Sometime towards the end of the summer, I received a letter from my high school about some new class we were offering. I opened the letter and there was paper in it entitled “Web 2.0 – Personal Learning Network (PLN.)" I had never heard of such a thing. I read the first paragraph and it said something about a class that would meet after school on Wednesdays and video chat with some class in
It was at an open house I worked for my school where my uncertainties about the class would disappear. I was giving tours to prospective students and their families by showing them the various academic departments at our school. Then we were told that a talk on the 1:1 initiative and Web 2.0 class would begin shortly. During the presentation my principal, Mr. Brannick, talked about the 1:1 initiative at my school. When he finished he gave one of my classmates, Reanne Maskart, the opportunity to talk about the Web 2.0 class. I listened attentively as Reanne presented the purpose of the Web 2.0 class and the importance of creating a PLN. My original skepticism towards the class was immediately reformed into utter interest. She had persuaded me to change my mind about the class and made me slightly excited to join the class next year. After the open house, I talked to Mr. Brannick about joining the class next year, and he told me that I would still be able to join the class this year if I was interested.
Here I , a student who once mocked the idea of going to some Web 2.0 class after school, am about to embark on journey for creating my own PLN. I am grateful to Mr. Brannick and Reanne for changing my original cynic mindset toward the class, to an excited, eager attitude. I am extremely excited for beginning my journey to create a PLN through the class. The thought that we will be connected through the internet socially and academically is an exhilarating feeling.
