Creating Your
Personal Learning
Environment using
Emerging Technologies
Monday, November 8, 2010
ILCCO Fall Webinar Series
Personal Learning Environment
(PLE)
A system that helps a learner
take control of and manage
their own learning.
Personal Learning Network
(PLN)
The group of other individuals
that you share ideas,
information and resources
related to your profession
or a specific topic.
Gather Resources
 Use your PLN to help you review and
filter resources.
▫ Twitter
▫ Social-Networks
 Linked-in
 Facebook
 Ning
▫ Forums
▫ Blogs
▫ Websites
▫ Online/ Virtual Events
 Visit Learning
Center
 Profile/ Resume
 Skills
 Groups
 Connections
(grow your PLN)
 Ask Question,
Get Answers/
Give Answers
http://www.linkedin.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVlUwwgOfKw
 Professional Fan Pages
 Event Invites
http://www.facebook.com/
Many Professional Groups,
Companies and Experts have
FB Fan Pages!
Facebook Pages Directory
 Join professional
social networks
http://www.ning.com/
Forums
 Online discussion forums are a great place to get
questions answered, discover resources and
network with new people.
▫ Just about any online software or service you use
will have a forum.
▫ Many of the social networks include a discussion
forum, utilize them.
Blogs
 Many Experts, Authors, Companies,
Organizations and the list goes on and on…
▫ Great place to get up-to-date information, how-to,
what is new, what is good, reviews, resources
Find other
great expert
blogs by
looking at the
“blog roll” of
the blogs you
already read.
Online/ Virtual Events
 There are always free virtual events and
webinars going on.
Organize
 RSS is the key to organizing
your resources.
▫ Social Bookmarking
 Delicious, Diigo, Stumbleupon, Edtags
▫ Customizable web pages
 iGoogle, Netvibes
▫ Online Note-Taking
 Evernote, Google Docs
 Create an account
 Bookmark sites
 Organize them by
tags and bundles
 Share tags,
bundles or a single
bookmark with
others
http://www.delicious.com/
My most recent
bookmarks.
Others that have
bookmarked this
url
My tag (s) for this
url
All of My tags
iGoogle
www.google.com/ig
http://www.evernote.com/
Create multiple
notebooks.
Capture text, urls,
images, audio
Use it online, use it as
desktop app, use it with
mobile devices
http://docs.google.com/
Utilize
 Twitter and Social Bookmarking –
share resources, keep notes
▫ Social bookmarking organize and access
via search
 Blogging
 Wiki
 Create and Build
 Take advantage of tools to make your
resources more useful.
 Access multiple social media accounts at once
 Post to multiple accounts
 Search for specific hastags
 Works on several devices, desktop, phones, pdas
http://www.tweetdeck.com/
http://www.tweetdeck.com/
Desktop Application
Where I post –
shortens urls
automatically
I can watch or
post to multiple
accounts
Stream of posts
from accounts
I’m watching
I can have a
column watching
posts on a specific
hashtag
 Bookmark sites
by clicking
button in toolbar
 Click button to
bring up tags and
search in
left panel
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3615/
Present
 Blog
▫ www.blogger.com/, http://wordpress.com/,
http://edublogs.org/
 Wiki
▫ http://www.wetpaintcentral.com/,
http://www.wikispaces.com/, http://pbworks.com/
 Online Presentation Tools
▫ http://www.authorstream.com/,
http://www.slideshare.net/,
http://www.voicethread.com/,
http://www.prezi.com/
Creating Your
Personal Learning
Environment using
Emerging Technologies
Monday, November 8, 2010
ILCCO Fall Webinar Series
bthatcher@icc.edu
twitter: bthat
My PLE Resources:
http://www.netvibes.com/bthat

Creating your PLE

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    Creating Your Personal Learning Environmentusing Emerging Technologies Monday, November 8, 2010 ILCCO Fall Webinar Series
  • 2.
    Personal Learning Environment (PLE) Asystem that helps a learner take control of and manage their own learning.
  • 3.
    Personal Learning Network (PLN) Thegroup of other individuals that you share ideas, information and resources related to your profession or a specific topic.
  • 4.
    Gather Resources  Useyour PLN to help you review and filter resources. ▫ Twitter ▫ Social-Networks  Linked-in  Facebook  Ning ▫ Forums ▫ Blogs ▫ Websites ▫ Online/ Virtual Events
  • 5.
     Visit Learning Center Profile/ Resume  Skills  Groups  Connections (grow your PLN)  Ask Question, Get Answers/ Give Answers http://www.linkedin.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVlUwwgOfKw
  • 6.
     Professional FanPages  Event Invites http://www.facebook.com/ Many Professional Groups, Companies and Experts have FB Fan Pages! Facebook Pages Directory
  • 7.
     Join professional socialnetworks http://www.ning.com/
  • 8.
    Forums  Online discussionforums are a great place to get questions answered, discover resources and network with new people. ▫ Just about any online software or service you use will have a forum. ▫ Many of the social networks include a discussion forum, utilize them.
  • 9.
    Blogs  Many Experts,Authors, Companies, Organizations and the list goes on and on… ▫ Great place to get up-to-date information, how-to, what is new, what is good, reviews, resources Find other great expert blogs by looking at the “blog roll” of the blogs you already read.
  • 10.
    Online/ Virtual Events There are always free virtual events and webinars going on.
  • 11.
    Organize  RSS isthe key to organizing your resources. ▫ Social Bookmarking  Delicious, Diigo, Stumbleupon, Edtags ▫ Customizable web pages  iGoogle, Netvibes ▫ Online Note-Taking  Evernote, Google Docs
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     Create anaccount  Bookmark sites  Organize them by tags and bundles  Share tags, bundles or a single bookmark with others http://www.delicious.com/
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    My most recent bookmarks. Othersthat have bookmarked this url My tag (s) for this url All of My tags
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    http://www.evernote.com/ Create multiple notebooks. Capture text,urls, images, audio Use it online, use it as desktop app, use it with mobile devices
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    Utilize  Twitter andSocial Bookmarking – share resources, keep notes ▫ Social bookmarking organize and access via search  Blogging  Wiki  Create and Build  Take advantage of tools to make your resources more useful.
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     Access multiplesocial media accounts at once  Post to multiple accounts  Search for specific hastags  Works on several devices, desktop, phones, pdas http://www.tweetdeck.com/
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    http://www.tweetdeck.com/ Desktop Application Where Ipost – shortens urls automatically I can watch or post to multiple accounts Stream of posts from accounts I’m watching I can have a column watching posts on a specific hashtag
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     Bookmark sites byclicking button in toolbar  Click button to bring up tags and search in left panel https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3615/
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    Present  Blog ▫ www.blogger.com/,http://wordpress.com/, http://edublogs.org/  Wiki ▫ http://www.wetpaintcentral.com/, http://www.wikispaces.com/, http://pbworks.com/  Online Presentation Tools ▫ http://www.authorstream.com/, http://www.slideshare.net/, http://www.voicethread.com/, http://www.prezi.com/
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    Creating Your Personal Learning Environmentusing Emerging Technologies Monday, November 8, 2010 ILCCO Fall Webinar Series [email protected] twitter: bthat My PLE Resources: http://www.netvibes.com/bthat