{"id":374,"date":"2012-05-16T15:55:54","date_gmt":"2012-05-17T01:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogsksbeedu.wpenginepowered.com\/edtechconference2012\/?page_id=374"},"modified":"2012-05-16T15:55:54","modified_gmt":"2012-05-17T01:55:54","slug":"building-personal-learning-networks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/blogs.ksbe.edu\/edtechconference2012\/building-personal-learning-networks\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Personal Learning Networks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Presentation<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Teaching in a Global World<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Learning is social, we\u2019ve all known that. Now, with the Web, it\u2019s globally social. To flourish as learners in a connected world, we need a network, one that we can trust, one that we can turn to when we need answers or inspiration or direction. While we\u2019ve always crafted these \u201cPersonal Learning Networks\u201d in our face to face spaces, the literacies of doing so online are a bit more nuanced and complex. This session looks at what PLNs are, how they can influence our learning lives and future success, how to begin to construct them using various Web tools, and what the implications are for our students, our schools and our professional practice. We\u2019ll also look at how diversity, balance and safety enter into the learning equation online.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Will Richardson<\/strong><br \/>\nA parent of two middle school aged children, I\u2019ve been thinking and writing about the\u00a0intersection\u00a0of social online learning networks and education for the past 10 years at Weblogg-ed.com, in numerous journals and magazines such as <em>Ed Leadership<\/em>, <em>Education Week<\/em> and <em>English Journal, <\/em>and most recently at <a title=\"willrichardson.com\" href=\"http:\/\/willrichardson.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">willrichardson.com<\/a>. I\u2019m an outspoken advocate for change in schools and classrooms in the context of the diverse new learning opportunities that the Web and other technologies now offer.<\/p>\n<p>A former public school educator for 22 years, I\u2019m a co-founder of Powerful Learning Practice (<a title=\"plpnetwork.com\" href=\"http:\/\/plpnetwork.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">plpnetwork.com<\/a>), a unique professional development program that has mentored over 5,000 teachers worldwide in the last five years. My first book, Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms (Corwin Press, 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Edition 2010) has sold over 80,000 copies and has impacted classroom practice around the world. My second book, Personal Learning Networks: Using the Power of Connections to Transform Education, (Solution Tree) was released in May, 2011. And my third book, a collection of blog posts titled Learning on the Blog, was published in August of 2011 by Corwin Press.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past six years, I\u2019ve had the amazing opportunity to speak and work with to tens of thousands of educators in over a dozen countries about the merits of online learning networks for personal and professional growth. I\u2019m proud to ba a national advisory board member of the George Lucas Education Foundation, and a regular columnist for District Administration Magazine.<\/p>\n<p>When I\u2019m not on the road, you can find me in rural New Jersey with my wife Wendy and my children Tess and Tucker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presentation Teaching in a Global World Learning is social, we\u2019ve all known that. Now, with the Web, it\u2019s globally social. To flourish as learners in a connected world, we need a network, one that we can trust, one that we can turn to when we need answers or inspiration or direction. 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