Connect, Collaborate, and Learn
10 Reasons This English Teacher Needs a PLN
1. Connect with instructors from other virtual schools
2. Validate your own efforts and ideas
3. Become a better resource for your students
4. Gain insights from professionals in the field longer than 5 years and in other places besides NC
5. Become more knowledgeable with relatively little effort and no $ spent!
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6. Plug in with Twitter and blogs
7. Sign up for a feed reader like Feedly
8. Plan to look at your feeds once a day
9. Plan to contribute once a week
10. Don't stress when days go by and you don't get to check in
Check out the SlideShare from a presentation I gave last Oct. with a friend and colleague on "Building a Personal Learning Solution."
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