Thursday, August 18, 2011

Join Today: The Educator's PLN - The personal learning network for educators

The Educator's PLN - The personal learning network for educators


What You Need To Know About Navigating This Ning Site and a List of Other Educator Ning Sites

A Screencast and tutorial on Navigating this site is available here and on the Video Page
http://edupln.ning.com/video/a-screencast-on-how-to-1

Please feel free to make suggestions for improvement of this site.

Profile Picture
To add a picture to your profile simply use any picture you have filed. If you need one, take a cellphone shot of yourself and email it to your own email account. Download the Pic file and then upload it to your ning profile picture.

Page Navigation

Main Page - A capsule view of all of the recent actions on the entire site. Members can view what has recently been added to the site by this quick reference area. A click to the hot button in the description will take you directly to that activity.

Invite Page - Use this page to invite other Educators to this site.

My Page- This is a capsule view of all of the recent activities that involved you in any way.

Videos Page - This page contains many Educational videos. You may add videos to the list or you may download them for personal use.
Members may add videos following the simple directions. Limit your selection of videos to those that pertain to building or developing a Personal Learning Network. Videos of a commercial nature may be deleted.

Groups Page -This page contains groups of members with common interests in specific areas. Members may join any group or start one that meets his or her needs.

Forum Page - This is a page containing Discussions. Members may add to any discussion or begin one.

Ning Chat Page - This is a live Chat page for members. A list of members on the site appears on the page.

Twitter Edchat Page - This page contains a feed from #Edchat on Twitter. Members may view only from this page. Interaction requires a twitter account.

Events Page - Members may add any event that would be of interest to Educators. The instructions to add an event are simple with easy to follow prompts.