Sunday, February 15, 2015
Blog Post 5 What is a PLN?
A PLN is a personal learning network. As a teacher you need a network of websites,people and social media contacts. These venues will have an impact on you and your students. Your personal learning network should included well planned websites that are valid and will assist you in the process of researching subjects to add to your classroom instruction. You should also add peers who can review your lesson plans and add input to your critique. Social media venues will help you to come up with creative ideas in getting your class involved.
As a teacher in elementary education, I hope to introduce PLN's to my students so that they can enhance their ability to network with the world. They can use the PLN for learning, exploring and reading about cultures, arts and history.
I personally enjoyed the first video A 7th Grader's Personal Learning Environment, I was impressed that the student was able to enjoy her assignments and even obtain responses from teachers in other parts of the world.
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Interesting post Robin. I like the idea of having students maintain a PLN for their own networking and educational purposes. That is a really great plan for educators to utilize. Students would be able to network with their peers as well as teachers and outside venues. I am sure that the school would help you find sites safe for students to use and that the BOE would allow access to. I think that is the only obstacle educators may face.
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