Here is my PLN Visualization (created with Glogster).
My PLN represents different connections I've made with colleagues, learn about new ideas and best practices, and how I get my ideas in teaching. One of my (new) favorites is Pinterest. I've gotten great ideas to use in my classroom for organization, lessons, and more. People "repin" one of my pins and when I look at their boards, I can find ideas to pin on my boards. It can become quite an infinite process.
Ann Arbor Public Schools (AAPS) and The Princeton Review (TPR) are my two workplaces. Through TPR, I've helped author sections of manuals, learned about standardized tests (and how to "beat" the system) and college admissions, and using a semi-Socratic method for teaching students and training new teachers.
Google is a huge resource utilized by myself and my colleagues to stay connected. Our district has a connection with Google and so they host all of our email, some webpages, and we utilize it for collaboration. My colleagues and I use Google Docs to communicate information (we have documents for tracking curriculum materials, recommendations for substitute teachers, etc.). The administration will often use Google Forms to get feedback from teachers.
YouTube, Education World, Edutopia, and Blogger are another way to learn from other teachers and academic professionals. Blogger is deeply connected to my Pinterest boards as many of the pins are from blogs and when I find a "goody" on a blog, I'll delve deeper into it to find more resources.
Overall, I have found that technology has allowed me to gather great ideas for my classroom and help solve problems. My PLN is constantly evolving. I'm relatively new to Pinterest (probably been a member for about a month) and I've found it as an extremely useful tool especially for visual people such as myself. I foresee new technologies constantly being integrated into my PLN to help me connect with other teachers all around the world.
My PLN represents different connections I've made with colleagues, learn about new ideas and best practices, and how I get my ideas in teaching. One of my (new) favorites is Pinterest. I've gotten great ideas to use in my classroom for organization, lessons, and more. People "repin" one of my pins and when I look at their boards, I can find ideas to pin on my boards. It can become quite an infinite process.
Ann Arbor Public Schools (AAPS) and The Princeton Review (TPR) are my two workplaces. Through TPR, I've helped author sections of manuals, learned about standardized tests (and how to "beat" the system) and college admissions, and using a semi-Socratic method for teaching students and training new teachers.
Google is a huge resource utilized by myself and my colleagues to stay connected. Our district has a connection with Google and so they host all of our email, some webpages, and we utilize it for collaboration. My colleagues and I use Google Docs to communicate information (we have documents for tracking curriculum materials, recommendations for substitute teachers, etc.). The administration will often use Google Forms to get feedback from teachers.
YouTube, Education World, Edutopia, and Blogger are another way to learn from other teachers and academic professionals. Blogger is deeply connected to my Pinterest boards as many of the pins are from blogs and when I find a "goody" on a blog, I'll delve deeper into it to find more resources.
Overall, I have found that technology has allowed me to gather great ideas for my classroom and help solve problems. My PLN is constantly evolving. I'm relatively new to Pinterest (probably been a member for about a month) and I've found it as an extremely useful tool especially for visual people such as myself. I foresee new technologies constantly being integrated into my PLN to help me connect with other teachers all around the world.
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