"Personal Learning Environments" (PLE) is a key term in today's schools. Educators are experiencing that learning is correlated to motivation and that motivation is driven by emotions and engagement. We fool ourselves if we believe that the best learning takes place in our classrooms. Students gain great knowledge in the informal environments in which they interact throughout their day. Life asks the learner to constantly decide where to pay attention; and we find ourselves looking for the relevant.
Given the overwhelming amount of knowledge in circulation, it can be difficult determining where to focus. Other people are invaluable resources in this process. A "Personal Learning Network" (PLN - cultivated connections with other Web users), is an example of such. Finding a writer on the Web with whom you are of the same mind, is finding a north star pointing to the relevant - no matter who you are or how old you are.
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