PLN+Producer+Planning+Area

Web 2.0 about a conversation… sit and listen first before you participate.
 * Personal Learning Network - Producer Documentation Area**

Producing is listening and observing first, gathering, give and take, before moving forth into creating yourself.

Producing: your contributions to the conversation.

RWLD – have to have that understanding to begin with. (Reading, Watchings, Listenings, Doings) Has to be something to build upon.

"Building a personal learning network is requires that you not only seek to learn from others, but also that you also help others in the network learn. Even when you are a novice in a field of learning, you can still make contributions." (Tobin, D. 1998. Building Your Personal Learning Network)

Moving from Consumer to Producer of Information - a blog post from Jeff Utecht and how to make the shift from a consumer to producer of information using social media

[|Ten Habits of Bloggers that Win] - a blog post from Vicki Davis with 10 best practices for blog posts.

[|The Twitter Song] - a YouTube music video with about Twitter and that states, "You're No One If You're Not On Twitter"...

[|PageFlakes Video] - short tutorial video on how Pageflakes can be used to create a Personal Learning Network

[|Wikis in Plain English]- a Common Craft video about wikis

[|Creative Commons Licenses] - a description of the six main licesnses covered under the Creative Commons

Tools will be presented and use in the presentation Introduction Refresh what have you read on RWLD,
 * Outline of Presentation**

1) PageFlaskes (30 - 45 mins): Erin 10 mins break

2) Discuss on how to use 25 different types of blogs: what are the most doable and common: examples: Deb (30 - 45 mins) maybe combine wiki with blog 10 mins break

3) Plurk & Edmodo: alternative tool of Twitter: Shu-hsiang (30 - 45 mins) May consider to discuss why to choose this one 10 mins break

4) Ethical, Copyright, Creative Commons: as a group discussion What problems do you encounter? What issues do you consider? Examples: flicker.com, stockexchange,

Overall Reflection

Note: Assignment that can be completed in the class, training material such as hand out


 * Podcast**: reflection of whole semester, what you have learned, what do you feel move from consumer to producer
 * Video**: please check google documents to generate your idea of PLN

Initial assumptions: • People are communicators. • People are part of learning communities. • Learners have an initial grasp on consumption. • Learners want to consume. • Learners want to find out something beneficial to them/their lives. • You want to join the conversation; you’ve been listening for a while; you need to know how to join the conversation.

Crowd sourcing User generated content Citizen journalism

Goals & objectives: The participant will: • Know 10 tools that can be used to produce content for the global learning community. • Recognize the areas in which they may encounter ethical or legal restrictions on content. (copy right, creative commons, libel, digital literacy, cultural norms of global community)

Create/Find Resources Podcast: === Beyond Global Collaborative "Units," on to Real PLN's: Podcast with Chris Craft | Beyond School === 15-minute educational podcast. Discusses the flat classroom and more of a quick-in/quick-out approach to creating meaningful connections between people. Emphasis on the idea of creating networks of people and on spontaneity (ideas that come naturally)

Video:

Tutorial, Video, Check list of of assessment
 * Assessment & Assignment**

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