This slidedeck was created as a companion to a presentation for the Center for Innovative Education's December 11th conference at Kean University. (http://cie.kean.edu/)

1. Lisa Thumann Senior Specialist in Technology Education CMSCE, Rutgers University http:// thumannresources.com Establishing Your Personal Learning Network

2. What? What is a Personal Learning Network (PLN) So What? Why are they helpful? Why do I care? Now What? What can you do to build your PLN?

3. What?

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8. So What?

9. Follow Someone From Today

10. They Tweet Out Their Blog Post Next Week

11. Their Post Refers To...

12. A Video on YouTube

13. Research on 21st Century Learning Skills

14. Another Blog You Are Interested in Reading

15. You Read That Person's Blog and Start Following Them on Twitter

16. A Few Days Later That Person Tweets out a Link to...

17. Now What?

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19. The positive spiral of social networks tschaut ’ s photos Contribution Reciprocity Accumulation Value

21. 1 4 3 2 7 Steps To a Twitter Makeover

23. Image Source: Liz Davis

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25. @ lthumann