PLN

In mid September I joined the 21st Century and signed up for Twitter.  I followed 10 people or organizations affiliated or interested in education.  The amount of information I received was overwhelming although some was not as useful to me as I had hoped.  There is so much educational information available, but I sifted through and found some great new resources.
For my PLN, Personal Learning Network, I chose EdVoices as my educational tool that has been most useful to me from Twitter.  EdVoices is actually a collection of blogs from various educators.  It was created by the National Education Association to discuss issues and concerns in public education.  The main reasons I find the site so useful is because of the breadth of information and that the blogs are from educators themselves.  The organization of the site and the ease navigating the site make it very user friendly. 
EdVoices is a site I can use while working as a TA, finishing the requirements for my IL Teaching Certificate, and when I have my own classroom next year (hopefully).  The information is relevant to a variety of subjects and age groups of students.  EdVoices is definitely a site I will be using now and in the future.  It is a great way to build my PLN as my teaching experience grows.  Through this activity I have discovered that Twitter itself is a resource for educators.  EdVoices is another tool in my expanding bag of tech tricks.

www.edvoices.com


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