Jul 29 2008
PLE Diagrams. What’s mine look like?
Just trying to make sense of why PLE (or PLN’s) diagrams are a useful concept for learners to understand. Tim’s ponderings got me thinking about something new to me. I think Scott Leslie summarised it best
A PLE is clearly not just a set of drawings, but the act of producing such a drawing, such a conceptualization, is an incredibly valuable one… for any learner, regardless of whether they conceive of it as a “PLE” or not. Knowing how you learn, and how you conceive of the structures and relationships that support your learning, is an important step to becoming a master learner.
Again as a total non techy person, just trying to learn something new, the shirt speaks sense “PLE is People” – I like it.
above image “Alec Couros, PhD Thesis illustration, the Networked Teacher ” A PLE that reflects my current one.
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The Web 2.0 enables educators to network very effectively with other professionals and to build a vast array of contacts and sources of professional learning. Micro-blogging and social networking sites like Twitter are transforming the speed at which people can network. The potential to be part of a web of like-minded people is only limited by the amount of time you are prepared to spend online.
If you are interested in this idea of building a Personal Learning Network (PLN) check out the following:
http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2008/07/14/ … ing-a-pln/
http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/2008 … -networks/
I’d also suggest setting up Google Reader to house your RSS feeds which saves you from checking sites as updates are ‘fed’ to the reader. Check out my blog
http://darcymoore.wordpress.com/2008/06 … n-english/
for more information on how to do this.
Finally, you really need a social networking service like Del.icio.us
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Del.icio.us
to organise your bookmarks and share with others.
Thanks Darcy, appreciate the advice for teachers just starting to build a PLN or blogging