Finally the wait is over! Today was the revealing of #ProjectPLN. In case you missed the build up, @ProjectPLN has been slowly releasing videos for the past few weeks leading up to…well no one really knew what until today at the 7:00 #edchat. The wait is over, Project PLN is out of the bag and I don’t have to keep the secret any more!
A few months ago Nick (@thenerdyteacher) ran an idea by me to start a PLN magazine. I immediately said yes, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to be a part of something that highlights the awesome educators in our PLN. My hope is that this magazine will introduce you to members of your PLN you might not be familiar with, share and celebrate the amazing work and voices of the PLN, and encourage teachers who don’t yet have a PLN to build one.
Each month we will release a magazine (both available online and off) that centers around an educational topic. Nick and I will choose “articles” that are submitted, a re-post of a blog post, videos, photos, and Tweets related to the topic. We are using an online tool, Openzine, to put together the magazine each month. We aren’t sure how Openzine will be able to take all of the traffic on their servers so we also have the magazine on Slideshare where it can be downloaded and printed out to share with your staff.
Send colleagues the link, print it out and put it in everyone’s mailbox, leave a copy in the teacher’s lounge, or RT on Twitter. We hope that you will help us spread the word so that we can grow our PLN!
Below is this month’s ProjectPLN magazine, check out the Openzine version for videos and extras!
What a wonderful initiative! 🙂
I really can’t say anything else but thanks to all people who are willing to share and learn together, and who understand that we can only do more if we work together!
As usual, congrats!!! 🙂
What a great idea! How can we submit an article for consideration if we think we have something that might be perfect of Project PLN?
What an awesome idea. I think this is going to be a resource many people are going to benefit from. Thanks for taking on this task!
Thanks Chad, I’m glad others are envisioning it the way Nick and I did!
Take a look at the Mission: Project PLN section written by Nick and I, in it we tell how you can be involved.
Thanks Henrick, that is exactly the goal.