As I created my mind map I wondered if others who’d view my map would see the connections that facebook.com, myspace.com, and other social networking sites listed in that node have to my personal learning. For those who don’t see the connection, this explanation is for you.
In my profession as a teacher, we rely heavily on one another for support through encouragement, mentoring and most of all-INFORMATION.
Facebook.com (one of my faves) offers a new teacher the ability to stay connected all over the country with teachers, veterans or newbies who can use each other as a springboard of information. “Picking each other’s brain” is a great way to add to your instructional style and share resources. I reached out and received a great deal of neat ways to keep my students engaged and having fun at the same time.
Although facebook.com is for fun for most people, there are opportunities for us to teach each other. My personal learning network supports the central tenets of connectivism because of the community of diverse learners that contribute on the social networking site.
My network has taught me that it’s OK to “steal” others’ ideas and implement them into my instruction in the classroom therefore making me much more effective as an educator.
The best facilitation tool for me thus far has been pod-casting. It gives me that “in the classroom” feeling without actually being there and I can rewind if I need something to be repeated. Im not sure what its called but its like a demonstration video which shows you exactly how to use certain software tools such as the mind map associated with this blog post. It was very accurate and it extremely helpful to me in regard to completing this assignment. Overall, I have to say my favorite tool is anything interactive where I can touch and interact with the software and demonstrate what I’ve learned with others.
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