It is difficult to write about what I am learning from personal learning networks when I am really just establishing them this week. Through that process I am learning that it is time consuming to set up things.
However, if you consider the entire PLN that I have which includes people I regularly e-mail or meet with at school then I would have to say I learn quite a lot. During the school year we meet as a Professional Learning Community (PLC) every other day. I find this valuable because it gives us time to coordinate lessons and write common activities and assessments. Also, when I am unsure about a topic or how to approach a lesson we have brain storminng sessions.
I am unsure how this is going to work on-line with people I do not know or may not have the same classes/curriculum.
6 years ago
Mary, the interesting thing might be finding people in different parts of the country (or even different locations within your state) who teach similar classes/ curriculum than you do and exchange ideas. It's probably going to take you a bit to find these people and build your network, but you'll be getting different perspectives from those you get at school. I don't know, I'm new to all this too, it definitely seems like a lot of work to get started, but it might get easier once we have things up and running.
ReplyDeleteI am attending a PLC conference next month. Do all your teachers participate? Are there any naysayers?
ReplyDeleteHi Mary,
ReplyDeleteI feel like I'm in the same boat as you. It's all so new... where to begin? I joined 2.0 (from the webtools homepage), but I haven't been approved yet. I think as we go it will become much easier, or at least I hope so.
My current PLN includes my colleagues + the passive reading of websites/magazines dealing with science.