PLN

Sketchy Explanation: Starting a PLN. Sketchy Explanation: Starting a PLN. What is a PLN, anyway? A good friend (and a great teacher) e-mailed me after my last post.

“Great links,” she said. “But what’s a PLN?” A good reminder about why I try to avoid acronyms and jargon in my writing. PLN is an acronym for Personal Learning Network. The acronym is relatively new, but the idea is not. What is a PLN, anyway? Edtech VISION - edtech VISION. Martha Thornburgh and I are presenting “What is a PLN and why do I need one” at the upcoming NCCE 2010 conference in Seattle.

We are fleshing out some of our ideas for our session so I thought I would blog some of our ideas. A PLN is a Personal Learning Network. A PLN is a reciprocal network that you create to learn from, connect with, gather information or resources, create with and finally share what you have learned. A PLN can occur in your school, face-to-face, online, at conferences or through reading, reflecting and sharing. The benefits of having a PLN?