PLN

I have been building my PLN through face to face meetings until now. I met people at schools, companies, or conferences. Based on these personal connections, I started being connected online to some of them. However, now with Web 2.0 technologies, we can build a connection online first then meet face to face later. But, can I do that? How can I do that? Where can I start? I found there were many online forums where educators, educational technologists, and instructional designers were interacting with each other. We can also find many educational technology related posts on Twitter using some hashtags such as #edtech. I have been only lurking some online forums or hashtagged posts but have not contributed to those online communities yet. My plan is…First, find more useful online communities and hashtags, Second, try to contribute to those communities whenever I can, and lastly, find some key players in the communities and try to connect with them through their Twitter accounts or blogs. :-)