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Kathy Malsbenden

PLN: Your Personal Learning Network Made Easy | Once a Teacher…. - 5 views

  • Here are some ways that educators are using their PLNs: -    Professional development – learn from content-area specialists -    Locate resources for your classroom, such as free websites and software -    Get lesson plan ideas from master teachers -    Learn about new technology and how to integrate it into your teaching -    Find collaborative solutions -    Find interesting links to education news
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      Why PLN
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      Great video explaining "why" teacher and student PLN
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      Web2.0 tools for PLN
  • What to Expect – Stages of PLN Adoption
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      What to expect...takes a little time to build PLN
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    Building your PLN
Kathy Malsbenden

PLN Challenge #5: Using Blogs as Part of Your PLN : Teacher Challenge - 1 views

  • So what are the key components to making blogs part of your PLN? It’s really simple: Other blogs – read and comment on other people’s blog posts Your blog – reflect periodically by writing posts about your thoughts, ideas and/or to share resources.
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      Key components to blogs/PLN
  • Here are my tips:
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  • subscribe to their RSS feed using Google Reader
  • iPad users, is to use Flipboard
  • effective commenter
  • Approve comments quickly
  •  Always respond back to readers on your own posts
  • Enable threaded comments if it is an option!
  • allow readers to subscribe to comments by email
  •  Use the Subscribe to Comments option
  • Our Kicking starting your blogging
  • Writing Better Blog Posts: What You NEED to Know
  • tips for First Time Bloggers
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21st Century Teaching & Learning: The Power of a PLN - 3 views

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      PLN and what you can now do
  • Get support - I am lucky to have an amazingly supportive PLN. I can ask questions and get answers.
  • Discover new tools - People are always blogging and tweeting about
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  • ng network allows me to meet and discuss with people who share my passions
  • Build my network
  • e without my PLN but with it, it's exponentially better. I am daily inspire
  • Gary Stager posed this question on Twitter: "As a result of your PLN*, what can you now DO that you couldn't do before?" I decided to answer this question for myself and these are some of the things I came up with:
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