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The author of this article compiles lesson ideas that incorporate technology into literature and language arts curriculum. Some ideas include video dialogues, using pictures to tell stories, voicethread narration, creating comics, and using video-games.

Personal learning networks span from professionals to just your average person. Anyone seeking a specific interest or learning of will find some type of PLN that fits their need. PLN's are not just for educators and students.

PLNs help to ensure lifelong learners while, engaging in new skills, and information. This all takes place while remaining connected to new information and people of interest to the user. PLNs can be professional, personal or a combination of both.

This article talks about how PLN have been around forever but with the advent of wireless access it has changed how we interact with our PLN.

This article condenses the main goals/steps an educator should keep in mind when integrating technology in a learning environment. The content reflects aspects of the TIP (Technology Integration Planning Model) framework and is a good resource for a brief overview of integration strategies.

The article offers an explanation of what a networked student model and a networked teacher model would look like. With the examples, it is suggested that these models could assist instructors in developing personal learning networks that provide the students with many opportunities to learn from many different sources.

This approach views learning as an act of membership in a "community of practice." The theory seeks to understand both the structure of communities and how learning occurs in them. The communities of practice concept was pioneered by the Institute for Research on Learning, a spin-off of the Xerox Corporation in Palo Alto, CA.

This article talked about how students have their own communities and that we should recognize them and use them to help our students learn.

In this article, Ravenscroft adds to the conversation surrounding connectivism by focusing on dialogue. Ravesncroft argues that connectivism can benefit from social constructivist perspectives.

In this article, Hiltz and Wellman explain how personal learning networks through the internet can enhance a sense of community and belonging. While some feel that online learning is cold and detached, they argue that the internet provides a unique opportunity for people to connect in a deeper way.

This article gives a great overview of Personal Learning Networks and their value. Nussbaum-Beach explains how they are different from PLCs and how they can be used in professional practice.

I appreciate the advice of planning to build PLN. Just because we may belong to Twitter or LinkedIn, does not equate to actually learning. One must have a plan and a purpose. Great post!