7 Easy Steps for Creating Your Own PLN
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- 4. Your PLN includes all the
different people and
websites you use in
order to collaborate,
communicate and learn.
From social networking
to bookmarking, the
avenues of sharing ideas
across the web are vast!
- 6. Anybody who wants to learn and
teach others in a web community.
This is particularly useful for
people in the field of education
who want to discuss and improve
the ways they incorporate web 2.0
practices in the classroom.
- 8. Micro-
1 Blogging
Twitter, Gmail Buzz, etc
- 9. 1. Micro-Blogging
• Fast and easy way to
communicate ideas
• News and blog post updates
• Arranged by most recent
hierarchal order
- 12. 1. Micro-Blogging
DO: Follow like-minded
people and share your
relevant news/blog posts
DON'T: Give out useless
information or use an
unprofessional tone
- 14. 2. Blogging & RSS
• Write your own and establish
yourself as an authority
• Subscribe to RSS feeds
• Contribute to discussions
- 16. 2. Blogging & RSS
DO: Blog on relevant topics to
your profession or hobbies
DON'T: Use it for personal rants
or arguments
- 17. 3 Social
Bookmarking
Delicious and Diigo
- 18. 3. Social Bookmarking
• Share great websites and find
great resources
• Annotate and tag websites for
easy searches and discussion
- 20. 3. Social Bookmarking
DO: Keep organized
DON'T: Forget to tag and
annotate or you'll have
trouble finding things
later
- 21. Podcasts &
4 Webinars
iTunes, YouTube,
Slideshare, Animoto
- 22. 4. Podcasts & Webinars
• Watch, listen and learn,
then make your own
• Save and subscribe to
channels and users
• Establish yourself as an
authority
- 24. 4. Podcasts & Webinars
DO: Share with colleagues
in presentations
DON'T: Commercialize
your podcast/webinar with
product endorsements
- 26. 5. Wikis & NINGs
• Make a profile and join an
online community
• Specific to your own
interests and profession
• Many NINGs let you have
your own blog
- 28. 5. Wikis & NINGs
DO: Join and contribute
to forums and discussions
DON'T: Spam people
with business solicitations
- 30. 6. Chat
• Communicate quickly
and for free
• Video or type chat
• Send images and video
- 31. 6. Chat
Hi! How’s your
new fundraiser
going? Oh, just great!
The kids really
love it!
- 32. 6. Chat
DO: Keep in touch with
old colleagues
DON'T: Talk to strangers
or give out personal
information online
- 33. 7 Photo
Sharing
Flickr, Picasa
- 36. 7. Photo Sharing
DO: Visit the Library of
Congress archives for
amazing archive photos
DON'T: Upload other
people's photos or those
protected by copyright
- 37. Links to get you started... Youtube.com
Twitter.com Slideshare.com
Gmail.com Animoto.com
Blogger.com Wikispace.com
Wordpress.com Ning.com
Typepad.com Skype.com
Delicious.com Gmail.com
Diigo.com Flickr.com
Apple.com/itunes/podcasts Picasaweb.google.com
- 38. If you're interested in learning
more about PLN websites, check
out our Fundraising PLN here:
www.thefundraisingpln.com
Another great resource is
The Educators PLN:
www.edupln.ning.com
- 39. Believe Kids Fundraising
This presentation created by
Believe Kids Fundraising, for more
information visit
www.believekids.com