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I love sharing about how my Personal Learning Network (PLN) has helped me professionally.\u00a0 It all started when I was comparing Google Sites to Nings as learning communities for work.\u00a0 I had heard people talk about how they “ask on twitter” so I did…I asked all four of my twitter followers who happened to be my brother, sister, and two of my friends…Obviously, no one responded to my tweet and my skepticism of twitter continued.<\/p>\n
Fast forward a couple of months and I’m tasked with teaching twitter to teachers as part of an online communication course.\u00a0 I stumbled upon this video<\/a> by Josh Stumpenhorst, A.K.A @stumpteacher<\/a>.\u00a0 By watching I learned how to use Twitter<\/strong><\/em> AND how to use hashtags!\u00a0 Here’s the thing, I don’t know Josh and Josh doesn’t know me, but his willingness to share openly online changed the way I learn and connect with others online.<\/p>\n Sue Waters also has a part in this story.\u00a0 In 2009, she wrote, A Year Later And Are We Using Different Tools to Connect to Our PLNs?<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/em> She gave this survey<\/a> and the results are displayed in the Infographic below.\u00a0 I was able to use Sue’s research to help me create a PLN Workshop<\/a> for teachers.<\/p>\n Before I go on, I know people are bummed that Google Reader went away, but I am more bummed that iGoogle went away \ud83d\ude41<\/em><\/p>\n But let me tell you about MY<\/strong><\/em> PLN.\u00a0 I recently created a survey to find out what tools educators are currently using to connect with and learn from other educators…what they use to fuel their PLNs.\u00a0 I shared the survey via twitter, Google+, and email with my network.\u00a0 Within a day, I had over 130 responses!<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3164\/2673688736_db55d8116b.jpg\")