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English teacher and instructional technology coach Brianna Crowley offers practical advice on creating professional learning networks built on intersecting layers of relationships. I chose this article because it showed step by step what we need to do to build those connections.

This site provides information on how to create your own Professional Learning Network including how to get started, how to find other professionals, and how to use it to communicate effectively. It is great to join PLNs but it's great to learn how to create one!

I chose this resource because it gives a brief explanation of what a PLN is. Then it give three specific steps on how to build your PLN and goes into detail about each step.

Welcome to our professional learning series on building a PLN. This series guides you step by step through the process of setting up your own PLN. The aim of this first step is to: Explain what is a PLN. Help you understand why educators create their own PLN.

Welcome to our professional learning series on building a PLN. This series guides you step by step through the process of setting up your own PLN. It's great for people who still need to delve deeper into what a PLN actually is.

This is a very information-rich site that further introduces the PLN and delves into several different avenues a teacher can take in developing their PLN, with one avenue explored being Twitter. I particularly found the Step 6: Curation page to be intriguing. This page introduces curation, the strategic collection and compilation of knowledge and media found online, and demonstrates how it can be a valuable tool for educators engaged in expanding and sharing their constant learning and teaching journeys (See the video towards the middle of the page where a teacher shows his netvibes and scoopit accounts, and the very complex ways in which teachers can organize and share knowledge from these information collection/filtering tools. VERY valuable for our fast-paced and information-heavy time.)

Step by Step on how to do a Google+ Hangout

Step by Step on how to do a Google+ Hangout

I chose this source because of the content related to LiveText and thought it would be helpful for those who need step-by-step guides when they're having trouble. There are quite a few other tutorials for Live Text here as well.

I chose this source because of the content related to LiveText and thought it would be helpful for those who need step-by-step guides when they're having trouble. There are quite a few other tutorials for Live Text here as well.

This website is great because it is a complete step-by-step guide about twitter chats. This website gives instruction on joining and/or hosting a twitter chat. In addition to this instruction, the website offers information on separate twitter sites.

Watching this video before/during creating a LiveText portfolio will be a lot of help. It walks you through step by step instructions. During week 5 you will have to create a portfolio on LiveText and if you get confused this will be a good video to come back to.

Watching this video before/during creating a LiveText portfolio will be a lot of help. It walks you through step by step instructions. During week 5 you will have to create a portfolio on LiveText and if you get confused this will be a good video to come back to.

Project Based Learning is a teaching method in which students gain knowledge and skills by working for an extended period of time to investigate and respond to an authentic, engaging and complex question, problem, or challenge. In Gold Standard PBL, Essential Project Design Elements include:

This website goes into detail about what Project Based Learning is. This is a great tool other than the textbook to get a complete grasp on the concept. Not only does it describe PBL as "a teaching method in which students gain knowledge and skills by working for an extended period of time to investigate and respond to an authentic, engaging and complex question, problem, or challenge", but it also provides steps to follow when creating an engaging PBL assignment lesson plan. These steps include: Key Knowledge, Challenging Problem, Sustained Inquiry, Authenticity, Student Voice & Choice, Reflection, Critique & Revision, and Public Product. Following this list of steps and making sure the lesson plan provides all of these points will make for an engaging class. Another component this website contains is a blog for educators to post about the Project Based lessons they implemented in the classroom. I believe sharing ideas with other teachers is one of the most helpful ways to improve your own teaching because you receive feedback and encouragement to what you are doing well, and what can be changed for the benefit of the class.

This article is about 5 steps on how to integrate technology into a classroom that might not have it already.

Guide to creating a PLN. Comprised of 10 sections linked to the main page. Each section includes images and videos that help to illustrate the process.

Know it or not, you already have some sort of Personal Learning Network or PLN! It could be your colleagues, family, students, friends - whoever! But with the power of the web and online collaborat...

10 Great Steps to Grow Your Own PLN

Tells you what a storyboard is and it also tells you why you need one. It also gives you step-by-step instructions on how to make an effective storyboard.

This website has good tutorial that has step by step instructions on how to make a YouTube video. It includes what equipment to choose, ideas, how to make the video, how to edit the video, and how to upload and promote your video.

Has step-by-step instructions and storyboarding tips on how to make a storyboard for videos. A storyboard is a tool for sketching out how a video will unfold, shot by shot. It looks like a comic strip.

Shows step by step instructions on how to make a video using iMovie. Sound effects, music, stock footage, motion graphics, and stock images can be used in the iMovie.

This is a helpful website for creating a weekly classroom. It helps you go through the process step by step and has different sections to choose from so there isn't a lot of searching for what you need help with.

Ten Steps to Better Web Research, helps us to find quality information

This website helps teacher and students learn more about different areas. It allows students to get the help they need by providing step-by-step videos that give further explanation.

Step-by-step advice on deploying a classroom set of iPads.

There are many different times of assessments, and different questions come with each one. This infographic helps explain the different forms of assessments and breaks it down step by step so it is easy to follow. Week 5 talks about different forms of assessments and this will be a good tool to use during our peer team teaching.

This is a step by step video tutorial on YouTube that helps you set up a custom Google Search Engine.