Week 4: Learn From Teachers #2
EDCI 318 Tech for Teaching & Learning-FALL 2018
10 Reasons Every Teacher Needs A Professional Learning Network
What’s a professional learning network?
According to Marc-André Lalande, “a Personal Learning Network is a way of describing the group of people that you connect with to learn their ideas, their questions, their reflections, and their references. Your PLN is not limited to online interactions, but it is that online, global interactive part that really makes it special. It is personal because you choose who’s part of that group; you choose if you want to lurk–just check out what people are saying–or if you share; because you choose when to do so, and how to do so.”
As for the graphic above? You can thank Sylvia Duckworth, who always does a great job sharing simple sketch notes to help teachers. (She also took our 12 Rules of Great Teaching and created a predictably wonderful graphic to supplement the text, among others.) We’ve taken her graphic and provided starting points for each ‘reason’ a teacher need a PLN.
- Find great resources, lesson plans, and conferences-Consider: OER Commons Resources
- Share your resources & ideas-Consider: 23 Ways To Use The iPad In PBL
- Following amazing educators and their blogs-Consider: 52 Education Blogs You Should Follow
- Get support when needed-Consider: An example like clarifying the difference between ‘doing projects’ and PBL
- Make international connections Consider: Project-Based Learning in your classroom
- Flatten your classroom walls-Consider: Why Learning Through Social Networks Is The Future
- Collaborate globally on projects-Consider: 50 Ideas For Using Skype In The Classroom
- Find round-the-clock inspiration-Consider: Follow your favorite blogs on instagram–edutopia or TeachThought for example.
- Learn the latest trends in education-Consider: The most popular twitter hashtags in education
- Never run out of ideas for new things to try with your students - Consider: Shameless plug, but TeachThought Professional Development is built for exactly this kind of support.
- This detailed reflection of learning is worth 25 points total.
- Be specific and detailed about what you learned and discovered on the teacher's site
- Include a link to the website you are writing about- 5 points
- Include the website authors name and website title in your post.- 5 points
- Include the website social media links-5 points (Twitter, Instagram, Google+, Pinterest, etc., whatever they use)
Requirements for the reflection of learning from the Teachers website/blog
- Your review/reflection of learning must include the website name and author's name as well as a link to the website/blog you are writing about,
- Include links to their social media. However, it is always best to include URLs to all things you are discussing. You should follow them on Twitter!!
- Make sure your reflection of learning includes specific details about what you discovered exploring the teacher's site.
- Don't just look at the first article!!
- A couple of sentences is not going to cut it, think deeply, your reflection should represent scholarly thought and writing.
- Additionally, include links to their social media like Twitter, Pinterest, Google+, etc, whatever they use that you find linked from their sites. DIG DEEP.
- Choose 1 site from The 2018 Honor Roll: EdTech’s Must-Read K-12 IT Blogs. There is quite a variety, so I am sure you can find one that interests you. If you go to one and don’t like it, find another!
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Choose from The 2018 Honor Roll: EdTech’s Must-Read K-12 IT Blogs
In the digital age, using your voice has taken on a whole new meaning. With powerful publication and distribution tools within reach, blogs remain one of the most potent ways to spread your ideas and thoughts. The results from building a blog, a readership, and subsequently, a following, can lead to incredible opportunities, wider impact and transformation.
The list of Must-Read K—12 IT Blogs includes a mixture of teachers, instructional technology specialists, IT leaders, administrators and consultants. This diversity of thought and experience should ensure that you’re getting a realistic sampling from across the education spectrum.
A Must-Read blog is one that offers interesting thoughts, unique ideas, useful information and remains regularly updated and active.
NOTE: a few on the list were on my list Week 2, so please choose one you have NOT read and EXPLORED yet. Choose somebody NEW!!
Cyndi Kuhn
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