Tuesday, July 3, 2018
Expanding the PLN Playbook
Expanding the PLN Playbook
I couldnt help but smile as I read George Siemens most awesomest commentary about PLNs. Exactly a year ago I wrote a shorter but similarly themed post, asking teacher-learners to see themselves as collaborators.
As a learner who is passionate about leveraging the passion and expertise among a diverse population of connected educators, its reassuring to see more and more evidence of collaboration among edu-tweeps.
While folks new to Twitter, often reference their interactions as the "greatest professional learning experience ever", we need to recognize this public sharing environment as a first step into transparent professional development.
Maybe Twitter can be seen as the entry drug to more significant network collaboration? In all likelihood, it will take leaders to create opportunities beyond synchronous Educhat conversations, in order to remind educators that professional learning can be amplified by reaching beyond 140 characters.
To that end, what are you doing to create the next EDUCON, MOOC, or TEDx? Are you modeling risk and reaching beyond your comfort zone? How are you contributing to the evolution of our professional learning playbook?
Me? Im working with an incredible team to breathe life into an event that promises to model collaboration on a scale thats never before been attempted; but thats story for the new year. ;-)
