{"id":802,"date":"2011-04-01T13:32:09","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T23:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogsksbeedu.wpenginepowered.com\/elcordei\/?p=802"},"modified":"2011-05-11T14:36:11","modified_gmt":"2011-05-12T00:36:11","slug":"whats-your-pln-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ksbe.edu\/elcordei\/2011\/04\/01\/whats-your-pln-like\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s Your PLN Like?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_803\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-803\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/courosa\/2922421696\/in\/set-72157603986790944\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-803\" title=\"2922421696_c747a05f3b_m\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ksbe.edu\/elcordei\/files\/2011\/04\/2922421696_c747a05f3b_m-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-803\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Diagram by: Alec Couros<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I have only recently become more savvy in learning through my Personal Learning Network (PLN). \u00a0I used to spend hours on the internet,\u00a0<em>hunting<\/em> for information.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The old me:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/\">Googled<\/a> lesson plans<\/li>\n<li><em>Rarely<\/em> bookmarked<\/li>\n<li>Visited only my favorite resources&#8230;sometimes (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.edutopia.org\/\">Edutopia<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thejournal.com\/Home.aspx\">T.H.E Journal<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eschoolnews.com\/\">eSchool News<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www1.teachertube.com\/\">Teacher Tube, etc.<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Only used\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\">Facebook<\/a> for socializing<\/li>\n<li>Had a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/\">Twitter<\/a> account because I heard about it, but I never really used it<\/li>\n<li>Wasted a lot of time looking for that &#8220;awesome website I saw a couple months ago, but I don&#8217;t remember what it was titled&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Shared &#8220;stuff&#8221;&#8230;but only in my school<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now I:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Still\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/\">Google<\/a> Lesson Plans, but I know how to use quotes and + and &#8211; now AND have you seen all the cool Google tools on the left?<\/li>\n<li>Bookmark the sites I need to access for work<\/li>\n<li>Use\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/ig\">iGoogle<\/a> as a reader to bring the information to me<\/li>\n<li>Follow my favorites on Facebook (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/glogsterposter\">Glogster<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/edublogs?ref=ts&amp;sk=app_7146470109\">Edublogs<\/a>, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Use\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/\">twitter<\/a> to follow Ed. Tech experts (and more&#8230;)<\/li>\n<li>Use\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/laterthis.com\/\">Later This<\/a> so I don&#8217;t loose that awesome website that I don&#8217;t have time to read right now but don&#8217;t want to loose it&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Share globally through my blog, google sites, classroom 2.0, wikis and more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<dl id=\"attachment_800\">\n<dt><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jutecht\/2384289406\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"2384289406_e7ed48ae84\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ksbe.edu\/elcordei\/files\/2011\/04\/2384289406_e7ed48ae84.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd>Jeff UTecht&#8217;s Stages of Personal Learning Networks Adoption<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p>If you look at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thethinkingstick.com\/my-bio\">Jeff Utecht&#8217;s<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thethinkingstick.com\/stages-of-pln-adoption\">Stages of Personal Learning Network Adoption<\/a>, I think I go back and forth between Know it All and Balance. \u00a0I often find myself wanting to learn more and more and more, and then there are days when I&#8217;m all good and know I can tap in when I&#8217;m ready.<\/p>\n<p>I think I manage my PLN pretty well, but I also know I have a lot to learn. \u00a0There are tools out there that can help me manage it all better, and the best is probably yet to come, and then something better will come along.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s your Personal Learning Network like?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"s-share-buttons\" class=\"\"><div class=\"s-single-share\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ksbe.edu\/elcordei\/2011\/04\/01\/whats-your-pln-like\/\" data-type=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-single-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"s-single-share\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"s-single-share\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"mailto:?Subject=What&#8217;s%20Your%20PLN%20Like?&#038;Body=Here%20is%20the%20link%20to%20the%20article:%20https:\/\/blogs.ksbe.edu\/elcordei\/2011\/04\/01\/whats-your-pln-like\/\" title=\"Email\" class=\"s3-email\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ksbe.edu\/elcordei\/wp-content\/plugins\/simple-social-share\/includes\/..\/images\/share-email.png\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I have only recently become more savvy in learning through my Personal Learning Network (PLN). \u00a0I used to spend hours on the internet,\u00a0hunting for information. &nbsp; &nbsp; The old me: Googled lesson plans Rarely bookmarked Visited only my favorite resources&#8230;sometimes (Edutopia,\u00a0T.H.E Journal,eSchool News,\u00a0Teacher Tube, etc.) Only used\u00a0Facebook for socializing Had a\u00a0Twitter account because I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ksbe.edu\/elcordei\/2011\/04\/01\/whats-your-pln-like\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What&#8217;s Your PLN Like?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":455,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5564],"class_list":["post-802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-pln"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What&#039;s Your PLN Like? 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