Personal Learning Networks are new to me, so when we were asked to create a twitter account and post about them, I had to do a little research. I learned that PLN's are a great way for educators to communicate and share ideas. I follow quite a few teacher blogs, and "pin" numerous ideas from Pinterest.com, but I don't know if I really connected with any of the other users.
I can see myself using Twitter in the future to communicate and get ideas from other teachers. I love to borrow ideas that other teachers have come up with, especially web 2.0 tools. Twitter will be hard for me to get used to, because 140 characters isn't much. I do think, however, you can get to your point quickly and effectively. Besides Twitter, I have gotten hooked on the Educator's PLN through Ning. It has great links to other resources for the classroom.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Monday, November 28, 2011
A Blog In My Classroom
For me to use a blog in my 1st grade classroom, it would have to be geared towards the parents or other teachers. I really enjoy reading other teachers' blogs about what tools and strategies they use in their classrooms. I think that I would continue with that trend. I could see myself creating a different blog just for the parents and students in my room. For that blog, I think that I could post different things that we have done in the room (kind of like a show-and-tell). It would be great to have the students as authors so that they could post things as well, but I would have to create e-mails or use the parents' e-mails to do so. I think that I could have a generic e-mail just for the class to let all of the students use to blog and post things. As a parent myself, I enjoy hearing about what my kids have done in school, but I would love to see pictures and have them write about it. This could be a great tool for parents to see what is going on in our room.
Creating a Blog
Creating this blog was very easy. The blogger site walks you through the process with ease. I am excited to add more things to the blog that could help other teachers who think the same way I do.
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