Creating a more beneficial PLE
To begin, a PLE represents a personal learning
environment. This environment is what
you make of it. It can help you save time or waste time and it can connect you
with people, or leave you feeling isolated. Things such as Facebook, and
Twitter can both be incredible marketing tools, or extremely time consuming. They
are both capable of allowing you to connect with everyone simultaneously but
also create isolation by wasting valuable time. Our PLE creates our PLN or Personal Learning
Network. When we use the digital tools
of our personal learning environment to engage, interact with, and communicate
to others, we are using a Personal Learning Network, or PLN (Figg, 2015).
Personally my goals over the next five years are to get a
job in a security field, customs or policing preferably. To do this things such
as building a desirable resume and networking are beneficial. To aid in this
endeavor I can use my PLE in many ways, I can connect with other like-minded
individuals, and read their blogs which are often full of encouraging success
stories. I can connect with friends who
have gone before me and obtained these jobs via skype, and Facebook. I can study interview techniques on YouTube and I can
stay organized with interview dates and certification dates by using day
planners, notifications, reminders and calendars found on my phone.
Gillies, K. (CC) 2015.
Ways that I can change the environment around me to better
meet my learning needs include reduction of distractions, and addition of
positive learning tools. My current PLE has both pros and cons. I often start
using my PLE tools in a positive manner such as going on YouTube for tutorials
on things but quickly end up watching videos that are not beneficial or useful. I am often distracted by the ‘time-wasting’ pieces of useful
tools, which include Instagram and Facebook, which only occurs when I am not
using them in a beneficial manner. I know and follow many accounts which are
used by the owners of their accounts as a beneficial tool, but I am not one of
them, on Bernoff’s ladder, I am a spectator, not a creator(2010).
While working on my PLE diagram I have begun to understand
that all social tools can be used as positive tools. Social networking is an
important tool that many can use to reach like-minded individuals. My word cloud has reminded me of the many tools I can use to improve my PLE. While creating my word cloud, I was shocked at
how many social media tools I am currently using. I use several a day. I am constantly adding
to my arsenal of tools, many of them are extremely beneficial. I also noted that I could use more tools for the organization aspect of my personal learning environment.
Looking back on last weeks work and creating this worlde allowed me to reflect on being a good digital citizen, to always be kind and respectful and to treat others the way I would like to be treated while working in this quickly changing digital environment.
Reference:
Bernoff, Josh (2012, January 9) Social Technographics: Conversationalists get
onto the ladder [Blog Post] Retrieved from http://forrester.typepad.com/groundswell/2010/01/conversationalists-get-onto-the-ladder.html
Figg, Candace (2015, January 16). What is a PLE & why do
you need one? [Video File]. Retrieved
from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaxpCFuPNcQ&feature=youtu.be
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