PLN EDU790
Professional Learning Networks source: Creating and Curating your PLN-HLS What is a PLN? A PLN is a professional Learning Network. PLN's can consist of people, groups, communities, or systems. PLN's can change over time as well as one's involvement within a PLN. PLN's are any group that engages in collaborative learning with others outside their everyday learning community (Brown & Poortman, 2018). The ultimate goal of a PLN is to benefit children. My PLNs? When taking a look at my professional life, I find that I belong to many PLNs. My current and past colleagues, my past networks from different colleges that I've attended, the wrestling community, and networks I've made online. When I gauge where I find myself on the spectrum of the Seven Degrees of Connectedness Infographic provided by Rod Lucifer, engagement within those professional communities differ. I mostly find that I am at Stage 7 Confidant in PLNs that a...