What is a Personal Learning Network? :
What is a Personal Learning Network? The question is…how much knowledge can you access with your personal learning network?
PLN? A virtual space for teachers to harness content of interest and share with a targeted audience.
Pros and Cons :
Pros and Cons Pros Cons Stay current in terms of content and best practice
Outreach to peers with sharing and collaboration
Easily integrated into one destination- Google Reader
Unlimited inquiry potential Where is the time?
Pile up of content
Mix professional and personal-boundary issues
Teacher vs. Student Use :
Teacher vs. Student Use Teacher Student Tap into current events
Keep tabs on student work through RSS Research project
Current Events/Health /Government Articles
Following a topic long term
Foster class community through collaboration
Stages of PLN Adoption :
Stage 1 Immersion
Stage 2 Evaluation
Stage 3 Know it all
Stage 4 Perspective Stages of PLN Adoption http://www.thethinkingstick.com/stages-of-pln-adoption/
Google Reader :
Google Reader
RSS in Plain English :
RSS in Plain English