NETWORKING & COLLABORATING ON

A GLOBAL SCALE

Professional Learning Network:

My PLN of Choice: Twitter

Here is a screenshot of my Twitter which I use for my Personal Learning Network!

I had never used Twitter before EDU 210 so it has been a new experience for me!

Follow me on Twitter @akkbeard

My PLN Progress:

At the beginning of the semester I started with zero followers and I wasn’t following anyone yet either.

As time went on I started following more people who were education-oriented and gained a few followers myself!

Check out the next slide for some screenshots that illustrate my involvement on twitter, my PLN platform!

Screenshots From My PLN: Re-tweets and Posts

Screenshots From My PLN: Twitter Progress

People I follow: TeachingwithTech

I follow @teaching_w_tech which is Canada’s official teaching with technology resource for K-12 educators!

They have great up to date reviews of new educational technology and gives links to check the products out in more detail

Provides links to other previously reviewed educational technology blogs/websites

Not only provides you with new tools but advice on how to implement them into your classroom!

Links to research on how educators and students actually use technology, what works and what doesn’t.

People I follow: Edudemic

I follow @edudemic which is a community of educators and technologists

I really love that @edudemic is made up of educators and they give suggestions of what really works in classrooms

They provide links to research on what kids really want (and respond well to) when it comes to in educational technology

Also provide links to free educational resources that you can use in classrooms

People I follow: Russel Tar

I follow @russeltarr who is a history teacher that provides innovative ideas to use in classrooms

He provides lots of resources for history and social studies and being a future social studies teacher these are personally very useful to me

He provides link to homework and assignment alternatives in efforts to provide UDL learning in classrooms

Posts links for exciting projects that have been well-tested and successful

Overall Thoughts on PLNs:

At first, the concept of a PLN confused me and I was getting bogged down in the many definitions. After utilizing my Twitter and getting more involved in the education community online I have realized there are so many benefits to a having a PLN and keeping it and regularly updated.

My Twitter is now filled with educationally minded individuals and organizations that provide access to all types of information pertaining to k-12 learning

Twitter now provides me with an endless amount of educational support, news, trends and ideas and I can personally connect with the people who are providing me with all of this great information through tweets, re-tweets and replies.

I am now more connected than ever with education-oriented people and even have international contacts which helps me understand education on a more global scale!