Bridging The Digital Divide

Saint Ignatius’ College, Riverview

Bridging the Digital Divide

Creating an effective PLN online!


Aim of this keynote

We Will๏ Discuss what is a Personal Learning Network

๏ Why should we use a PLN?

๏ Keys to success with a PLN

๏ Discuss the risks involved wit online PLN’s


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What is a PLN?Personal Learning Network


So just what is a PLNPLN = a dynamic and evolving community facilitating personal growth and learning - @michelledodd

It is dynamic - can grow and shrink and change, often if you've good contacts they grow with you. Likely be heading in same direction - @sirchris

PLNs are the sum of all social capital and connections that result in the development and facilitation of a PLE. - @courosa

Hi from Raleigh, NC! I use my PLN to bounce off ideas and find out whats happening in Instructional Tech - @bethanyvsmith

PLN's provide a great way to connect with others around the world so that I can keep up to date and extend my thinking. - @marsenault


Roles of an effective PLN

Connect

Collaborate

Contribute


Roles of an effective PLN

Image creates by Alex Couros - @courosa


Stages of Use

Stage 1 - Immersion

Immerse yourself into networks.

Have a feeling of not being able to leave it.

Afraid you will miss something and feel if you do miss something you missed an opportunity.

Stage 1 - Immersion

Stage 2 - Evaluation

Stage 3 - Know It All

Stage 4 - PerspectiveStage 5 - Balance

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Evaluate your networks and start to focus in on which networks you really want to focus your time on.

You still have that feeling of urgency and are trying to figure out a way to “know it all”

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Find that you are spending hours trying to learn everything you can.

You realise that there is much you do not know and feel like you can’t disconnect.

This usually comes with spending every waking minute trying to be connected to the point that you give up sleep and contact with others around you to be connected to your networks of knowledge.Stage 1 - Immersion





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Stage 4 - Perspective

You start to put your life back into perspective.

This usually occurs when you are forced to leave your network for a while and spend more time with friends and family.

(typically this is an enforced disconnection when on a holiday pr dragged to places with lack of an internet connection)

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Stage 5 - Balance

You finally find that balance between learning and living. Understanding that you cannot know it all.

You realise that your network can learn and store knowledge for you.

A sense of calm and understanding that you can learn when you need to learn and you do not need to learn it all right now.

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Additional roles of a PLN

24/7 Learning

Human Hard Drive


Why use a PLN?Is it worth the effort


Why use a PLN?

Knowledgable


Why use a PLN?

Responsive


Why use a PLN?

Global


Why use a PLN?

Diverse


Why use a PLN?

Searchable


Right tool for the right jobWhat goes where, why and when?


Note: Each of these Web 2.0 applications has multiple functionality – for each service the primary positioning has been used

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Based on new version of Blooms Hierarchy/Taxonomy created by Mike Fisher - @fisher1000

REMEMBERING

UNDERSTANDING

APPLYING

ANALYSING

EVALUATING

CREATING

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Some tools I use

Photos Audio Video Bookmarks Information Networking

Flickr iTunes YouTube del.icio.us Twitter Facebook

iStockPhoto Podomatic TeacherTube Diigo Slideshare LinkedIn

Vimeo StumbleUpon Edublogs me.edu.au

Ning

Based on table created by Lucy Gray - @elemenous


A Little birdie once told me...

Twitter truly sums up all my reasons for a PLN


Where to after twitter??


The Moodleman Case StudyWhat has worked for ME!


My Key Uses of a PLN

Blogging with Wordpress

Microblogging using Twitter

Finding communities with Ning, edna and LinkedIn

Reading Weblogs via Newsreader

Discovering Images via Flickr and Picassa

Finding and sharing resources with Del.icio.us and Diig


Standardise your Nick across services


Make friends with your feeds

๏ Many services generate RSS feeds

๏ Tools like FriendFeed allow you to aggregate

๏ Some other tools allow cross pollination

๏ Avoid treating each technology in isolation

AGGREGATE


Enjoy your mash!

๏ Flickr

๏ Twitter

๏ Youtube

๏ Delicious

๏ And more...

INTEGRATE


Everything can be labeledTrial new tools before deciding they are not worth your time.

๏ Sort your information with tags

๏ Search for information with tags

๏ Tags allow for ease when searching PLN’s for specific content

SORT AND TAG IT


How to untangle the flow

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Standardise your Nick across services


It’s all about Life Long Learning


Risks with PLN’sWhat has worked for ME!


The Risks

PastoralResponsibility


The Risks

Get

Approval


The Risks

Don’t Be Too Open.


The Risks

Remember. This is Public


ThankyouPresenter: Julian Ridden

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: moodleman

www: http://moodleman.net

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