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There are tools on this page that can help you build your Personal Learning Network (PLN). This list does not include every tool available on the Internet; these are the "go-to" tools that the instructional technology coaches and library media specialists promote for classroom use because of ease of use, product features, website stability, and cost.
Click on each picture to access the individual tool sites.
Click on the links to various directions for using each tool. Feel free to copy and use these directions for use in the classroom with students as needed.
DEVELOPING YOUR PERSONAL LEARNING NETWORK (PLN)
DEVELOPING YOUR PERSONAL LEARNING NETWORK (PLN)
What is a Personal Learning Network?
Google+ Communities, Diigo Groups, Facebook Groups, Pinterest Pinboards: create accounts and search/join groups
Twitter Lists & Groups: follow people or search hashtags
YouTube subscriptions: subscribe to follow
Educational organizations: ASCD, Edutopia, EdWeb.net, ISTE, SEEC, TED Education, etc.
Don’t become overwhelmed!!!
GENERAL SITES FOR PERSONAL LEARNING NETWORKS (PLNs)
GENERAL SITES FOR PERSONAL LEARNING NETWORKS (PLNs)
GOOGLE CURRENT COMMUNITIES
GOOGLE CURRENT COMMUNITIES
DIIGO GROUPS
DIIGO GROUPS
FACEBOOK GROUPS
FACEBOOK GROUPS
Communicate your ideas and get instant feedback. Share ideas with employees and gather input through meaningful, focused discussions on topics that matter to your organization.
Diigo Groups provides a ground-breaking collaborative research and learning tool that allows any group of people to pool their findings through group bookmarks, highlights, sticky notes, and forum.
After you have created an account, join the Integrating Technology into Your Classroom group. Search "fnh*" or "fps*" for the various content-specific groups. I share web tools & websites I discover for content-specific groups through Diigo Groups.
Like discussion forums, Facebook groups allow specific sets of people to share photos, links, updates and more. Groups are great for connecting family, peers, teammates, co-workers or people with a shared interest.
PINTEREST PINBOARDS
PINTEREST PINBOARDS
TWITTER LISTS & GROUPS
TWITTER LISTS & GROUPS
YOUTUBE SUBSCRIPTIONS
YOUTUBE SUBSCRIPTIONS
Users can upload, save, sort, and manage images—known as pins—and other media content (e.g., videos and images) through collections known as pinboards. Find content specific to your search and pin them to the board of your choice for later reference.
Pinboards and Pinterest Help-Ask Dave Taylor
37 Ways Teachers Can Use Pinterest In The Classroom-Te@chthought
Twitter Lists is a list is a curated group of Twitter accounts. You can create your own lists or subscribe to lists created by others. If you want to focus the tweets you receive onto a specific topic or community, you can use any of several free third-party services that allow users to create and join Twitter groups similar to those from other social networking services.
Subscribe to channels you like to see more content from those channels. You can find a Subscribe button under any YouTube video or on a channel's page. Once you subscribe to a channel, any new videos it publishes will show up in your Subscriptions feed.
EDUCATION-RELATED SITES FOR PLNs
EDUCATION-RELATED SITES FOR PLNs
ASCD
ASCD
EDUTOPIA
EDUTOPIA
EDWEB.NET
EDWEB.NET
The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) is a membership-based nonprofit organization founded in 1943. It has more than 125,000 members from more than 128 countries, including superintendents, principals, teachers, professors of education, and other educators.
The Edutopia Foundation is dedicated to transforming K-12 education so that all students can acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to thrive in their studies, careers, and adult lives.
edWeb.net is a professional social and learning network that makes it easy for anyone in the education community to connect with peers, share information and best practices, spread innovative ideas, and provide professional development.
ISTE
ISTE
SEEC
SEEC
TED EDUCATION
TED EDUCATION
The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) is a nonprofit organization that serves educators interested in the use of technology in education. ISTE serves more than 100,000 education stakeholders throughout the world through individual and organizational membership and support services.
The South East Education Cooperative (SEEC) is one of eight Regional Education Associations (REAs) in North Dakota. Its membership includes 36 public school districts and four private schools in the southeast portion of N.D. Through these members the SEEC serves over 35,000 N.D. students.
TED-Ed’s mission is to spark and celebrate the ideas of teachers and students around the world. Everything we do supports learning — from producing a growing library of original animated videos, to providing an international platform for teachers to create their own interactive lessons, to helping curious students around the globe bring TED to their schools and gain presentation literacy skills, to celebrating innovative leadership within TED-Ed’s global network of over 250,000 teachers.
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