building your personal learning network

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A Few Questions

• Are up-to-date in your profession?

• Do you have time to attend workshops and conferences?

• Do you have enough funding for PD?

• Is the PD you receive relevant to your needs?

“The entire collection of people with whom you engage and exchange information, usually online.” (Klingensmith)

Personal Learning Network

Why Build Your PLN?• Librarians often work solo• Distance and geography• New trends and issues• Lack of PD opportunities• Lack of funds for PD (Harland)

7 Degrees Of Separation @thecleversheep #canEdu13 by Giulia Forsythe is lisensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. Original image cropped

“I asked my PLN (Personal Learning Network) to describe what their PLN meant to them and these were their contributing words.” (Buckey)

“PLN-1” by Caroline Bucky is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0

PLN Tools

Social Networking Facebook Edmodo Google Plus

Microblogging Twitter

PLN Tools

BlogsBlogger Tumblr WordPress

Video ChannelsYouTube Vimeo

PLN Tools

Social BookmarkingDelicious Diigo

Pinterest Livebinders

PLN Tools

Nings Library 2.0

Online Presentations &Courses Webinars, Podcasts, MOOCs

PLN Tools

Social Network AggregatorsFlipboard HootSuite

RSS-Readers Feedly Digg

PLN Tools

Storify

Evernote

“PLN_DimSum – UPDATED” by Gwyneth Anne Bronwynne Jones is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

5 Facebook Pages to Like

• Your local library• ABQLA• APSDS• BAnQ• Voices for School Libraries

5 Blogs to Follow

• The Busy Librarian www.busylibrarian.com• The Unquiet Librarian:

theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com• David Lee King - Social web, emerging trends, and

libraries: www.davidleeking.com• The Daring Librarian:

www.thedaringlibrarian.com• A Media Specialist's Guide to the Internet:

mediaspecialistsguide.blogspot.ca

5 to Follow on Twitter

• Your colleagues• Buffy Hamilton @buffyjhamilton• The Daring Librarian @GwynethJones• Joyce Valenza @joycevalenza• thenerdybookclub @nerdybookclub

3 Short & Easy Articles to Read• Patnoudes, Eric. "Why (And How) You Should Create A Personal

Learning Network." www.edudemic.com/build-personal-learning-network/

• Perez, Lisa. "Innovative Professional Development: Expanding Your Personal Learning Network." www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/aaslpubsandjournals/knowledgequest/docs/FREEarticle_Innovative_20-22.pdf

• Klingensmith, Klingensmith. "PLN: Your Personal Learning Network Made Easy." http://onceateacher.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/pln-your-personal-learning-network-made-easy/

Exploring Further

• Abram, Stephen. "Personal Learning Networks.“ stephenslighthouse.com/2011/11/10/personal-learning-networks/

• Starkey, Carolyn Jo. "21 Resources to Kick-Start a Gold Medal PLN." http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/aaslpubsandjournals/knowledgequest/docs/21_Resources_to_Kick.pdf

“Get Connected!” by The Fanboy is lisenced under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Works CitedAbram, Stephen. "Personal Learning Networks." New – Stephen's Lighthouse New. N.p., 10 Nov. 2011. Web. 16 Mar. 2014. <http://stephenslighthouse.com/2011/11/10/personal-learning-networks/>.

Buckey, Caroline. "PLN-1." Flickr. Yahoo!, 31 Oct. 2008. Web. 15 Mar. 2014. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/8370367@N04/2983755525/in/photolist-5xEwyM-5xEwzT-5xJVzm-5KzsAp-5MyiWt-5QHwM6-5QHxSx-5Sfm1u-5SfmEq-5SK63k-5SMC7V-61Wi9g-637EbG-64nU5p-64GXwm-64ZQkd-65zyRa-6A2XMd-6BrPn3-6HzcEg-6JzskD-6MSr4T-6MSsxR-6MWD2o-6MWDuu-6MWDRo-6MWE4m-6>.

