Personal Learning Networks (PLN) is the network of people
and tools that you can use to get help, come up with ideas, or just ask someone
to review your work. A PLN would allow
you, as a teacher, to be able to easily broaden and expand your knowledge,
which is very important for educators. Teachers can communicate with other
teachers and also their students to learn so much new and helpful information
to help them further improve their quality of teaching. Many of us already have
a PLN and do not even realize it. Family, friends, and colleagues would be
considered your original PLN. Now your PLN can be much broader due to all of
the social networks available, such as Facebook, Twitter, etc. Two of the most
widely used websites to create a PLN are, Symbaloo and Netvibes.
I personally
liked Symbaloo, it seems very easy to use and learn. The first person I am
going to add will be teachers that I have gotten to work with and also teachers
on Pinterest. I have a Pinterest board devoted to interesting school projects
and worksheets and things for my future classroom. I created my Symbaloo
account by logging in through Facebook, so I will also be adding people from
there. I cannot wait to start utilizing
my PLN, it is such an interesting way to learn from so many different sources.
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ReplyDeleteYou have many good resources, and a good understanding of PLNs. This was also well written. PLNs are very useful for teachers to get information to one another simply. They have been proven so much in the past, and they continue to get better with time.
ReplyDeleteI agree, PLNs are a good way to broaden a teachers knowledge.
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