Week 5 Seminar: Personal learning environments
Welcome to Michelle's week five seminar! Please review the seminar outline below:
INSTRUCTIONS:
All the information for the seminar will be posted on this page and I will repost on the Google+ community. Please use the 509 PLE Community in Google+ our community for sharing links/information, your blog contribution which is your final demonstration of learning activity.
INSTRUCTIONS:
All the information for the seminar will be posted on this page and I will repost on the Google+ community. Please use the 509 PLE Community in Google+ our community for sharing links/information, your blog contribution which is your final demonstration of learning activity.
Get Started: PadLet Activity to Share Your Thoughts
Work on it: Readings & Ruminations on Google+
Critical Questions to Consider: How do we move students from collecting content to synthesizing content in a PLE? How important is creativity in a PLE? How can you inspire, initiate and implement sustainable integration of PLE's in your own practice? How would your PLE fit your developing philosophy of education?
TASK: Consider the critical questions above, or any questions that you have about PLE’s, and add any links, ideas, conclusions to our Google+ forum and/or Twitter.
TASK: Consider the critical questions above, or any questions that you have about PLE’s, and add any links, ideas, conclusions to our Google+ forum and/or Twitter.
Google+ (Earn your 500 points!)
- At any time, if you find PLE resources, including online tools for PLEs, please feel free to post it in the "Contributed Resources" category
- Comment on discussion posts and comment on blog posts and add to "Readings, Q2C & Discussion" category.
- Respond to the critical questions to consider and post in the "Readings, Q2C & Discussion" category. Reply to other posts.
Horizon Report: Read pp. 24-27
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VoiceThread Activity: Conceptual Framework & Implications
Critical Questions to Consider: How do you see the participatory culture as an influence on a PLE's? In what ways do PLE’s foster 21st century skills? How would your PLE fit your developing philosophy of education? How can you inspire, initiate and implement sustainable integration of PLE's in your own practice?
PLE--Implications for Teaching and Learning
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RELATED READINGS:
Henry Jenkins: Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century http://henryjenkins.org/2006/10/confronting_the_challenges_of.html
Forming Ground Rules: http://www.nsrfharmony.org/protocol/doc/forming_ground_rules.pdf
Vanessa Miemis: Guidelines for Group Collaboration and Emergence http://emergentbydesign.com/2010/07/01/guidelines-for-group-collaboration-and-emergence/#comment-3157
Show it: Your Personal PLE~ConceptUAL DIAGRAM & PLE
Critical Questions to Consider: What organizational tools are available for K12 teachers in order to organize PLEs? What does organization of content look like in a PLE? How have other learners constructed PLEs? How has your understanding of personal learning environment changed? What next steps could be taken to implement PLEs with your students?
SHOW IT: Choose either Activity A or B
A1. Create a diagram that represents your vision of a PLE. Check out the free concept mapping tools I've listed below (one site, many resources). Briefly describe your PLE and how it reflects your learning.
A2. Next, select an environment that best suits your needs and preferences in which to organize your own PLE for a learning or teaching scenario of your choosing. Create a personal PLE using an online tool in which to aggregate content and connections based on your selected topic.
A3. INCLUDE YOUR CONCEPT MAP, DESCRIPTIONS AND PLE TO YOUR OLTD BLOG POST FOR WEEK 6, you may also choose to ponder any of the questions to consider (above). This is effectively your weekly blog post.
B. Discuss one or more of the "Questions to Consider" in a blog post.
"Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) do exactly what they say on the can - they are personal to each individual, created by them, owned by them, used by them within their lifelong learning," (Wheeler, S, 2011). PLEs have the potential to be quite complex and offer an an infinite number of possibilities for creativity, but this is effectively up to the individual who owns it. Managing our online content can be challenging as our learning networks expand and grow, and "the primary goal of a PLE is to bring all the disparate artefacts of interest for learning under a single operating roof" (Lubensky, R, 2007). As the PLE is a concept, rather than a website, software or any online community" (Wikibooks, 2014), there are a number of online tools and social media platforms to house a personal learning environment. The content or artefacts contained in the PLE "includes the digital resources and references with which individuals wish to engage presently and perhaps recall in the future. Resources include not only static text and media, but also dynamic services and their artefacts, such as instant messaging, online forums and weblog conversations" (Lubensky, R. 2007). A couple of examples include NetVibes and Symbaloo, and I am sure there are plenty more available online. Your own apps on your desktop or tablet may contain all that you require for your personal learning environment. I created a Symbaloo account for my personal PLE and proceeded to create webmixes for various topics (Psychology, OLTD, Personal Learning Environments...). Symbaloo may be a good option for K-12 educators because it offers an educator's account, which then provides the security necessary to protect younger students and adhere to terms of service for students under 13.
SHOW IT: Choose either Activity A or B
A1. Create a diagram that represents your vision of a PLE. Check out the free concept mapping tools I've listed below (one site, many resources). Briefly describe your PLE and how it reflects your learning.
A2. Next, select an environment that best suits your needs and preferences in which to organize your own PLE for a learning or teaching scenario of your choosing. Create a personal PLE using an online tool in which to aggregate content and connections based on your selected topic.
A3. INCLUDE YOUR CONCEPT MAP, DESCRIPTIONS AND PLE TO YOUR OLTD BLOG POST FOR WEEK 6, you may also choose to ponder any of the questions to consider (above). This is effectively your weekly blog post.
B. Discuss one or more of the "Questions to Consider" in a blog post.
"Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) do exactly what they say on the can - they are personal to each individual, created by them, owned by them, used by them within their lifelong learning," (Wheeler, S, 2011). PLEs have the potential to be quite complex and offer an an infinite number of possibilities for creativity, but this is effectively up to the individual who owns it. Managing our online content can be challenging as our learning networks expand and grow, and "the primary goal of a PLE is to bring all the disparate artefacts of interest for learning under a single operating roof" (Lubensky, R, 2007). As the PLE is a concept, rather than a website, software or any online community" (Wikibooks, 2014), there are a number of online tools and social media platforms to house a personal learning environment. The content or artefacts contained in the PLE "includes the digital resources and references with which individuals wish to engage presently and perhaps recall in the future. Resources include not only static text and media, but also dynamic services and their artefacts, such as instant messaging, online forums and weblog conversations" (Lubensky, R. 2007). A couple of examples include NetVibes and Symbaloo, and I am sure there are plenty more available online. Your own apps on your desktop or tablet may contain all that you require for your personal learning environment. I created a Symbaloo account for my personal PLE and proceeded to create webmixes for various topics (Psychology, OLTD, Personal Learning Environments...). Symbaloo may be a good option for K-12 educators because it offers an educator's account, which then provides the security necessary to protect younger students and adhere to terms of service for students under 13.
Supplemental Readings to support creation of Concept Map & PLE
Example of PLE Concept Maps: Scott Leslie's collection of PLE diagrams that he has aggregated on an EdTechPost Wiki--the combinations and complexity is mind-boggling.
Concept Mapping Tools: https://www.diigo.com/user/wdrexler/conceptmapping Directory of Learning and Performance Tools: http://c4lpt.co.uk/directory-of-learning-performance-tools/ Debbie Morrison's Blog: One Essential Resolution for Educators in 2013 – A Personal Learning Environment
PLE~A Student Example: A 7th grade student gives a tour of her personal learning environment. The PLE in this video was built using http://www.symbalooedu.com .
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Designing PLEs: Using social media to bridge the informal and formal aspects of learning
Ends at 37 minutes, but the questions at the end are worthwhile |