Cooke , Nicole A.. "Professional development 2.0 for librarians: Developing an online personal learning network (PLN)." World Library and Information Congress : 77th IFLA General Conference and Assembly. IFLA, 31 May 2011. Web. 7 Mar. 2014. <http://conference.ifla.org/past-wlic/2011/200-cooke-en.pdf>.Downes, Stephen. "Stephen Downes." ~ Stephen's Web. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Mar. 2014. <http://www.downes.ca/>.

Forsythe, Giulia. "7 Degrees Of Separation @thecleversheep #canEdu13." Flickr. Yahoo!, 12 May 2013. Web. 15 Mar. 2014. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/59217476@N00/8715469190/in/photolist-eha4mb-jt5YK4-jt9fqh-jt7nbT-cwJhDu-7RCDqe-fjC335-fjnRK6-huPsai-hrw8m9-83CaKn-agjwoE-7JaNx7-ipAkon-bzG5hp-83Fgpu-cYpgtS-8KkxE4-bzVBjJ-cwD4Vw-95EcKZ-9xHAFK-8y3QxC-7Yd7fG-8VZ2iB-8h7ySc-an9Ltz->.

Harlan, Mary Ann. Personal learning networks: professional development for the isolated school librarian. Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2009. Print.

Jones, Gwyneth Anne Bronwynne. "PLN_DimSum - UPDATED." Flickr. Yahoo!, 10 Sept. 2010. Web. 15 Mar. 2014. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/43666171@N07/4806404770/in/photolist-8jJ5FL-c3jWMd-aTBtMx-9BZgdw-cvTE1u-cvTqxW-86P1sQ-8zMi2G-aDBS6m-cBKjp1-cBKjg1-7LCE45-bzG5hp-bNtBQn-86S7Vh-94RR7W-cfrgdS-bwXJLp-a28R8F-huPsai-9YGBAL-9LQ7XE-9LMkLa-hsHGrD-9LQ84L-7YfS4X-9LMkF6->.

Klingensmith, Klingensmith. "PLN: Your Personal Learning Network Made Easy." Once a Teacher. N.p., 5 May 2009. Web. 16 Mar. 2014. <http://onceateacher.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/pln-your-personal-learning-network-made-easy/>.

Lagarde, Jennifer. "PLN Starter Kit." LiveBinder. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Mar. 2014. <http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=441748>.

Lalonde, Clint. "How important is Twitter in your Personal Learning Network?." eLearn Magazine. ACM, 1 Sept. 2012. Web. 16 Mar. 2014. <http://elearnmag.acm.org/archive.cfm?aid=2379624>.Novak, Bev. "If you dont have a PLN, you don't know what you are missing." SCIS. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Mar. 2014. <http://www2.curriculum.edu.au/scis/connections/issue_80/articles/if_you_dont_have_a_pln.html>.

Patnoudes, Eric. "Why (And How) You Should Create A Personal Learning Network." Edudemic. N.p., 1 Oct. 2012. Web. 16 Mar. 2014. <http://www.edudemic.com/build-personal-learning-network/>.

Perez, Lisa. "Innovative Professional Development: Expanding Your Personal Learning Network." AASL. Version vol. 40, no. 3. ALA, 1 Jan. 2012. Web. 16 Mar. 2014. <http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/aaslpubsandjournals/knowledgequest/docs/FREEarticle_Innovative_20-22.pdf>.

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Siemens, George. "Connectivism:A Learning Theory for the Digital Age." International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning. N.p., 1 Jan. 2005. Web. 7 Mar. 2014. <http://www.itdl.org/Journal/Jan_05/article01.htm>.

Siemens, George. "elearnspace." › Personal Learning Environments. N.p., 18 Nov. 2008. Web. 7 Mar. 2014. <http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2008/11/18/personal-learning-environments-7/>.

Starkey, Carolyn Jo. "21 Resources to Kick-Start a Gold Medal PLN." AASL. ALA, n.d. Web. 16 Mar. 2014. <http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/aaslpubsandjournals/knowledgequest/docs/21_Resources_to_Kick.pdf>.

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