my ple journey

1. Web Based Personal Learning Environments P L E My Journey

2. Personal Learning To teach is to model and to demonstrate To learn is to practice and reflect (Stephen Downes)

3. Introductions
What brought you here?
Draw your concept of PLE
P L E

4. Where I used to find information? Google's share of all searches was 65% in April 2007, an increase of 7% versus April 2006. (and still do)

5. My Early P L E P L E Conferences Books Email

6. Del.icio.us http://twoantennas.com/projects/delicious-network-explorer/

7. Social Networks - Ning http://college2.ning.com/

8. Then I Discovered RSS
RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication

9. Feeds Into Google Reader
News Feeds
Journals
Blogs
Delicious Network
Technology Websites
Ning Forums

10. My Google Reader

11. The Social Kicks In - Blogs

13. My Blog

14. Social

16. Social P L E P L E News Feeds Blogs Conferences Books Email Flickr

17. Considering a PLE
Why do I need a PLE?
What content do I want to include?
Who do I want to view my PLE?
How could my students use one?

18. Building a PLE in Google
Step 1: Open your browser and locate Google www.google.com

19. iGoogle (Customizable) Twitter delicious Google Reader

20. Make your Google PLE your home page

21. Questions ???

22. Our Website: http://www.vcu.edu/cte

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