Reflect and Connect

A PLN JourneyPenny Bentley

2011

Time to move out of the classroom.2010

Do some professional development.2010

Set up a blog…the start of my PLE.

Develop an online presence.Make posts and write comments…start to build my PLN.

Reflect and Connect2011

My blog is a place for reflection.

Set some goals

• to deliver online PD to teachers• mentor teachers online• work with pre-service teachers• tutor students in maths and science, online and face to face

These tools provided an effective environment for

learning.

Image by Kristy Gordon

My personal learning network was enriched by conversations had on my

blog, in Elluminate, on Moodle forums, within Mahara, on Twitter and through collaborating on Google Docs.

I was given time to rethink the Victorian Teachers code of conduct

within a 21st Century context.Essential for me as I move into online

and mobile teaching.

Ning Contacts

Facebook

Twitter

Blog readers.

ElluminateSessions

Tutoring

My PLN as I see it now.

My PLE and PLN helping others.Last week I tweeted the link to a beautiful video that captured some time lapse

photography of stars. Hours later I saw that my tiny input had produced content, on the blog of a science class, on the other side of the world.

Thank you to Pauline Wilson and Junita Lyon for faciliting this course.