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who will help you see the power of PLN (PART II)

Kyle B. Pace (USA): Kyle is one of the people in my list who is not an English teacher. He is a must-to-follow in my opinion. I don’t need to write about him in detail. Start following him and then you will realize what I mean. Here is his brief bio (taken from his Twitter page): Instructional/Consumer Technology Specialist, always online, author, amatuer blogger, teaching K-12 teachers about technology infusion. He blogs at http://kylepace.com/

Larry Ferlazzo (USA): Whatever I say would not be enough to tell you how important Larry is for us. I don’t know how he can find the time to find out and share so many great links. Larry blogs at http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/ .

Lindsay Clandfield (Spain): Lindsay is one of the most creative people I’ve ever met and his blog has the most unique style in the blogosphere. He blogs at http://sixthings.net/ . His idea of doing Pecha Kucha evenings at ELT conferences is amazing and I’m looking forward to the one he will host at ISTEK conference where he will be doing a plenary as well.

Marisa Constantinides (Greece): Marisa is a very valuable member of my PLN.  I really like to follow her blog and tweets because she reflects her positive attitude and valuable experiences to her tweets and blog posts . Marisa blogs at http://marisaconstantinides.edublogs.org/

Neal Chambers (Japan): Neal is a very positive and helpful person. He shares great stuff on Twitter and his blog. He writes a blog series on Englishspark.com and also blogs at http://nealchambers.wordpress.com/ .

Nik Peachey (Morocco): If there is a Web 2.0 history book in the future, there will definitely be a long chapter about Nik Peachey in that book. His Learning Technology blog is a GREAT place for educators. He also blogs at http://quickshout.blogspot.com/ .

Ozge Karaoglu (Turkey): Ozge is the most passionate and dedicated kindergarten teacher I’ve ever met. She is a lovely person with an endless energy and enthusiasm into her job. She blogs at http://ozgekaraoglu.edublogs.org/ .

Patrick Jackson (Ireland): Patrick is the author of Potato Pals which is a very popular book in Turkey. He blogs at http://potatopals.blogspot.com/ .

Russell Stannard (UK): Russell is the creator of the award winning  TTV (Teacher Training Videos) where you can find online videos about technology and ICT in education.

Sara Hannam (Greece): I think Sara is the best blog commentor in the ELT blogosphere and I’m very happy that she started her own blog a few months ago. She blogs at http://sjhannam.edublogs.org/

Sean Banville (UAE): I need another blog post to list Sean Banville’s websites. If you haven’t already, you should bookmark them. They are all full of great resources. Here is the list: http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/ , http://www.esldiscussions.com/ , http://www.famouspeoplelessons.com/, http://www.eslholidaylessons.com/ and I am very happy to welcome him to the blogosphere. He has started a new blog at http://seanbanville.com/ . I’m looking forward to reading a blog post by him about the inventions he’s working on. (I’m waiting for that pill Sean, the one that keeps you awake 24 hrs

Seth Dickens (Italy): Seth is a  consultant on ICT in language teaching. He blogs at http://www.digitalang.com/blog/. Although we haven’t met  in real life, his tweets make me feel as though I’ve known him for a long time.

Shelly Terrell (Germany): Shelly is one of the most hardworking and dedicated teachers I’ve ever met. Because I recently met her in real life, I can say that she brightens your life with the sweetest laughter you can imagine.  Looking forward to meeting her again! She blogs at http://teacherbootcamp.edublogs.org/

Stephen W. Anderson (USA): Stephen is the second educator in the list who is not involved in ELT. He is a technology educator. He blogs at http://web20classroom.blogspot.com/. He shares great stuff both on Twitter and his blog. I can say that I bookmark almost all the links he shares on Twitter. I also like his motivational tweets. Here is one of them:

Sue Lyon-Jones (UK): Sue is a great friend who I want to meet in real life one day. She runs an English language website at http://www.esolcourses.com/ where she offers free lessons and teaching resources.

Sue Waters (Australia): Sue is the third person in this list who is not involved in ELT. She is the editor of Edublogger.  I think I can call her the blogging guru I sometimes send e-mails to her asking for support (my school is an Edublogs Campus member and from time to time I need technical support), I don’t  have a clue how she can always reply to me in less than fifteen minutes! She blogs at http://suewaters.com/. Also check out her great wiki at http://suewaters.wikispaces.com/

Tamas Lorincz (UAE): Tamas is a wholehearted and responsive member of my PLN. I am thankful to him for encouraging me a lot with his great comments since I started my teacher blog.  Tamas blogs at http://tamaslorincz.edublogs.org/.

Thomas Whitby (USA): Thomas is definitely the coolest person on Twitter. He is the PLN guru He is the creator of the Educator’s PLN- The personal learning network for educators. Read his PLN Blueprint Series at The Educators’ Royal Treatment to learn how to develop an effective PLN.

Tony Watt (UK): Tony is a very warm-hearted and supportive member of my PLN. He tweets great stuff all the time.  Tony blogs at http://micronarratives.blogspot.com/.

Valentina Dodge (Italy): I met Valentina at the last IATEFL conference in Cardiff. She is a great person. I’m very lucky that she’s my tutor in the online CertICT course that I’m taking at the moment. Valentina blogs at http://lifelonglearning.edublogs.org/ .

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