Since we have been discussing PLN and signed up for twitter, I have been taking a closer look at the people who I follow. I read some of their blogs. For example, tombwhitby's post about the purpose for #EdChat was mainly to discuss topics concerning integrating technology in the classroom. I completely agree. There was one blog I found that mentioned many people are unwilling to adapt to the integration of technology in the class or simply do not see the relavence for it in their classroom. I think that technology can be used in any classroom setting as long as it is available. In my classroom, I hope to be able to use it as a tool that will assist me in reaching students I may not have otherwise. Technology is here and whether people like it or not it isn't going anywhere anytime soon.
Twitter seems like a great tool for teachers to use as a PLN type source. I think it will be very useful as a teacher because it will provide me with a vast number of resources from many different perspectives. As a teacher, I believe it will be very important to have a PLN. There will be those times when maybe I cannot come up with a lesson plan or I need help with forming a project. Having a network of people will help me not to limit myself or my students and provide them with a good education.
Also, this week we were to evaluate a website and I chose to do fun-science-project-lesson.com. This site was designed to help come up with science classroom ideas and projects. It seemed to me like it could be used as a tool in the classroom. However, it is also important to realize from this evaluation that many sites out there are not reliable. While I may have known that, it did make me realize that many of my students may not. Some of them may not have access to a computer very often, or they may simply believe a lot of what they read. I know now that it is my responsibilty to help guide them and provide them with accurate information about websites and also help them to discern whether or not a source can be seen as reliable.
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I think that knowing how to evaluate a website and find reliable sources will be a vital part of using Twitter for a PLN. Since we're using sources provided by people we're following, we in turn need to make sure the sources we're recommending are also trustworthy.
ReplyDeleteI agree. When I find information for twitter or wikipedia that I want to use for school or as a teacher I always double check the facts and try to find credible site offering the same information. Usually if you just use google, or a database from the library, such as jstor you can find your information pretty quickly.
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