The Networked Student
The Networked Student, by Wendy Drexler, is a video about a student and his Personal Learning Network (PLN). In this video, the student uses his own research and the research of others to spread and gain knowledge by utilizing social networking tools such as Twitter, Skype, and Wikis.
Building a solid learning foundation is crucial and depends on many ideas. The networking student still needs advice and guidance through grey areas and around misleading content sites. Separating propaganda from useful information is an important skill to hone. Like the teacher of the 20th century the modern teacher is still needed as a grammar coach. Proper communication skills are a must when one is plugged in and networking around the world. Self taught courses as well as those that do not depend on a traditional classroom lecture format are becoming more predominant and ask a lot of the student. Time management is also a skill to be focused on. As always the teacher is the student's personal cheerleader at the end of the day. There are always large victories to be celebrated and small hurdles that need to be acknowledged.
A 7th Grader's Personal Learning Environment
What an amazing production this 7th grader has put together. Her speech alone is most impressive, but add what she has learned through her PLN and I am just speechless. She also made it seem like such an easy process. I really like the idea of organizing links any way you want and I think PLN are a great tool to use! This video was entertaining, helpful, and fun to watch!
"Separating propaganda from useful information is an important skill to hone." Others call this trust. What determines whether you can "trust" a website, a radio commentator, a TV news anchor, a magazine article, a professor, a politician?
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I really enjoyed reading your post. You have some great thoughts on the videos and I agree that the teacher was still a vital part of the process. Even though the student does a lot of the work like you said the teacher is there for back up and support. The teacher guides him through some of the steps as he learns on his own. She is helping him determine what information is relevant and factual. The last video like you said was amazing. It was great to see all the wonderful ways she had utilized her PLN. Thanks for the great post, overall you did a pretty great job.
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