Creating Your Personal Learning Network
A personal learning network is just that-- a network of others whom you turn to for advice, to learn from, and to collaborate with and offer your own ideas and thoughts. This page will cover all aspects of why, how, and where to create your own personal learning network!

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What?
Why?
How?
Social MediaMultimedia
Communities
  • Ning
Classroom 2.0
The Educator's PLN
Library 2.0
Art Education 2.0
K-12 Computer Science Teachers
Molecular Forces
Teaching Digital History
Mathematics 24x7
English Companion
Teacher Librarian Ning
Free Online Classes
Digital Literacy in Higher Ed
iPads in Education Exploring eBooks for K-12
21st Century Learning Tools
School Leadership Network
Concepts of Print, Video, and Audio
Higher Ed Instruction & Faculty Development
Game-Based Learning
The Brain and Learning
Blogging
In-Person
  • Colleagues
  • Others

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How?
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Traditional Print
Professional Development
"Keep ahead of the curve"
"Pay it forward"

Additional resources

Hands-On Workshop


Investigation 1
Visit Kathy's Diigo list of Web 2.0 tools. Find a tool to share with others and share it in this collaborative space.

Investigation 2
Take a look at the list of Twitter-using educators and post information about one you might like to follow to this collaborative space. Get the password from instructor.

Investigation 3
Look in the Flickr group "Great Quotes about Learning and Change" and post the URL of two posters you like to this collaborative space. (Alternate space)

Investigation 4
Take a look at this Classroom 2.0 Ning and post a comment about a group that interests you with its name and direct URL to this collaborative space.

Investigation 5
Visit this list of educational wikis and post the URL and description of one that interests you to this collaborative space.

Investigation 6
Use the Twitter search tool  to search the hashtag #edtech. Find one person you would like to follow and enter their Twitter name and your reason for picking them into this collaborative space.

Thanks to Lucy Gray for the structure for this type of group activity!
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Created: 12/20/2011
Last updated: 01/08/2020
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