Personal Learning Networks [PLNs] are all the rage – I must read 20 posts/articles a day that address PLNs explicitly or reference them. To see an example of a PLN graphic and its explanation, check out David Warlick’s exposition.
If you’re curious, you can take a look at my PLN.
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Robert 04.07.08 at 4:14 pm
For a second there I thought you were about to endorse a David Warlick idea, and my head was going to explode.
What exactly is the point of having a PLN? Other than to show off your mad computer diagram making skills?
Matthew K. Tabor 04.07.08 at 4:20 pm
Robert,
Folks like us who question the value of a PLN will, undoubtedly, be deemed by the ed-tech’ers as fearing what we don’t understand. This is tripe.
Warlick’s explanation of his PLN really is worth reading, though. He’s essentially describing being human and being productive – it’s a remarkable example of the ed-tech tendency to go around the barn to get to the front door. Or, more specifically, to spend time diagramming and justifying what many people have known for centuries.