PLNs

__ P __ersonal __ L __earning __ N __etworks: Personal learning networks at exactly as their name states. They are a network of websites and resources that you turn to first when you are in need of information or resources for you class. Maybe you can find someone to follow on Twitter that sends out great Math websites that you can use with your students in class... As you find blogs, wikis, and other websites that contain good information or resources use your RSS agregator to "feed" that content to you.

__ Twitter...What Are You Doing? __

[|Twitter] Go here to sign up for your own Twitter account. [|Twitter4Teachers Wiki] use this site to build your PLN by finding other educators on Twitter with the same interests as you. 9 Great Reasons Teachers Should Twitter

Find People and Topics
[|Mr.Tweet]Analyzes your Twitter Network [|WeFollow]Find Tweets with similar interests [|WhoShouldiFollow]- Twitter Friend recommendations [|Twannabe] - Twitter Friend recommendations [|Just Tweet It]- A Tweeter Directory [|Twellow]- A twitter Directory [|Twiterator]- A friends list generator [|Nearby Tweets]- Finds your location and the last 50 tweets near you [|Flaptor]- Twitter search

[|Twitterless]Graphs your followers over time [|TwitPoll]- survey tool [|FriendorFollow]Identifies those that follow you and those that don't

[|Quitter]- Stalk those who quit you [|My Cleener]- Cleans your contact list

[|Follow Cost-]Decide who you want to follow [|Twitter Karma]- Twitter Network analysis

[|Twitpic] - Share images within the Twittersphere [|TwitEarth]- Who's tweeting where? [|Tweetburner]- TinyURL with stats! [|Twittonary] - What do those Twitter terms mean? [|TwitterSheep] - What are your followers talking about? [|Twitter Snooze] - Shush your chatty friends

[|Plurk] [|Plurk4Teachers]Wiki use this site to build your PLN by finding other educators on Plurk with the same interests as you.


 * NINGS: **


 * Ning competes with** [|**social sites**] **like** [|**MySpace**]**,** [|**Facebook**] **and** [|**BigTent**] **by appealing to people who want to create their own social networks around specific interests with their own visual design, choice of features and member data.[|[11]] The central feature of Ning is that anyone can create their own** [|**social network**] **for a particular topic or need, catering to specific membership bases.**

 __ Facebook __
 * [|ProjectsbyJen] Jen's [|other sites]
 * [|Classroom 2.0]
 * [|Global Education]

Facebook is also a great place to build a personal learning network by becoming fans of different educational organizations so that you can see the information they post in their status updates. If you are interested in using Facebook for personal or professional purposes please see the file below:

10 new privacy settings in Facebook.doc