Personal Learning Networks (PLN)
April 21, 2009 by athenastan
I just finished viewing an interesting page on Personal Learning Networks (PLN).
The site included an interview with Will Richardson.
The site talked about getting outside of the classroom with learning by connecting to others using PLNs. According to Will Richardson, everyone’s PLN will look a bit different. Everyone will have different interests and will guide their learning and interactions in a different direction. He defines this type of learning as a “more independent function” as well as a more complex way to go about learning. Students essentially learn through their interactions with others within the PLN. Richardson draws to the forefront the fact that “kids are already engaged in…(PLNS)…” He stresses that we, as educators, must teach students how to properly use PLNs in an ethical and safe way. Students should strive to communitcate with sincere, trustworthy, and knowledgable individuals and must learn to specific specific rules (i.e. copywrite laws).
Ways to develop personal learning networks may include subscribing as a class to a blog site, setting up a GoogleI Account, or signing up for Twitter.
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