Today is a normal discussion day with your students. One student who is equipped with a question asks it...you don't know the answer. Instead of using the scapegoat of "Google it", you-the instructor-pull out a different tool. You use your Personal Learning Network (PLN). This is a system of people and tools to better find an accredited answer, help, collaboration, or consultation on a given subject. PLN systems can help keep track of your connections. A good PLN does not consist of a consolidated listing of organized contacts. Instead, a good PLN is a quality group of people and tools that an instructor can call upon at any given time to formulate a better response. PLNs can also be helpful for project based learning due to the fact students can research people and tools from all around the world trying to find the answer or to better discuss something in class.
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Ways of forming your PLN one could use Symbaloo as a means of bookmarking all of your favorite websites, blogs, forums, etc. It keeps a neat and clean display on the home screen so that it is easier for you to access your favorite websites. My Symbaloo account would start off consisting of teachers we've met and will meet through our C4Ts as well as teachers from the blog assignments and videos. I would utilize specific search engines as tools. Also, I would try to network with teachers in the area by Twitter or their own educational blogs.
NetVibes is a neat source because it monitors digital usages and users can publish and personalize the digital aspects of their everyday lives. Corporations use it as a means of organizing widgets and contacts or corresponding organizations. This is another way to use PLNs.
PLNs are great ways to maintain a collaborative environment for the lifelong learner. This tool can instill students to continue growing their PLNs in order to connect with learners and educators from all around the world and to continue learning.
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