Professional Learning Network Reflection
- 3. I have a personal twitter account but I decided to set up a new one to be my professional account When I first created my PLN I wasn’t too sure who I should follow and what I should write I first started following organizations that I knew such as: Scholastic, Discovery Education, Pinterest, etc
- 4. Then I started went to see who those organizations were following and started following the ones who’s bio sparked my interest Some of these were: Rainbow Caterpillar, Kids Writing Pad, Simple K12, etc
- 5. Add people whom organizations were following, and a variety of other people including: elementary teachers, principals, board members, tech supporters, etc There are 4 people/organizations that I followed which I feel support my learning the best
- 6. @scholasticCDA Scholastic is a big one for me because I love reading I remember Scholastic from when I was in elementary and all the great books, products, and games they had to offer Scholastic always keeps me updated with new books and can cater great products and book to use within a classroom Also I have the opportunity to interact with Scholastic if I need any suggestions for books for a certain subject area and age level
- 7. @Pinterest I love Pinterest because of the incredible amount they have to offer; from different subject areas to crafts to fun and games Pinterest on twitter provides quick little memos to let people know what’s new that’s posted on their site The people behind Pinterest are very friendly and if you message them needing assistance, they will help you! For example I messaged them about a snow globe craft for kindergarten and received a response the same day
- 8. @mattBgomez Matt Gomez is a kindergarten teacher He is my favorite elementary teacher I follow because of the numerous amounts of interesting links he shares through twitter The links focus on various different topics from in class related topics to out of school to school boards to news articles If you are an elementary school teacher this is definitely someone to follow; you will indeed spend countless hours reading through all the very interesting and engaging articles
- 9. @Bullying_org I wanted to add this one to my favorites as well because bullying and cyber bullying are very serious topics within school systems As a teacher it’s good to have access to some resources that help with how to deal with bullying within your own classroom Also this profile provides links to articles that relate to bullying so people are able to go read about other situations and how they were handled, so that it won’t repeat in your own classroom
- 11. Throughout the term I have realized how beneficial having a PLN really is The most important aspects for me are that Twitter is easily accessible and that there is an incredible amount of knowledge, links, etc openly available to the public I am mainly interested in following accounts related to the elementary division I like to use the hashtags: #edchat, #elemchat, #kinderchat The biggest aspect about Twitter that bugs me is the 140 character limit because sometimes I find it difficult to express what I want in a post or reply I mainly use my PLN to look and browse through the resources others share, as I continue to use my PLN I will start to share more of my own resources