Personal Learning Network

 

Personal learning networks are rich resources for learning. The diversity of PLN provides teachers with endless opportunities for educational resources, methods, and strategies. I have categorized personal learning networks into three categories based on my personal experience. The first category is for networks that I did not think would be a learning platform, such as Instagram. The other category is the one I have already taken advantage of in my lessons, like Pinterest. The third category is the one I am motivated and curious to use, which is the Twitter platform.

            I have created an account on Twitter. I had followed the guidance steps in the edutopia article. I introduced myself in my profile.  I also used an image while preserving its rights.  I added three accounts, Dr. @elangran, @edutopia, and FCPS. In @edutopia, I found a great learning resource that suggested books to teach students about diversity. I also added a tweet about the importance of making use of such books to raise a strong generation that is proud of its diversity. Last semester, I used the picture book “The Day You Begin” as a resource to explain the diversity and acceptance of others. In course ED-554, I learned to use images as an educational and visual tool. The use of books of this type or the use of pictures that illustrate diversity directly as a lesson about diversity, or indirectly, for example, a picture of a child using a wheelchair in a math lesson, reinforces the concept of diversity and acceptance of the other.

            Now, I changed my ideas of what I thought was not an educational network (Instagram). My personal learning networks have expanded. I believe over time, I will get information and resources that I did not expect to get. In addition, I believe that such networks and the provision of communication and response services are great features to achieve collaborative learning between a teacher and other teachers or educational institutions.

 

Copyright:

1-  My profile photo 

Design, S. (n.d.). Muslim teacher professor standing front Blackboard Stock Vector (royalty free) 550967827. Shutterstock. Retrieved February 28, 2022, from https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/muslim-teacher-professor-standing-front-blackboard-550967827 

2- The Day You Begin

Woodson, J., & López, R. (2021). The Day you begin. Amazon. Retrieved February 28, 2022, from https://www.amazon.com/Day-You-Begin-Jacqueline-Woodson/dp/0399246533