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MY PLN UP CLOSE
Using Twitter as a Professional Learning Network
Nicole Harkins
NETWORK GROWTH
NETWORK GROWTH
At the beginning of the term, I hadn’t even considered
having a PLN and did not completely understand how it
could benefit my teaching career. After choosing Twitter as
my PLN platform, my network began to grow, as I began
following different educational bodies and influential people
within the educational context. As seen in the previous
slide, I have now began following 42 different
groups/people and I find them all very helpful for my
professional development.
NETWORK GROWTH
The kinds of groups and individuals that I follow
are relevant to my teaching career by subject
specialization (i.e. Social Studies and Phys-Ed),
Alberta Education related accounts, local news
networks which are helpful for Social Studies
classes, groups that focus on technology integration
in the classroom, and many more. The following slide
contains a screenshot of some of the tweets that I
have found to be useful when using my PLN.
ALBERTA EDUCATION@ A L B E R T A E D
This organization is a good choice for me to follow
on my PLN because it is the governing body for
education within the province of Alberta. This means
that I will be able to gain insight about Alberta
Education initiatives and other topics that are
relevant in this scope. Their Twitter account is also a
social media effort to transform education by
engaging the public in conversation about topics
involved in education.
AB SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY@ A B S C H O O L T E C H
This account is very valuable within my PLN. First
of all, it highlights technological initiatives within
schools in Alberta. Secondly, it outlines different
opportunities for professional development within an
educational context. Technology within the
classroom is becoming commonplace, therefore,
keeping up with this kind of knowledge is vital to
being a successful educator.
2LEARN.CA SOCIETY@ 2 L E A R N _ C A
This Twitter account is an important piece within
my PLN. It provides resources that can be utilized
within the classroom, professional development
opportunities for educators looking to develop their
skill sets in different areas of the educational realm,
as well as leadership for teachers. As an educator, it
is vital to increase your wealth of resources that can
be used within the classroom, and 2Learn.ca Society
is a good start for this.
CONNECTING
So far, the ways that I have connected using my
PLN are by re-tweeting other people’s tweets that I
find interesting or useful for the ways in which I
approach education. I hope to engage in discussions
with organizations and individuals in the future to
build my PLN further and grow as an educator.