Building Your PLN

Level: All Levels

Audience: All educators

Participants explore the reasons for having a professional website or blog, and determine whether they really want (or need) one. The session dives into why to blog, how to identify and reach an audience, and how to develop a niche. More importantly, participants develop a personalized strategy for growing their professional learning network and plan to harness social media to reach out to a global audience for professional learning and sharing. This includes how to get involved with professional development events!

Participants will:

• Determine a purpose for maintaining a blog or website
• Identify their focus, audience, and/or niche
• Develop strategies for engaging audiences with Twitter, Google+, and Facebook (Daily Top 10; Polling; Daily Challenges, etc)
• Choosing what and when to post
• Develop strategies for using Pinterest to grow an audience
• Find places and events to present your ideas (big and small) - Google Educator Group events; education organizations such as ASCD; ISTE; 21st Century Learning; CUE; your own webinars!