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This link provides 10 tips for using PLNs and 10 tips for establishing productive ones. Using Diigo is the first tip for establishing a productive PLN - I thought that was pretty cool.

"Sharing discoveries is more efficient and honorable than patenting them" - I love that! The steps outlined in this post definitely are based on this great principle. It's also great to know that that's exactly what we do at Edtech (unlike in so many other grad programs where so much of the student work never gets shared.) Great post!

I like lists and how-tos. This article by Miriam Clifford provides a great introduction to the nuts and bolts of establishing a PLN.

This article gives a brief overview of PLNs but then gives tips on developing your own.

The author provides tips for educators to network and grow their PLNs. He likes to ask educators to consider the following questions:Who is in your learning network? Who do you learn from on a regular basis? Who do you turn to for your own professional development? He provides some great ideas to expand your learning base.

As I begin to develop a PLN, reflecting on these three questions will be helpful. Including suggestions to expanding the network are equally helpful.

This article gives 5 tips for creating a PLN online. It mentions other websites other than twitter, such as pinterest, scoopit and feedly. Twitter is well known, but this article is great for the beginner who can explore other resources.

Great tips. It does take some significant time to get it all set up but I'm finding that the organization is paying off because when my son ends up napping longer than expected, I can open up Feedly and have lots of cool articles in the line-up to read without searching. Now I'm adding Twitter to the mix. People constantly ask how I have time to go to school and I think it boils down to tactics like this that allow you to capitalize on those unexpected breaks.

Most of the articles I've found about PLNs all have only a few steps that aren't explained very well. This article has just enough tips and information for someone who isn't that tech savvy to be able to create a PLN. I also like how they include the links to the different websites so people can go step by step in creating their network, then refer back to the article for the next step.

A quick view of how technology is changing our world making it much smaller by allowing for global communication that is changing how we network and learn. The article includes two list of 10 different tips for using and establishing PLNs.

This is a great resource when thinking through joining a PLN. The tips are simple and descriptive. I was impressed with this piece. I think the best tip was "Be an active participant". Great advice.

"DTF Teaching Tip - Mike Heller, "Designing Multimedia Assignments"" : An educator outlines 5 tips for creating multimedia assignments.

Everything from creating templates to publishing files as websites, the Tips page for Google Slides is full of helpful tips.

This wiki page from Knowledge Sharing takes an in-depth look at the use of CoP in International Development and provides an extensive list of examples to provide greater understanding of CoP and its uses.

This was a great find Natalie! I especially like the idea that the resource presents when it states that it is tempting to mandate these communities but that they can better be nurtured by continuing existence. I connect this to my own classroom and the work I do throughout the beginning of the school year where I'm constantly arranging their groups to help them develop their communication and group skills but then allow them to form their own groups as the year progresses and I find that, for the most part, they gravitate to individuals that they work best with. I really liked the infographic on where to start as well. I think this is a great go to visual for utilizing CoPs.

This online toolkit offers a brief and well-organized overview of communities of practice (CoP). It begins with a short description and follows with the history CoPs. It then offers a bulleted list of when to utilize CoPs and even provides further advice on how-to use. This site was particularly helpful in that it also offers tips and lessons learned from others as well as examples, stories, and other resources. Overall, it is organized and affords users a plethora f information on Communities of Practice.

This article contains useful and interesting tips from presentation experts. It contains tips on images, fonts, themes, and structure.

Although this article focuses largely on tips for setting up and using a PLN, I appreciated the brief introduction about PLNs, their basis in connectivism and how it really can improve us as professionals. The first tip also focuses on the need for engaging in the collaborative process which is central to the success of PLNs.

This article is awesome and I love the thoughtful advice that it provides for creating a professional learning network. It describes the fact that technology has taken over the world, making it much easier to connect with anyone around you. Communicating and interacting with others can be crucial for gaining information. Asking questions, participating often, and being polite are just a few suggestions provided for utilizing PLNs.

More than 70 different PowerPoint tips from professional designers and presenters explored in a concise way.

Concrete tips to help us prepare, design, and deliver professional and aesthetically pleasing presentations

"The Ultimate Guide to Google Edu Apps: 100 Tips & Tricks for Teachers"

This Canadian website contains digital and media literacy information. I found the safety tips by age groups informative.

1. Keep it Simple PowerPoint uses slides with a horizontal or "Landscape" orientation. The software was designed as a convenient way to display graphical information that would support the speaker and supplement the presentation. The slides themselves were never meant to be the "star of the show" (the star, of course, is your audience).

This website contains great advice on how to prepare for, design, and then deliver a professional and effective presentation. Gary Reynolds wrote the best selling book about how to use presentation software called Presentation Zen.

This resource gives a list of 10 tips for better and more effective presentations. It is easy to get carried away when making a presentation. Referencing these tips will help educators and students keep their slides clear concise, and to the point.

These 5 tips for using connectivism in an eLearning environment are helpful in understanding how this learning theory can be seen in an educational setting. While not all learning environments are strictly eLearning, the same suggestions can apply to incorporating technology when possible.

A great introduction to TIP for non-teachers like me

Tip sheet with step by step instructions for accessibility features. Handy to keep bookmarked for a quick reminder.