School is a very busy place. A classroom teacher
can actually go days not communicating with another professional with
more than "Hi, how's it going?" This isolation can no only sap the
dynamic flow of teaching ideas, but can take an emotional toll also.
What's a teacher to do? Communicate online, not only for professional
input, but also emotional support.
How To Build Your Professional Learning Network Online and Offline
https://www.edsurge.com/n/2014-08-14-how-to-build-your-professional-learning-network-online-and-offline
"I feel so stuck. Nobody seems to get my ideas or feel my passion for teaching.”
If you are like me, I am sure you have said this at least five times a
day. What is a lone nut to do? I was surrounded by others who were great
teachers, but didn't want to change. I was stuck. That was, until I
found the magic of a PLN, and since then, I haven't had to utter those
words anymore. I finally feel accepted, understood, and supported by
amazing educators.
Yes,
having the privacy of online communication--those you visit with, it is
all by choice--makes a difference. You aren't judged by the school
culture's standards of age, gender, appearance--you are known by what
you write. It's kind of liberating.
Online Social Networking for Educators
We’re showing that it (professional networking) can provide productive professional development
opportunities that were previously available only to those lucky enough
to attend conferences.”
Being
in-the-loop of the latest educational trends while sitting in your
family room--this is the best of the internet. Geography used to be a
huge qualification for acceptance and opportunity in the educational
field. A teacher, professor, or educational writer needed connections in
New York, Boston, San Francisco or Chicago. Now those connections are
online. Ah, the equity of this!
Social Networks For Teachers On The Rise As Popular Social Media Raise Concerns
The survey revealed interesting data on less common social-network use
among educators. For instance, 27 percent of respondents use Edmodo, the
social learning site that is as much a classroom-management tool as it
is a network. That's up from 3 percent in 2007 and equal to membership
on Google+, the search giant's much-ballyhooed social endeavor. Ranking
second behind Edmodo was edWeb, with usage by 15 percent of respondents.
I have also found
Google+ an interesting resource, but Twitter can be very effective when
you keep your Twitter community for educational uses.
And here are some of my own thoughts on this subject:
ePLNs for Teachers –Getting Connected
Teachers: Now is the time to connect online!
http://www.eschoolnews.com/2014/01/08/teachers-online-connect-403/
Here are websites that will help you develop your professonal network online:
School is a very busy place. A
classroom teacher can actually go days not communicating with another
professional with more than "Hi, how's it going?" This isolation can no
only sap the dynamic flow of teaching ideas, but can take an emotional
toll also. What's a teacher to do? Communicate online, not only for
professional input, but also emotional support.
How To Build Your Professional Learning Network Online and Offline
https://www.edsurge.com/n/2014-08-14-how-to-build-your-professional-learning-network-online-and-offline
"I feel so stuck. Nobody seems to get my ideas or feel my passion for teaching.”
If you are like me, I am sure you have said this at least five times a
day. What is a lone nut to do? I was surrounded by others who were great
teachers, but didn't want to change. I was stuck. That was, until I
found the magic of a PLN, and since then, I haven't had to utter those
words anymore. I finally feel accepted, understood, and supported by
amazing educators.
Yes, having
the privacy of online communication--those you visit with, it is all by
choice--makes a difference. You aren't judged by the school culture's
standards of age, gender, appearance--you are known by what you write.
It's kind of liberating.
Online Social Networking for Educators
We’re showing that it (professional networking) can provide productive professional development
opportunities that were previously available only to those lucky enough
to attend conferences.”
Being
in-the-loop of the latest educational trends while sitting in your
family room--this is the best of the internet. Geography used to be a
huge qualification for acceptance and opportunity in the educational
field. A teacher, professor, or educational writer needed connections in
New York, Boston, San Francisco or Chicago. Now those connections are
online. Ah, the equity of this!
Social Networks For Teachers On The Rise As Popular Social Media Raise Concerns
The survey revealed interesting data on less common social-network use
among educators. For instance, 27 percent of respondents use Edmodo, the
social learning site that is as much a classroom-management tool as it
is a network. That's up from 3 percent in 2007 and equal to membership
on Google+, the search giant's much-ballyhooed social endeavor. Ranking
second behind Edmodo was edWeb, with usage by 15 percent of respondents.
I
have also found Google+ an interesting resource, but Twitter can be
very effective when you keep your Twitter community for educational
uses.
And here are some of my own thoughts on this subject:
ePLNs for Teachers –Getting Connected
Teachers: Now is the time to connect online!
http://www.eschoolnews.com/2014/01/08/teachers-online-connect-403/
And here's some big news:
Teacher leaders meet in online community
http://www.eschoolnews.com/2014/09/03/teacher-leaders-convene-837/
Commit to Lead invites members to post quick ideas—in under 300
words—that advance teacher leadership in their school, district or state
to address a pressing problem in education and improve student
outcomes.
“Commit to Lead directly engages educators in defining what teacher
leadership can and should look like in their communities, so that
collectively we can help make teacher leadership part of the fabric and
culture of every school,” said U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.
“It builds on the great work that already exists in the field, and
invites the creation of new ideas. It represents one step in our ongoing
commitment to listen to educators and support their vital leadership of
their profession.”
