Personal+Learning+Networks

//his page contains links and materials that were shared during Dr. Cherice Montgomery's session entitled// Personal Learning Networks //at the IV BYU Summer Workshop for Spanish Teachers on July 28, 2010 from 9:00 - 10:15 a.m.//

=**Guiding Questions**=


 * ** What's a network? ** [[image:http://www.google.com/intl/en_ALL/images/logos/images_logo_lg.gif link="http://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi"]]


 * Who's in your network? [[file:Estamos interconectados.doc]]
 * When do you connect with these people?
 * What do you learn from them?


 * // ** What's a "personal learning network ([|PLN] )?" [[image:CMFriendWheel.jpg height="288" caption="CMFriendWheel.jpg"]] ** //


 * // ** How does a PLN function in both "no-tech" and "tech-infused" ways? ** //


 * Getting to Know You:[[file:Hablo, Escucho, EscriboRev.pptx]] [[file:Hablo, Escucho, Escribo Parte 2.ppt]] (These two activities were adapted from Leigh Graves-Wolf)
 * What's a hashtag? #byuspan
 * What are backchannels and how are they useful?
 * [[image:HootcourseLogo.jpg height="115" link="http://hootcourse.com"]]
 * What is "distributed cognition?"
 * How might a PLN expand access to expertise? To learning?


 * ** How could you use a PLN in //your// classroom? **

BRAINSTORM via Hootcourse


 * ** Why does it make sense for language teachers and learners to develop PLNs? **
 * [|Building Your Personal Learning Network] (Several paragraphs)
 * ** [|Creating an Online Personal Learning Network] (Slide presentation) **
 * [|The Art & Technique of Personal Learning Networks (or a Gardener's Approach to Learning)] (Website)


 * What other tools can educators use to facilitate the development of PLNs for themselves and their students?

- Create your own personal collection of bookmarks that you can access from any computer in the world, and then share it with colleagues

- Create your own personal collection of bookmarks that you can access from any computer in the world, and then share it with colleagues. You can also participate in discussions, follow other users, and stay connected with colleagues around professional topics of interest to you with this one.

(More info. re: Edmodo: []) - A private Facebook-like interface for use in education

- Stay connected with family, friends, and colleagues using Facebook's many features

- An excellent listserv for world language teachers from around the world. Click this [|link] to get to the main, searchable archive and to skim posts by month. You can also subscribe (for free) via e-mail or Google Reader

- A private Twitter-like environment for use in education that allows you to track stats

- Pulls all of your favorite blogs, listservs (like FLTEACH), and other online media into one place, categorized by folders, so that you can browse it all at a glance

- Allows you to follow the flow of a single hashtag when set up (there are many other similar options)

- Connect with colleagues from around the world around topics of interest to you in 140 characters or less! Drop into and out of the conversation as you have time.