Now that you know a little more about PLNs, it's important that we educate young users how to effectively create and properly use their own PLN. I've developed a course lesson plan to start educating students as early as elementary school. Enjoy!
Lesson Title: Design A Personal Learning Network
Lesson Description: In an ideal world,
teachers would have the ability to share their own personal learning networks
(PLNs) with their students, but it’s not that simple. Factors like technology
access, incompatible devices, or age restrictions prevent this from happening.
Elementary education students need to learn about how to develop their own personal
learning networks (PLNs), so that they have the proper foundation for their
future with mobile technology education.
How to Access: This lesson can be
completed in a classroom with face-to-face discourse or through Google Apps.
Estimated Completion Time: This lesson should be done
over a series of 4 sessions.
Steps for Completion:
Lesson 1: Internet Safety
Educate students on strong password creation, personally
identifiable information, advertisements, bookmarking, and user history.
Lesson 2-4: Introduction to
Applications
Introduce students to several applications that will be used
throughout the course. Suggested applications include: Facebook,
Pinterest, Blogger, Google Apps, iCalendar, Gmail, Youtube, TED, Facetime,
iBooks, Google Chrome, Messenger
Lesson 5: Citations
Allow students to create their own blog post. In their post,
they should include one citation that gives credit from where it was found.
Lesson 6: Personal Learning Networks
Introduce PLNs. Discuss how several of the apps they’ve learned
about would make for a good PLN for school.
Lesson Feedback:
Lesson 7: Designing a PLN + Survey
Students create their own PLN using any apps that have been
discussed and any other applications that they think would benefit their
learning needs at school. Develop and distribute a survey that will allow
students to give feedback on the course.
