Welcome to Personal Learning Networks
Welcome ActivCarolinas participants!
Many education professionals are reaching out through social networks to connect with other professionals. The reason for communicating with those who have similar positions or interests to learn and share their experitice and experience so individuals can grow as teaching professionals. This network of professionals is known as a Personal Learning Network (PLN). Many have members who start out as members of a PLN have become personal friends as well.
My session on Personal Learning Networks will explain why you should develop a PLN, how it works, how to set up a PLN, and what to do as you build your network. There will be demonstrations on how Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Edmodo, Schoology, are used to build strong PLN's. Below are some resources to help you start and build your own Personal Learning Network.
Keynote
Social Networks
Who to follow?
Here are some great people to follow to start your Personal Learning Network. A + before the name means the person is on Google+ and @ before a name is it is their Twitter name. Checkout who these people follow and who follows them to help build your Personal Learning Network.
+John Woodring - @teacherbytes
+Vicki Davis - @coolcatteacher
+Miguel Guhlin - @mguhlin,
+Jerry Blumengarten - @cybraryman1
+Mary Ann Sansonetti-Wood - @msansonettiwood
+Chris Craft - @crafty184
+Cathy Jo Nelson - @cathyjo
+Shirley Smith - @shirley8153
+Jessica Donaldson - @donaldsonsc
+Stephen Anderson - @web20classroom
Kathyrn Vaughn - @ActivCarolinas
Joe Talaiver - @activboy
Jenny McClintock - @activjenny
+Mathew Barfield - @geekmonkee
+Cory Tressler - @tresslertech
+Bonnie Sutton
+Eric Sheninger - @NMHS_Principal
+Howard Rheingold - @hrheingold
CSI Tech Outfitters - @CSI_Tech
Promethean USA - @prometheanusa
Lisa Dubernard - @onboardlearning
@planet_tweets
@schoology
@edmodo
And thousands more!