PLN: topics

 What is a PLN?
The aim of this first step is to:
Unpack the definition of a PLN(Professional Learning Network) and “Connected educator”, and to help you understand why educators create their own PLNs and how they use them...”The shift in nuance maintains that participants are both personal and professional learners. A PLN is a tool that uses social media and technology to collect, comunicate, collaborate and create with connected colleagues anywhere at any time. Participanting educators,worlwide,make requests and share resources”. Tom Whitby
Are PLNs exclusive to education?
 PLNs don’t just exist in the education World. They are important in all aspects of the business World, various vocations, and hobbies. Daniel R. Tobin told us ...”It came from my own experience, As I was thinking about how I had learned to do the various Jobs I had over the course of my career, I realized that I had built an extensive Network of people who had helped me learn. These included managers and colleagues and people I had met while doing research for my books,speaking at conferences,attending workshops,etc.
As I started writing about corporate training and development, I realized that what I had learned from my PLN  was greater and more important than what I had learned from my formal education”.
Are PLNs something new?
All teachers know successful teaching and learning does not occur in a vacuum. Technology changed all this. Like in many other industries, educators now have access to people from all corners of the globe 24/7. This may largerly be through social media but other plataforms as well, such as blogs, online communities, and news sites. Embracing new networks and building a PLN doesn’t mean throwing out your old connections. But imagine the possibilities of building on that Network in diverse ways!