Personal+Learning+Networks

**Personal Learning Networks**
http://bit.ly/plnbuild

We now have an easy connection to the people and resources that we need to learn whatever we want to learn whenever we want to learn it.


 * Network Literacy**: The ability to create, navigate, grow and model a learning network in safe, effective and ethical ways.

Qualities of Networked Learners:
 * Passion
 * Self-direction
 * Willingness to share
 * Comfort with transparency
 * Willingness to engage
 * Online and offline connections

Tools for **creating** PLNs: [|Twitter] Starting points:
 * Alan Levine, a director at the New Media Consortium []
 * Kathy Cassidy, first grade teacher in Saskatchewan: [|http://www.twitter.com/kathycassidy]
 * Patrick Larkin, high school principal in Massachusetts: []
 * Shelly Blake Plock, high school history teacher in Maryland: []
 * Pam Moran, superintendent in Virginia: []
 * Tom Barrett, high school teacher in the U.K.: []
 * Digtial Media and Learning Central, collaborative blog on education: []
 * Jay Rosen, journalism professor and media critic at NYU: []
 * Edutopia, website for the George Lucas Education Foundation: []
 * Lee Kolbert, middle school teacher in Florida: []

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