Importance of a PLN

I consider that a PLN can be of paramount importance in our teaching practice. Not only can it help to show different ways of working but it also allows us to share materials with others.
There are different ways of creating this PLN. Some people prefer to join people and talk to them. For this purpose, the Internet offers a wide range of resources to be in contact with others. Another possibility is to join different nets in which we can share our experiences and materials in a more simple way, using platforms where we incorporate our materials and using social nets in order to communicate with others when we create something new, at the same time that thanks to them we can know about others contributions.

In my personal case, I tend to use the second system: I follow a series of interesting people on Twitter and Facebook and I upload my materials to sites like Slideshare and communicate to others when I do it (I must admit that I haven´t created new things recently).

To have a PLN gives you the sense of not being alone, of being a member of a community in which there are generous and friendly people who share with us their knowledge and work and we try to contribute to that net with our humble contribution.

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