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Building Your PLN (Personal Learning Network) Walk About 

Directions
  • Complete the scaffold provided by filling in the first column only with your ideas.
  • Walk about the room and fill in the remaining cells with input from your peers. 
  • Record ideas from a different person for each empty cell.
  • Share info such as Twitter ID, Skype ID, & email address to connect with each person as part of your PLN. 
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PLN is an acronym for Personal Learning Network. 
An educator builds his/her PLN based on professional interests and personal goals.

Questions to consider:
  • What are characteristics you will look for as you determine who and/or what belongs in your PLN?
  • How might your PLN impact professional growth?
PLN Resources
Things to Know about PLNs
  1. Personal Learning Networks for Educators: 10 Tips  
  2. A Day in The Life of a Connected Educator
Where do I find sites to add to my PLN?
  1. Pinterest  
  2. Vermillion Parish Technology Page  
Suggested Sites
  1. Classroom 2.0 Live -An Online Community
  2. EduTecher (Also available as an app)
Additional Resources
Twitter
  • Twitter Travels
  • Weekly Twitter Chats
  • Using Twitter to Build Your PLN
  • 50 Ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom

Pinterest
  • Pinterest & Education
  • Teacher's Guide to Pinterest
  • 20 Top Pinterest Tips


Skype
  • TeacherCast from ISTE 2015 
  • Skype in the Classroom
  • Find a Guest Speaker

Facebook
  • Teaching Digital Kids
  • Does Facebook Really Have a Place in the Classroom?

Images courtesy of eMINTS National Center and Flickr Commons or obtained through 123RF Stock Photos and StoryBlocks