The Personal Learning Network (PLN) NETS-5
A PLN
is a network that you create and learn from. It is a personal network that you create in order to find
people or groups that share the same interests as you. These interests can vary from teaching
tools, news in Education, and technology. In the future, I hope to add to my
personal learning network by sharing websites, new information I have learned
about teaching English Literature, and any information on working with students
who know English as second language.
Twitter
Twitter is a great social networking site where you can connect with
others who have the same interests as you. While in twitter, you can participate in chats by using hash
tags and a key word ex. #2Edchat.
Also, if you have a question you can go right ahead and participate then
see what responses you get. Some
responses can include links that may be of interest to you. I have not participated yet but was an
avid observer in the discussion that was taking place.
I
began to build my personal learning network by following students who are also
on a path to becoming teachers. I
am also following some educators who are interested in writing, technology,
sharing English lessons and teaching resources, and whose interests also
include in working with ESL students. I also found an ESL library group, which
is a site for language teachers. In order to have a successful Twitter site
that helps with learning more about teaching, lessons, and in expanding my
knowledge, I need to have a network that is resourceful and shares the same
interests I have in education.
On
Sunday 8/7/11 at 7:00 pm (EST) I participated in #2SirChat. This chat deals with diversity, social
justice, and equitable incomes in K12 education. The main focus of the discussion was on how educators can
assist in achieving equitable outcomes for children who have been historically
discriminated against. One person
suggested that teachers should teach with accuracy and integrity. If they are going to teach history,
they must teach on historical moments when nationalism led to oppression both
in U.S and abroad. This person also stated that it is important when teaching
to honor multiple cultures, show enthusiasm, and teach on a common ground about
immigrant history. They also
discussed about ways to go about this through a project such as mock
trial. There was also a focus on
teaching students to learn to know vs. learn to understand issues in
society. I thought this experience
was very positive because I learned that one can easily participate on a chat
online by meeting with a network at a certain time and discuss issues on
education and how to solve them.
With a network, I get feedback and links to information that would not
have been accessible to me if I was not on twitter.
Diigo
Diigo is a free social bookmarking, research,
and sharing tool that allows one to create a network. When using Diigo, I can highlight information I find
interesting on a particular website and I can also bookmark the site, so I can
come back to it later. Another
interesting aspect of Diigo is that I can share my information with educators
in the network I have created.
My Diigo network includes five people and
my Technology class professor. I
am following a secondary school teacher interested in integrating technology to
maximize student learning. Another
person is an ESL teacher who works with refugees and migrants. Then I also have a teacher librarian
who teaches English and ESL. The
reason I added these educators is because they share the same interests I have
and also because I can learn from them.
In my Diigo, I tagged a website that exhibits
weekly education news for educators and information on leadership. I also bookmarked a site called Story
It which has so much information on word games and in how to create
stories. The next site I
bookmarked is an online writing resource for teachers. It presents the best
online writing resources for English teachers. My last site includes information on how to make interactive
books. The reason I tagged these
sites is because they have valuable information I can utilize in lessons when I
begin teaching.
Ning
I
joined The Educator’s PLN which is a personal learning network for
educators. I explored the site and
decided to watch a video called “Why You Need to Fail” by Derek Sivers. He is an educational speaker. His video
focuses on the importance of failure for effective learning, growth mindset,
and quality experimentation. He states that to learn something effectively one
must make mistakes. He states that
if you don’t fail, you are not learning. He mentions an author that has a book
on this subject. The author is Daniel Coyle and the name of his book is Talent
Code. Sivers also mentions how
doing what one knows is fun but does not improve you. I thought this video was interesting because Sivers talks
about how students learn. He mentions there are the fixed and growth mindset in
people. A fixed mindset person believes he or she is already good at a subject
and does not make any effort to improve. The growth mindset is a person that
continually puts effort to do better work.
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