Personal Learning Network

PERSONAL LEARNING NETWORK

DEFINITION/PERSONAL USE

My personal learning network is my informal learning network that consists of 

the people/organization I have interacted with and derives knowledge and thus created my personal learning environment. In my PLN, I represent the connections I have with other people/organization that results in some type of learning because of the connection with the specific intent of education or movement/fitness as they relate to children.  Overall,the purpose of my personal learning networks is to represent a visual map of those people/organizations that share a close association with the main concept of education and movement/kinesiology/fitness that relates to children/kids in learning environments.

                                        

SUMMARY

My online personal learning network purpose is to help me better understand, learn, and engage about my experiences and connections between my teaching and movement/ fitness/kinesthetic involvement.   The movement-based learning techniques, strategies, and style that utilize new, user-centered technologies that aid in the building of awareness, regulation, and mastery in order to benefit student’s ability to success within new and emerging territories of the modern world. Through incorporating movement and kinesthetic studies, groupings of students and learning communities that can find traditional learning strategies difficult dues to learning disabilities, language barriers, and/or the attention span.  The use of movement would provide learning opportunities to younger students as a whole, where the younger the student is the less there attention span tends to be, so that the nature of children is addressed and utilize as a strength in learning rather then a hindrance.  Other groups of students that struggle within the classroom and cannot learn through visual or auditory means due to learning disabilities or language barriers can also use movement in order to draw connections and help them retain information through ways that they can understand and relate to. 

   

RESOURCE NETWORK

Teaching/Educational website:

* http://www.teachhub.com/teaching-strategies-learning-through-movement

* http://www.creativitypost.com

Physical Fitness/ Exercise:

* http://www.humankinetics.com

* http://www.fitkids.org/

* http://kidshealth.org/en/parents/exercise.html

* https://www.healthychildren.org

* http://www.letsmove.gov/get-active

* http://www.actionforhealthykids.org/

Children Activities/Kid Themed

* http://www.powkidschicago.com/west-loop-kids-classes

* http://www.chicagokids.com/

* http://www.thelittlegym.com/chicagoil/

Organizations/Institutions

* http://globalfamilyyoga.com/

* http://rainbowkidsyoga.net/trainings/chicago/chicago_training.html

* http://www.chicagochildrensmuseum.org

Blogs/Personal Websites

Art Educators

* http://paintedpaperintheartroom.blogspot.com/

* http://www.artwithmre.com/

* http://www.deepspacesparkle.com/

* http://minimatisse.blogspot.com/

Fitness Instructors/Yoga Instructors

* http://www.dailycupofyoga.com/

* http://www.mindbodygreen.com/

* http://www.nerdfitness.com/

* http://yogadork.com/

Children’s Fitness Instructors

* http://jumpbunch.com/blog/

* http://www.kidfitnessandhealth.com/

** http://alphamom.com/parenting/big-kid/kids-using-instagram/

Social Networks

Instagram

* https://www.instagram.com/fashionkids/?hl=en

* https://www.instagram.com/kidsfitnessrd/

* https://www.instagram.com/shinekidsfitness/

Pinterest

*https://www.pinterest.com/calfamfit/kid-fitness-ideas/

*https://www.pinterest.com/explore/kids-workout/

Twitter

*https://twitter.com/kidsandfitness

*https://twitter.com/kidsfitleague

*https://twitter.com/hashtag/familyfitness

*https://twitter.com/motionfitness

Facebook

*https://www.facebook.com/Fitness4KidsNZ/

*https://www.facebook.com/JumpStart-Kids-Fitness-146729910019/

*https://www.facebook.com/kidsfitnessfirst/

Emails/Direct Contact Info

*katalin@powkickboxing.com

*Adam@TLGchicago.com

*Mirabizen@globalfamilyyoga.com

*darrenF@mokshayoga.com

REVIEW/FUTURE PURPOSE

The way I used my PLN was to  visualize the connections that I made between movement/kinesiology and education in order to present learning linked to physical engagement.  In order to represent these connections I used blogs, social media such as Twitter, and personal emails as part of my  PLN to start out and begin to structure my PLN.  Beginning in January of 2010, I began my teaching venture and started to develop my network by talking and engaging with other teachers, I also started building a list of interesting sites that I came across, as well as whenever I could I posted on social networking sites about unique/interesting activities, and MY PLN SLOWLY STARTED TO BUILD!

Once my PLN was fairly structured, it helped to also lay the foundations for my resume and CV by developing my references and pervious experiences in an ordered and relevant manner and helped to visualize my network of connections.  It is how I plan on using my PLN in the future and be able to follow along the development of my teaching and movement activities.