IL-TCE social network continued the discussion and collaboration following the 2008 Conference.

We are going to explore the possibility of creating a Ning network for a student project and invite the parents to participate.

• Forum for students, teachers, and parents
  
• Collaboration
  
• Sharing