current ideas

The notion of a personal learning environment (PLE, http://members.optusnet.com.au/rlubensky/2006/12/present-and-future-of-personal-learning.html and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_Learning_Environment) and a personal learning network (PLN, http://creatingapln.wikispaces.com/) was recently introduced to me by Darcy Moore, a deputy principal at Dapto High School. His blog details these concepts at http://darcymoore.wordpress.com/

Darcy is a big fan of Wordle and Twitter. I love the Snapshots feature of Wordpress, and though I like all these features, I’m quite content in not taking up every new Web 2.0 feature. I’ve decided that one should have a limit on what technology one embraces. Email, Facebook, and my iPhone keeps me busy. Yes, I got an iPhone for Christmas, so I no longer have the conundrum (see previous post) of whether to get one or not, only the conundrum of whether I do away with my paper diary (as I have an electronic calendar on the smart iPhone), which highlights my propensity for lists in hard copy. Paper that I can feel, move around, and enjoy the tactile experience of writing upon.

Unlike my laptop, I think that I could probably curl up on the couch with an Amazon Kindle 2. Thanks Darcy for sharing your knowledge! I’ll be introducing these concepts to the students in EDIC101 later this session.