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Create your own (PLN) Personal Learning Network

Create your own (PLN) Personal Learning Network. John Allan TESL Niagara April, 2013. Keep in mind…. Multiple options Choose options that are best for you Moderation (be realistic with your choices) PowerPoint on SlideShare or edtechisus Resources are in no particular order

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Create your own (PLN) Personal Learning Network

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  1. Create your own (PLN)Personal Learning Network John Allan TESL Niagara April, 2013

  2. Keep in mind… • Multiple options • Choose options that are best for you • Moderation (be realistic with your choices) • PowerPoint on SlideShare or edtechisus • Resources are in no particular order • Some overlap in genres • Organisation discussed at end

  3. Keep in mind… • When something goes wrong please do not press….. • Many of the links will not work as social media is a four letter word at many institutions.

  4. What is a PLN? • Informal process • Personal • Choose what to learn • Choose the resources • Choose the time • Global collaboration • Sharing

  5. Suggested PLN Genres • Peers • Professional Communities • Conferences • Webinars & Webcasts • Online courses • Learning Communities

  6. Suggested PLN Genres • Online Journals • Online magazines/ newsletters • Search Engines • Social Networks • Libraries • Miscellaneous

  7. Peers • Staffroom • Lunch & Learns • Librarians for an alternate perspective • Administrators (funding options, professional development) • Authors (web pages) http://webpages.csus.edu/%7Ehansonsm/ • Authors (blogs) http://david-crystal.blogspot.ca/ • Authors(Twitter)https://twitter.com/search?q=krashen&src=typd

  8. Professional Communities • TESL Ontario, TESOL, IATEFL http://www.teslontario.net • Affiliates: TESL Niagara www.facebook.com/tesl.niagara • Interest Sections SIGs http://www.tesolarabia.net/ta/?page_id=389 • Standards http://www.tesol.org/advance-the-field/standards • Resource centreshttp://www.tesol.org/connect/tesol-resource-centerhttp://www.tesl.ca/tesl/Teachers_Resource_Centre__TRC_.htm • PD events http://tesltoronto.org/workshopsconferences • Publications http://www.teslontario.net/publication

  9. Conferences • ConventionalTESL Ontario http://www.teslontario.net/conference • OnlineVirtual Round Table http://www.virtual-round-table.com • Niche online conferences http://www.britishcouncil.org/turkey-english-teaching-stories-for-schools-story-sharing-conference.htm • Informal - unconferences(Speed Geeking, PechaKucha, Barcamp)

  10. Webcasts become webinars • Tutela Webinars http://tutela.ca/Submit+Webinar • TESOL Virtual Seminars (archived) http://www.tesol.org/attend-and-learn/online-courses-seminars/past-virtual-seminars • *TESL Ontario (archived webcasts) http://www.teslontario.net/conference/webcastpresenter-handouts

  11. Online courses • Commercial Atomic http://www.atomiclearning.com • MOOCs (massive open online courses)Courserahttps://www.coursera.org/ • Professional organisationsTESOL courseshttp://www.tesol.org/attend-and-learn/online-courses-seminars • Post TESL Certificate Training (PTCT) http://ptct.teslontario.org/ • Free “indy” teacher courses http://www.freemoodle.org/course/view.php?id=189

  12. More Online opportunities • Free organisationalhttp://evosessions.pbworks.com/w/page/10708567/FrontPage • ITunesUhttp://www.apple.com/ca/education/itunes-u/ • WebHeads in Action weekly sessions http://webheadsinaction.org • #edchat weekly discussion http://edchat.pbworks.com/w/page/219908/FrontPage • Open courseware http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm

  13. Wikis • Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page • WikiHowhttp://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page • Pbwikishttp://edchat.pbworks.com/w/page/219908/FrontPage

  14. Online Journals • The Internet TESL Journal http://iteslj.org • TESL Canada Journal Online http://www.teslcanadajournal.ca • The Electronic Journal for ESL http://www.tesl-ej.org • The Language Teacher http://jalt-publications.org/tlt/recent

  15. Online newsletter/magazines • English Teaching Professional http://www.etprofessional.com • TESL Contact http://www.teslontario.net/publication/contact-magazine

  16. Social Networks • Facebook http://www.facebook.com/tesol.assn • Twitter https://twitter.com/TESOL_Assn • Blogs http://blog.tesol.org/category/blog • LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/groups/ELT-Professionals-Around-World-3460329?home=&gid=3460329&trk=anet_ug_hm • Delicious https://delicious.com

  17. Learning Communities • Ningshttp://community.eflclassroom.com/ • Live sessions http://live.classroom20.com/ • Participant blogs • Aggregates social media • Groups • Resources • Participant support

  18. Learning communities • Edutopiahttp://www.edutopia.org • TESOL Community http://community.tesol.org/welcome.htm • Classroom 2.0 http://www.classroom20.com

  19. Search Engines • Google, Bing, Duck Duck Go, Ask Jeeves….. • News • Media resources (videos, books, images, maps….) • Feeds • Specialty elements – “Google Scholar” • Locate information quickly

  20. Libraries • In person http://www.brocku.ca/library • Online access to many http://ebooks.nypl.org/B0B04746-19BA-42D7-AD62-093A5015BC4A/10/257/en/Default.htm

  21. SlideShare • http://www.slideshare.net/lionnagaraju/teaching-english-sounds • http://www.slideshare.net/mrpottz/presentations

  22. PodCasts or SoundCloud • Podomatichttp://eltchatpodcast.podomatic.com • SoundCloudhttps://soundcloud.com/search?q=tesol

  23. Miscellaneous Support pages • InstitutionalADMC http://www.admc.hct.ac.ae/hd1/english.htm • GovernmentBBC Active http://www.bbcactive.com • Commercial Grammar Girl http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com • OrganisationalBritish Council http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en

  24. Enhance • TweetDeck

  25. Instructional Videos • Ted Talks • Vimeo • TeacherTube • YouTube • Courses

  26. Organisation • Too many resources • Separate email • Push information to you • Consider an aggregator • Find a time balance

  27. Organisation • Diigohttps://www.diigo.com • Free • Browser plug in • All personal links stored on one server • Nik’s Personal Diigohttps://www.diigo.com/profile/nikpeachey • Diigo Groups https://groups.diigo.com/group/clifsnotes4

  28. Organisation • Paper.lihttp://paper.li/SusieLenny/1346715679?goback=.gde_3460329_member_223660040 http://paper.li/stephentimothy/tesol • Create (tailor to your needs) • Subscribe (who has the time?) • Can be a teaching tool (for your students) • Tutorial http://www.screenr.com/embed/92Ss

  29. Live binders • American TESOL http://www.livebinders.com/play/play/292127?present=true

  30. Organisation • Scoop.it! http://www.scoop.it/t/esl-ideas • Pinteresthttp://pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=esl

  31. Passive organisation • RSS Feeds http://feeds.feedburner.com/breakingnewsenglish • Google Alerts http://www.google.ca/alerts • LinkedIn Feeds to email

  32. Questions

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