What a great learning day!

I spent the day at the TTIX pre-conference workshop on PLE’s (Personal Learning Environments). Although I knew some of the things they talked about, I really think you can never know enough to be a true expert.  This stuff changes so fast it can make my head spin.  It was interesting to see how the instructors, Jared Stein, Chris Lot, and Scott Leslie managed their own PLE’s and how different that is from someone just starting out.  Their use of technology has matured to the point that they have been able to set boundaries.  Now if I can only get my 15 year old son to understand that.

Chris and Scott also talked about how to build your own networks and the value that has for them.  I always thought that I could just hide in my own little corner of the world and just watch what everyone else is doing and that would be ok.  Now I understand why we network.  Scott said it best when he called it creating Synergy. This whole social networking thing is fascinating to me. I especially like to see how it can be used to create better learning environment. I can tell I have a lot to learn.  We still have 2 more days of the conference so I am sure I will be swimming in over my head before I am done.