Week 10: Learn From Teachers #2
EDCI 318 Tech for Teaching & Learning-Spring 2019
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 50 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)
- Include 3 links, apps or resources you discovered exploring this blog. Do not limit your self to reading just one article on the teacher's site. Dig deep
- This is not a short little few sentences paragraph. It needs to be an in-depth reflection, a mini paper.
- Include links to everything you discuss.
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!! DIG DEEP through the entire site.
- A couple of sentences is not going to cut it, think deeply, your reflection should represent scholarly thought and writing, at least several paragraphs.
- Additionally, include links to their social media like Twitter, Pinterest, Google+, etc, whatever they use that you find linked from their sites. DIG DEEP.
- Include links to everything you discuss.
- Include links and discuss at least 2 resources you discovered on the teacher site.
- Choose 1 site from of the following resources below. 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!
Here is an example of an exceptional reflection
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Choose NOTE to add your Reflection of Learning
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Cyndi Kuhn
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