1. PLN, or the Personal Learning Network, is composed of the people we interact with (most likely online) by utilizing tools such as Facebook, blogs, and twitter, in order to share information and ideas that may benefit our personal lives. One advantage is that we have ability to share ideas with vitually ANYONE is the world! We establish our PLN's through facebook by keeping in touch with our friends as they share information that we may value. In a blog, this gives us a chance to share our own thoughts and we can allow people to read our own ideas or allow them to respond to what we have to say. The advantage that Twitter has is that it is so fast-paced, we literally maintain a "stream" of ideas in an instant! As a future educator, it important to have an established PLN to keep us "in the know. I will be able to collaborate thoughts with my colleagues and get great ideas for class project or how I can organize my daily lectures!
2. In Twitter, I followed all of my classmates, because we share the interest of being future educators, I also followed EDWeek, because I think I will be able to find some interesting ideas for my future classroom, I also followed CERN, so I can keep on track with the happening science in the world, I followed BILL NYE THE SCIENCE GUY, because he always found a way to educate children in the most facinating ways, I followed TRIGONOMETRY CLUB, in hopes that when I become a trignometry teacher, I may get some direct advice about subject material, and the MUSEUM OF MATH, so I can learn more about math, in general! In the twitter chat, #mathchat, which took place on Monday at 8pm, unfortunately, I didn't get enough courage to participate by saying something, but I was surprised that one of the topics discussed was to look for a simpler way of solving problems. The user said to use "algebra" when all else fails. I was prepared to use the pause button, but it only seemed like the posts were at approxinmately 1 minute intervals, so it was wasy to read all the way through.
3. In Diigo, I decided to follow PHIL TAYLOR because he is the head of the educational technology department at a technical university, EDWARD BUJAK, is a high school math teacher- good ideas, COLLEEN YOUNG, high school math teacher also intersted in Web 2.0, and JOHN FAIG, who teachers middle school math and also is a technology coordinator at a different school! Diigo as a networking tool is really beneficial! When reading through anything on the web that stands out, it is very easy to click "book mark" and then when going on the site, all the information is neatly organized. Diigo also allows us to put sticky notes and make highlighted marks that allows us to keep our work easy to use. The three sites that I bookmarked were educationalwikis.com that seems like a bullseye for me as a future educator, I also bookmarked the educators PLN because it is a way for me to be able to keep in touch with "certifed" people, and Personal Learning Networks- Connected Principles as a way to keep in touch with people of the same interests.
4. In the digital discussion forum, I went to the educators PLN website and found a forum called "Share a Connected Experience". The member who started the forum wanted "connected educators" by sharing and collaborating by sharing a scenario of them as teachers who had an experience in the classroom. The video that I watched was called "Academic Excellence in 140 characters" which was located on the educator's PLN website, and the clip talked about a professor who believes that social networking is actually beneficial for a strudent because it enhances their studies. The clip also interviewed a girl in school who admits that she is shy in class, but with the use of Twitter, she feels confident in participation. Another students says that twitter has helped her remember when assignments are due because her followers are also classmates.
My PLN meets NETS IV standard by engaging in professional growth and leadership. By creating and participating in local and global learning communities, I can explore creative applications of technology to improve student learning.
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