Reinventing your PLN

Session 2

Andy Marcinek, Lyn Hilt — Grafton Public Schools, Edutopia contributor, Corwin published author; Eastern Lancaster County SD, Powerful Learning Practice, Educational Collaborators

Participants will be introduced to the philosophy behind what a personal learning network (PLN) is, deconstruct it, and through collective input, work to rebuild it. The conversation will be centered around looking inward at one’s personal learning network, identifying struggles with it, remixing its structure, and leveraging its capacity for future engaged learning.

Conversational Practice

Participants will be encouraged to evaluate the current structure of their PLNs and think critically about how the network is serving their needs in terms of learning and development. Using a protocol such as the Focus/Framing Question Exercise, we will ask participants to identify a critical area of need/dilemma where their current PLN is not highly effective in terms of personal connections or resource acquisition/sharing. Concerns will be voiced, and participants will be grouped by category of need (example: Twitter is overwhelming for me, I don’t know how to effectively use Google+ communities, I have problems connecting with educators in my local spaces). Teams will then discuss concerns, note commonalities, and generate solutions for the dilemmas addressed. A collaborative document will be used to record team notes and solutions to share with session participants and beyond.

Conversation Links

http://tinyurl.com/educonpln

Presenter Profiles

Andy Marcinek

Grafton Public Schools

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Schedule

Friday, Jan 23

Visual Narrative for Teachers 9am–12pm
- Visual Narrative for Teachers
  
  In this three-hour intensive workshop, you will work with the students and faculty of SLA’s Rough Cut Productions to learn the technical and artistic techniques of communicating through video.
  
  Registration required
Welcome 10am–3pm
- Spend the day at Science Leadership Academy. EduCon attendees have free admission to the Franklin Institute and other local Philadelphia institutions on Friday.
Friday Night Panel 6–8pm
- Connections
  
  Join us as visionaries from across a wide spectrum of our world come together to explore how making connections has been a fundamental aspect of their innovations.
Reception 8–10pm

Saturday, Jan 24

Registration & Coffee 8:30–9:15am
Keynote 9:15–9:45am
- Keynote
  
  Lori Shorr - Chief Education Officer, City of Philadelphia.
Conversation Session 1 10–11:30am
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Cross-Pollination Lunch 11:30am–1pm
- Encienda Educon
  
  Join us for a session of “lightning presentations” delivered by EduCon participants. Each presenter will have five minutes to share an idea, broken down into twenty slides, which automatically advance every fifteen seconds.
Conversation Session 2 1–2:30pm
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Conversation Session 3 3–4:30pm
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Making Connections 5–7pm
- “Philly Classic” Dinner
Networking Social 7:30–11pm

Sunday, Jan 25

Coffee & Conversations 8:30–9am
Panel Discussion 9–10:30am
- Connections in Education
  
  Join a panel of world-class educators discuss how the idea of connections informs and transforms their practice.
Conversation Session 4 10:30am–12pm
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Cross-Pollination Lunch 12–12:30pm
Conversation Session 5 12:30–2pm
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Conversation Session 6 2:30–4pm
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