Professional Learning NetworksSooooo Important !

PETE & C 2009Hershey PA

PETE & C 2009 ~ Session FL14Patti Duncan

Wallenpaupack Area HS

duncanpatti@netzero.net

Act 48 Code

FL141625

Workshop Materials Can Be

Found at My Wiki

http://techiescitchr.wikispaces.com/

THANKS!

Please visit my wiki and provide feedback

Functions of

the PLN

Creating A Network

Face to Face

• Collaborate Locally

Join Professional Organizations

• Attend Meetings

• Share ideas

Many Companies Offer PLN Opportunities…

• Get Trained

• Share with others

If you can’t get there in person….

Attend a webinar!

Or… “phone a friend”

List Serves Help You Network

Search for groups that you might

be interested

in…

Join one… or

a fewOr…

start one of your own!

Some Educational Yahoo Groups that I have found…Yahoo Groups:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Second-Grade-Teachers?v=1&t=search&ch=web&pub=groups&sec=group&slk=4http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Third-Grade-Teachers?v=1&t=search&ch=web&pub=groups&sec=group&slk=5http://groups.yahoo.com/group/middleschoolscience?v=1&t=search&ch=web&pub=groups&sec=group&slk=16http://groups.yahoo.com/group/teachfirstgrade?v=1&t=search&ch=web&pub=groups&sec=group&slk=21http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Elementary-Lesson-Share?v=1&t=search&ch=web&pub=groups&sec=group&slk=24http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eslincanada2000?v=1&t=search&ch=web&pub=groups&sec=group&slk=25http://groups.yahoo.com/group/generalchemistry?v=1&t=search&ch=web&pub=groups&sec=group&slk=44http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Innovative-Teaching?v=1&t=search&ch=web&pub=groups&sec=group&slk=49

Mathhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDMTeachers?v=1&t=search&ch=web&pub=groups&sec=group&slk=5http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mathinthemiddle?v=1&t=search&ch=web&pub=groups&sec=group&slk=8

Foreign Languagehttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/Foreign-Language-Educators?v=1&t=search&ch=web&pub=groups&sec=group&slk=39

Social Studieshttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/socialstudiesteaching?v=1&t=search&ch=web&pub=groups&sec=group&slk=26http://groups.yahoo.com/group/socialstudiesnow?v=1&t=search&ch=web&pub=groups&sec=group&slk=28

Sciencehttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/HighSchoolScienceTeachers?v=1&t=search&ch=web&pub=groups&sec=group&slk=14

Web 2.0http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theweb20group/?v=1&t=search&ch=web&pub=groups&sec=group&slk=27

Microblogging

Search for “friends” ….

…

Many interests

Even Oprah is here!

Create your network of friends and follow their posts…

called “Tweets”

Similar to Twitter

Except “plurks” are threaded… more like

conversation…. easier to follow.

Any one plurk can be bookmarked

for future reference…

Funny plurk story …

PLN to the rescue….

Facebook… it’s not just for college kids anymore…

Many Professional Learning Networks on

Facebook..PBS Facebookhttp://www.facebook.com/pages/PBS-Teachers/10359470549

Using Wiki in Educationhttp://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2691930547

Web 2.0http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2259602350

NSTAhttp://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=4734309314

Math/Science/Tech Teachershttp://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=19877390177

Teachers sharing ideashttp://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=17723199360

Ning… create you OWN network!

Set up your own community… can even set

up one for your class!

Or… search for Nings that alredy exist… and join

them..Teacher Librarian http://teacherlibrarian.ning.com/

Classroom 2.0 http://www.classroom20.com/

Music Techie Teachers http://musictechieteachers.ning.com/

Elementary Tech Teachers http://elementarytechteachers.ning.com/

Social Networks in Education wiki http://socialnetworksined.wikispaces.com/

PETE & C Ning http://peteandc2009.ning.com/

It doesn’t matter HOW you Network… just DO IT!

THANKS!

Please visit my wiki and provide feedback

Enjoy the rest of your conference!