My students – preservice teachers – learned how to create their own PLNs this semester. The students read education blogs and they wrote their own. They use a reader to make following blogs easier. They followed educators on Twitter… and they learn to tweet, to retweet, and to favorite. They shared as well as benefitted from what they read. Their favorite curation tools were Delicious and Pinterest. They created plans to curate and share what they learned as well as use it in their own soon-to-be classrooms. They also planned to publish their own experiences and ideas. They are excited about the opportunities that collaborating with others in our PLNs offers to today’s teachers.
One of the challenges when developing your PLN is to find blogs to follow. There are many excellent education blogs today, but each beginning teacher comes from a different place with individual experiences and needs. Choosing the first blogs to follow can sometimes be challenging. I, of course, make suggestions for a variety of disciplines. I also provides lists of award-winning and award-nominated blogs.
Vicki Davis (Cool Cat Teacher) has published an article about this year’s Edublog Award finalists and accompanied it with some of her usual wisdom and experience. In a message that I send to my students this week (exam week already!) I will recommend that they read her article and check out the blogs on the finalists list. You can read it at The Edublog Awards and the Legacy of Beth Holmes. I know that I plan to add to my PLN through the Edublog Award finalists list!
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December 9, 2013
September 1, 2013
Exploring Pinterest Boards
My first impression of blogs—many years ago—was that they were probably uninteresting journals of daily activities such as what I ate for lunch. Even though I was not interested in those blogs I was even less impressed with the unkind comments I saw on some blogs.
Well, those blogs may not have interested me, but I certainly have found many that do. Educators do know how to use blogs to reflect, to curate, and to share. I follow many outstanding blogs and I encourage my teacher education students to do the same.
When I first noticed that Pinterest was becoming a popular social media site my reaction was pretty much the same. (You'd think I would learn!) Although I thought Pinterest would probably be an interesting site for pursuing hobbies and other interests, it did not occur to me that it would become a popular and very useful place for educators to curate content and to share ideas for teaching and learning.
Still curious about Pinterest, but don't know what to explore? Try some of these ideas. (Some are education-related, some not.)
Photos used with permission of Jo Schiffbauer
Well, those blogs may not have interested me, but I certainly have found many that do. Educators do know how to use blogs to reflect, to curate, and to share. I follow many outstanding blogs and I encourage my teacher education students to do the same.
When I first noticed that Pinterest was becoming a popular social media site my reaction was pretty much the same. (You'd think I would learn!) Although I thought Pinterest would probably be an interesting site for pursuing hobbies and other interests, it did not occur to me that it would become a popular and very useful place for educators to curate content and to share ideas for teaching and learning.
- Edudemic can help you explore:
- Dozens of Ways Teachers Can Use Pinterest (http://www.edudemic.com/2012/11/ways-teachers-can-use-pinterest/),
- The 20 Best Pinterest Boards About Education Technology (http://www.edudemic.com/2012/10/pinterest-education-technology/), and
- their own Edudemic community on Pinterest (http://pinterest.com/edudemic/).
- Science educator Steve Spangler shares ideas for How Teachers and Educators Can Use Pinterest as a Resource In and Out of the Classroom (http://www.stevespangler.com/education-today/how-teachers-and-educators-can-use-pinterest-as-a-resource-in-and-out-of-the-classroom/).
- Be sure to check out Teachers on Pinterest at (http://pinterest.com/teachers/).
Still curious about Pinterest, but don't know what to explore? Try some of these ideas. (Some are education-related, some not.)
- http://pinterest.com/all/diy_crafts/
- http://pinterest.com/all/food_drink/
- http://pinterest.com/all/home_decor/
- http://pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=sports
- http://pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=cars
- http://pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=recipes
- http://pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=teaching
- http://pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=cleveland%20browns
- http://pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=malone%20university
- http://pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=photography
- http://pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=jan%20karon
- http://pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=shakespeare
Photos used with permission of Jo Schiffbauer
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