PLN & it's Usefulness

Building a personal learning network (PLN) is a great way to engage people within the same field or interest where they exchange ideas, share resources, collaborate and get inspired. Teacher connections can be made with various web tools. I have been developing a number of websites that have been of great resource for developing new ideas and collecting resources online to implement in my classroom.

Twitter (EDE 3100 list): This website is where the group of EDE 3100 students can come together to tweet their updates of how they felt about the class activities, talk about the class, share pictures & share websites.

Facebook groups (segi) &Facebook groups (EDE3100): This 2 groups online in Facebook helps students of the same class come together to share information, updates, ask questions and act as an community to help each other in different areas one is lacking.

Google + Educators: Educators from all over the world come together to connect with one another and share resources or useful links for their lessons etc.

Pinterest:
I personally like to use this website to gain new ideas and learn new things here and repinned the pictures that have links to websites that teach me how to make certain things that could be done in my class.

Blogs: Incredible sources of information that allow educators to reflect, share opinions, and discuss various topics.Common blogging applications include Blogger, Wordpress, Edublogs and TypePad

Flickr:
Flickr is one of the most popular photo sharing sites on the web and it is one of the most community oriented photo sharing sites available. With Flickr I can search for ideas on lesson plannings on a particular subject or topic. I can also post my photos so that others can see it.


Social Bookmarking: Used for storing, organizing, and sharing bookmarks online. Popular sites such as Delicious and Diigo allow you to add descriptions as well as categorize each site using tags. Educators can even join groups and receive email updates when new bookmarks are added.