Making my PLE/PLN

Hello everybody,

Throughout my ICT course, we have been discussing the use of PLEs and PLNs for teachers. PLE stand for "Personal Learning Environment," while PLN stands for "Personal Learning Network." Its all about staying connected with other teachers and educators, as well as using as many online resources to obtain and share information and ideas for educational purposes. Throughout the course, we have been shown a large variety of sources that we can use to share information with other people. Many of us have signed on to new accounts and online systems that we have never used before.

As teachers, we always strive to obtain new strategies and ideas for teaching our classes. In creating my PLN, I have used many different sources to share information with other educators. I have started to create my very own websites that will be used for educational purposes when I am a teacher. It will be used as a classroom website where students can locate information, videos, comments and emails and can connect with the teacher's resources. Within my website, I have created a Symbaloo account which allows me to organize a large variety of sites into one page. Students can view this page and find educational sites that will benefit them greatly. It is an awesome organization application to use! I have also created an E-portfolio by creating a website, in which I have shared my experiences and samples of work and lessons.

Other sources that I have used to connect with teachers include, Maple; where teachers can share ideas and lessons with others and they can converse about what strategies worked and which ones did not. I use Teachers Pay Teachers, to find interesting lessons regarding any subject. I am also involved in Skype and Facebook. Here, I can connect with people face to face or send messages about educational ideas. I use Ning to connect with other education students in my courses and we discuss such things as book reviews and critiques.

One of the most beneficial ways to communicate ideas with other people is by what I am doing right now, blogging. I have been blogging for the past 7 weeks. Amazingly, I have had tons of views from all around the world including the United Kingdom, Israel, and South Africa. People have commented on my different blogs that I have written as well.

I have learned so much from this course and it really has made me more involved with the world through the internet. I have become more connected with fellow educators and I will continue to be. It is clear that learning is in fact a lifelong process as teachers strive to learn all they can from fellow educators and those around them.

I for one will never stop learning,
That's all for now,

Jordan Dyck