tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63141500499142603542024-03-08T08:01:00.755+00:00PLENK2010Teresa Almeida d'Eçahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02862453387335152719noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314150049914260354.post-53060450335083395632010-09-23T16:22:00.002+01:002010-09-23T19:27:06.069+01:00Taking off!!!I tried to start off on the right foot and even read a couple of things a week ago, but then the same thing happened as in 2008... I got tangled up in several other things.<br /><br />I hope to dedicate a couple of hours to catching up with what's been going on and summarizing my ideas.<br /><br />When going over my Favorites, I noticed that last week I did do a few things after all.<br />(1) I took a look at what the course offers (browsed the Moodle)<br />(2) I watched the YouTube video, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/skipvia#p/a/u/1/q6WVEFE-oZA">Intro to PLNs</a>, and it did a couple of things to my knowledge of PLNs, so much so that I added a couple of entries in "My PLN" Notepad file started earlier<br />(3) I read the PLE page and really enjoyed one of the links, "<a href="http://www.pontydysgu.org/2009/10/vygotsky-and-personal-learning-environments/">Vygotsky and PLEs</a>" (also in my Diigo), an analysis written by an 18-year-old intern student; Jo Turner-Attwell. I especially liked "Vygotsky believed that learning shouldn’t follow development, but rather should lead it. A student should constantly be reaching slightly beyond their capabilities rather than working within them." During my teaching career, I always believed in "going the extra mile" with students. I always pushed further than was necessary, because I believed in their potential. And it worked very well for the majority of them<br />(4) I also enjoyed another link, "<a href="http://www.deliberations.com.au/2006/12/present-and-future-of-personal-learning.html">The Present and Future of PLNs</a>", because it gave me a very good and clear overall idea of the topic (though it's a 2006 article), and bookmarked it to my Diigo account.<br /><br />But I didn't get down to creating a blog and writing about first impressions. That's what I'm doing.Teresa Almeida d'Eçahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02862453387335152719noreply@blogger.com0