PLN are a group of people, sites, and available technology that help you to learn and grow on a specific content area.
How can they help you as a teacher?
As a teacher we have to accept that the world is constantly changing and so is the way we attain knowledge. PLN can help us keep up with the changes and allow us to constantly learn and grow. That way we can give that growing knowledge to our students as they come in each year.
How are they formed?
You personally form your own PLN based on a certain subject or content area. You gather sites, people, and information through technology and those connections are your PLN. You create your PLN.
How can you create your own PLN?
You can find specialist specific to your subject and add their websites, twitter, emails, etc. You can put them on a personalized dashboard site such as Symbaloo. There all your accumulated links, people, and information reside so that you can go to it at any time. You have to research to find the best PLN.
Who will be the first additions to your PLN?
I think this class has offered a lot of great resources and information. I am already following some Twitter accounts of professors here at the University of South Alabama and professional educators elsewhere that I think would be a good start for my PLN. The blogs of teachers that we have been commenting on are also a good start to building my PLN.
I see your link to twitter; however, you need to post links that will be helpful to the topic that is being discussed each week. I understand twitter is useful for a PLN, but maybe include a link to the PLN you are planning to use. Great post overall :)
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