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=PLN POWER=

What is a PLN?
Learn more about PLNs:
 * Visual representations of personal learning networks
 * [|David Warlick]'s article from //Leading and Learning with Technology// ([|pdf])

Contact Matt

 * Twitter**: [|mctownsley]
 * Blog**: [|MeTA Musings]
 * Diigo**: [|Matt's bookmarks]
 * Email**: mtownsley (at) solon.k12.ia.us



Contact Kathy

 * Twitter**: [|scsdmedia]
 * Blog**: [|Peripatetic Librarian]
 * Diigo**: [|SCSD's bookmarks]
 * Email**: kkaldenberg(at) solon.k12.ia.us

Kathy's [|Diigo bookmarks for IASL PLN April 12 program] and for our [|school district's PLN]

Finding librarians to connect with: [|Twitter4Teachers]



=**How the POWER of Your PLN Can Be the Change You Want to See in Schools.** Integrating Technology and Making Connections to Create Change.=

**Shannon Miller**, Van Meter Community School Teacher Librarian & Technology Coordinator =FOLLOW US ON TWITTER....= @shannonmmiller (Shannon) @derondurflinger (Deron) @vmlibraryvoice (Van Meter Library VOICE) #vanmeter (Van Meter School)
 * Deron Durflinger,** Van Meter Community School Secondary Principal

=WAYS TO CREATE CHANGE WITH YOUR PLN:= media type="custom" key="5849749"//**
 * **BLOGS to and connect, learn, and share with others:**
 * Van Meter Library VOICE Blog has been great way to share and make valuable connections for students, teachers, and myself with others around the world.
 * Deron's Blog - has been a great way to share thoughts and ideas about the future of education as well as the happenings at Van Meter. All administrators should blog.
 * Get the students blogging to create change & have them connect to their passions !
 * **BLOGGER MADDY DARRAH** will share how she connected through VOICE to author Amy Efaw. Maddy created a YouTube Video about her connection.
 * **TWITTER: I can't say enough about the great change, connections, and resources that Twitter can bring to your students, teachers, school, and YOU!**
 * Connect with others around the world! @shannonmmiller** #vanmeter** (follow Van Meter) and other groups (#teacherlibrarian) Use **TweetDeck** to stay organized!
 * **PLN Class at Van Meter** is making connections & creating change in their own education with Twitter. Josh Porter, Van Meter 11th grader, uses Twitter to connect to others around the world about technology and Van Meter happenings. Megan Enos, Van Meter 10th grader, uses Twitter ( f otopp2012) & her blog to learn and connect to her passion for photography. Encourage your students to connect to their passions too!
 * **Ruggero Domenichine**, YouTellYou creator connected with me through Twitter. Read about and watch the video of Ruggero Domenichine creator of web 2.0 tool called YouTellYou teaching Van Meter 7th Graders!
 * **Mark Moran**, founder and CEO of findingDulcinea & Sweet Search, I met through Twitter. Mark has been an amazing source of change and education for the students and teachers at Van Meter. This is a great Slideshare presentation created by Mark : Teacher Tools to Connect (Five Free Tools That Connect You to Your Colleagues and Students, and Your Students to the World! ** SKYPE in Mark... **.
 * **DIIGO: Everyday I collect dozens of amazing resources through the groups I belong to on Diigo.** Shannon McClintock Miller's Diigo Library. **I follow several groups that are important to my PLN** (Teacher Librarians, Web 2.0, Iowa 1:1, Van Meter, and others). **I also can connect with others that are my** **Diigo Friends** . Here is my **Diigo PLN Resources List** too.
 * Deron's Twitter Information on Diigo
 * **YOUTUBE: We have two channels at Van Meter: Van Meter Librarian and Van Meter Bulldogs** This has been a great place to showcase student work and events at school....And another place to connect with others around the World through the power of video. **MICHAEL KINLEY, a Van Meter 7th grader,** has his own YouTube Channel Mike398100 to showcase several technology tutorials and school projects. He also blogs at Mike's Tech News to connect through his passion of technology with others.
 * **FACEBOOK: The Van Meter VOICE has a Facebook page for students to connect.** I created a Facebook page for the Van Meter VOICE this year. This is another place for our students to connect with each other. I am able to share author/book information, new technology and web 2.0 tools, and special events happening in the library and at school.
 * **NINGS:** Love to connect through Nings to a variety of groups that are a large part of my PLN. **VAN METER CONNECT NING** was created to connect with others in a variety of place and positions....Teacher Librarians and 1:1 Laptop Initiative Schools
 * **//Please contact us if you have questions about creating a change with your PLN and within your students by encouraging them to create their PLN too!//**
 * // Check out the archived video of (most of) today's presentation: