Twitter Me This!Tools to Create Your Personal Learning Network

Heather B. BlantonTitle I Mathematics Coach

Wise County Public Schools

What is a Pln?

Professional Learning Networks are. . .

1. Twitter

• “The dumbest tool you’ll ever love . . . “• Twitter4teachers • K3 Teacher’s Guide to Twitter• Twellow

2. NING

• “The Swiss Army Knife of social media . . . “• VSTE Ning• Classroom 2.0• ISTE Ning

3. Blogs

• “Sharing stories one teacher at a time. . . “• The Coolcat Teacher Blog• Teacherlingo• Teacher to Teacher Blog

4. Social Bookmarking

• “This the coolest link, everyone should know about it! “• Social Bookmarking in Plain English• Simplybox• Delicious• Stumbleupon• 7 Things you Should know about Social Bookmarking

5. Second Life

“A whole new world of educational

possibilities . . .”

6. Webinars

• “Connecting Learners the world over. . .”• VSTE Webinar Series• Classroom 2.0 Live• ISTE Webinar Series

7. Social Aggregators

• “Making PLN’s manageable since 1997 . . .“• Netvibes• Chi.mp• Streamy• Friendfeed

More Resources to Build Your PLN

• http://jdorman.wikispaces.com/ppln • http://sites.google.com/site/buildingapln/ • http://

www.slideshare.net/jstearns/summer-learning-building-your-pln-1571225