Should be a very interesting conversation.
Here are websites that will help you develop your professional network online:
School is a very busy place. A
classroom teacher can actually go days not communicating with another
professional with more than "Hi, how's it going?" This isolation can no
only sap the dynamic flow of teaching ideas, but can take an emotional
toll also. What's a teacher to do? Communicate online, not only for
professional input, but also emotional support.
How To Build Your Professional Learning Network Online and Offline
https://www.edsurge.com/n/2014-08-14-how-to-build-your-professional-learning-network-online-and-offline
"I feel so stuck. Nobody seems to get my ideas or feel my passion for teaching.”
If you are like me, I am sure you have said this at least five times a
day. What is a lone nut to do? I was surrounded by others who were great
teachers, but didn't want to change. I was stuck. That was, until I
found the magic of a PLN, and since then, I haven't had to utter those
words anymore. I finally feel accepted, understood, and supported by
amazing educators.
Yes, having
the privacy of online communication--those you visit with, it is all by
choice--makes a difference. You aren't judged by the school culture's
standards of age, gender, appearance--you are known by what you write.
It's kind of liberating.
Online Social Networking for Educators
We’re showing that it (professional networking) can provide productive professional development
opportunities that were previously available only to those lucky enough
to attend conferences.”
Being
in-the-loop of the latest educational trends while sitting in your
family room--this is the best of the internet. Geography used to be a
huge qualification for acceptance and opportunity in the educational
field. A teacher, professor, or educational writer needed connections in
New York, Boston, San Francisco or Chicago. Now those connections are
online. Ah, the equity of this!
Social Networks For Teachers On The Rise As Popular Social Media Raise Concerns
The survey revealed interesting data on less common social-network use
among educators. For instance, 27 percent of respondents use Edmodo, the
social learning site that is as much a classroom-management tool as it
is a network. That's up from 3 percent in 2007 and equal to membership
on Google+, the search giant's much-ballyhooed social endeavor. Ranking
second behind Edmodo was edWeb, with usage by 15 percent of respondents.
I
have also found Google+ an interesting resource, but Twitter can be
very effective when you keep your Twitter community for educational
uses.
And here are some of my own thoughts on this subject:
ePLNs for Teachers –Getting Connected
Teachers: Now is the time to connect online!
http://www.eschoolnews.com/2014/01/08/teachers-online-connect-403/
And here's some big news:
Teacher leaders meet in online community
http://www.eschoolnews.com/2014/09/03/teacher-leaders-convene-837/
Commit to Lead invites members to post quick ideas—in under 300
words—that advance teacher leadership in their school, district or state
to address a pressing problem in education and improve student
outcomes.
“Commit to Lead directly engages educators in defining what teacher
leadership can and should look like in their communities, so that
collectively we can help make teacher leadership part of the fabric and
culture of every school,” said U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.
“It builds on the great work that already exists in the field, and
invites the creation of new ideas. It represents one step in our ongoing
commitment to listen to educators and support their vital leadership of
their profession.”
Should be a very interesting conversation.
Here are websites that will help you develop your professional network online:
School is a very busy place. A classroom teacher can actually go days not communicating with another professional with more than "Hi, how's it going?" This isolation can no only sap the dynamic flow of teaching ideas, but can take an emotional toll also. What's a teacher to do? Communicate online, not only for professional input, but also emotional support.
How To Build Your Professional Learning Network Online and Offline
https://www.edsurge.com/n/2014-08-14-how-to-build-your-professional-learning-network-online-and-offline
"I feel so stuck. Nobody seems to get my ideas or feel my passion for teaching.”
If you are like me, I am sure you have said this at least five times a
day. What is a lone nut to do? I was surrounded by others who were great
teachers, but didn't want to change. I was stuck. That was, until I
found the magic of a PLN, and since then, I haven't had to utter those
words anymore. I finally feel accepted, understood, and supported by
amazing educators.
Yes, having the privacy of online communication--those you visit with, it is all by choice--makes a difference. You aren't judged by the school culture's standards of age, gender, appearance--you are known by what you write. It's kind of liberating.
Online Social Networking for Educators
We’re showing that it (professional networking) can provide productive professional development
opportunities that were previously available only to those lucky enough
to attend conferences.”
Being in-the-loop of the latest educational trends while sitting in your family room--this is the best of the internet. Geography used to be a huge qualification for acceptance and opportunity in the educational field. A teacher, professor, or educational writer needed connections in New York, Boston, San Francisco or Chicago. Now those connections are online. Ah, the equity of this!
Social Networks For Teachers On The Rise As Popular Social Media Raise Concerns
The survey revealed interesting data on less common social-network use
among educators. For instance, 27 percent of respondents use Edmodo, the
social learning site that is as much a classroom-management tool as it
is a network. That's up from 3 percent in 2007 and equal to membership
on Google+, the search giant's much-ballyhooed social endeavor. Ranking
second behind Edmodo was edWeb, with usage by 15 percent of respondents.
I have also found Google+ an interesting resource, but Twitter can be very effective when you keep your Twitter community for educational uses.
And here are some of my own thoughts on this subject:
ePLNs for Teachers –Getting Connected
Teachers: Now is the time to connect online!
Here are websites that will help you develop your professonal network online:
