I conducted a Twitter search for Connected Educators, then I read the brief description choosing those that seemed most relevant to me. I chose Dave Burgess, Pernille Ripp, Dr. Alec Couros, Jerry Blumengarten, Tom Whitby. They are in education, are speakers, writers, bloggers and vloggers, and participate and edchats. I have begun following them and can’t wait to see their feeds. During my interview with Debbie Campbell mentioned that she uses Voxer as part of her PLN. I will be adding this resource to my Resource Page on my Site. For another resource I Google search apps for teachers. I found an app called Nearpod. It is a whole class presentation app. It is a different way to present lessons. Instead of students sitting at their seat while you are presenting a lesson or presentation, they each have it on their device. Teachers can create lessons or teachers can download lessons. There is a yearly fee. With school ending in three and a half days, I will create a school hashtag. I’m thinking #oakgroverocks sounds pretty great for Oak Grove.
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As I strive to be a more connected educator, I realize just how important my Twitter, Facebook, Goggle Reader as my personal leaning networks. Participating in learning communities is a shift I have made to being sharing my insights, questions, ideas, and to learn. And participate we must, if we are to fully understand the implications of these shifts at the curriculum, classroom, school, or systems level (Richardson & Mancabelli, 2011). It is important or me as a teacher to have these PLNs to help them better navigate their online activity. Encouraging students o have learning communities they can be apart of for their education and later their professional career is essential.
Safe Ethical effective tools for PLNs (Richardson & Mancabelli, 2011)
Great People who share on Twitter for me are:
Being a Connected Educator is about finding those who share ideas about topics you are interested in, areas you need more information about, or you are looking for a new perspective on something you've been teaching for 15 years. Seeking people out in your PLNs that share the same curriculum is a great start. You have the great wide world to share and collaborate with. Jump in! |
AuthorI am a 5th grade teacher for Visalia Unified School District. I teach at Oak Grove, we are a k-8 school site. Archives
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