We’ve all heard the abbreviation “PLN”, which stands for Personal Learning Network.  If we take each word separately, we can easily define a PLN as a network of people and resources used by an individual for the purposes of learning.  If we use the definition…

Did you miss The Blue Birds are Tweeting Part 1?  Read it HERE! In my last post, I introduced you to the idea of trying Twitter.  I suggested using www.search.twitter.com to see what people were tweeting about and how many resources are being shared.  I…

I often hear veteran teachers refer to their higher level students as the “Blue Birds”.  I guess that’s a reference to reading group names or something like that.  We all know that in addition to having those higher level learners in our classrooms, there are…