My Sentence Is..
My Passion Is..
For Project #7 part A, my classmates and I were asked to complete two short videos. The first video, "My Sentence Is.." is a video stating what sentence we would want someone to use to describe us with if they had to say something about how we lived our lives. The second video, "My passion is.." is a sentence that we use to tell our audience what our passion(s) in life might be.
For the most part, I really enjoyed this project. Not surprisingly, it took a billion recordings for me to finally get it right. And thankfully, the only major problem I had throughout the entire process was figuring out how to get the videos to upload correctly to Youtube. However, once I did figure it out, it now seems much easier for me to branch off into creating Youtube videos. I hope you all enjoy watching my first two videos, and maybe you will learn something about me that you might not have otherwise known! I would love to hear your feedback on the two topics. What is your sentence? What is/are your passion(s)? Feel free to leave your response in the comments below!
Sunday, September 21, 2014
Blog Assignment #5
What are Personal Learning Networks (PLN)?
Personal Learning Networks are just what the name says: PERSONAL LEARNING NETWORKS. They are the tools and resources that can assist people of all ages throughout their personal lives and professional careers, with the goal of producing LIFE LONG LEARNERS. PLNs have no limit! They are the sources for information that can benefit anyone, regardless of your background, age, race, gender, religion, or career. PLNs can be a person, place, thing, website, whatever you want it to be, as long as it helps you learn.
For a future educator, one source in their PLN may be another educator that provides innovative and creative ideas for their own classroom through Youtube videos, such as Dr. Will Deyamport, III. For a person searching for a car, this may be a website like Auto Trader with advertisements for cars on sale. For a student having trouble with synonyms in elementary, this may be a website like Thesaurus, which lists all the synonyms one could imagine. The list goes on and on!
How can they help me as a teacher?
As for my professional life with teaching, PLNs can be just as helpful. Take for example, this class, EDM310. In EDM310, not only have I met plenty of other future teachers, but thinking about it, I have met many other resources for my Personal Learning Network. Not only do I now have group members, who are resourceful and creative, but I have many other classmates that I interact with, students that I post back and forth with, and educators that I follow and chat with.
Already, I have noticed how powerful PLNs can be through the use of Twitter. While doing my Comments for Teachers (C4T) assignment this week, I watched a great video on this topic of Building Personal Learning Networks Through Twitter, which was on my assigned teacher for the week, Dr. Will Deyamport, III's blog. I left a comment thanking Dr. Will for sharing, and I gave him my twitter information. To my surprise, Dr. Will commented back a few hours later, and he even followed me on Twitter. So, now I have one more source to say that I have added to my PLN.
How are PLNs formed, and how can I create my own?
As I previously stated, PLNs are limitless. They may be formed in anyway imaginable. One of the best ways is through social networks, such as twitter, which is discussed in the video above by Dr. Will. However, whether it be in person or online, personal learning networks vary because of the specific relationship per individual source. It can be one sided, or it can be beneficial to both parties. I am sure that everyone in my personal learning networks may not consider me a part of theirs, but that does not make my learning experience any less important. Think about it. Most of the resources used for EDM310 are videos, and there is no possible way for the person who created those videos to know how far their videos might travel, but that does not stop us from using the sources for information.
It is up to us to make our voices known, to branch out and not only watch the videos and view the information, but to ENGAGE in the information. That is how PLNs are formed, through engaging, interacting, and involving. I highly doubt Dr. Will would have even known who I was if it were not for me trying to expand my network.
Who will be the first additions to my PLN?
As far as my first additions to my personal learning network go, I have already begun to make them. Through my involvement both online and in person with my peers, all of whom have the same career goal as me, I already have an advantage. Now, it is just up to me to keep the network alive. Continue to research, motivate, and create. I have already begun to use the site Symbaloo as a dashboard to keep up with my PLN. I use Blogger to post weekly and comment on various student and educator blogsites. I also am beginning to use Twitter to connect with my peers, stay informed, and follow my influences.
Prior to EDM310, I never thought to be so active in my pursuit of becoming a 21st Century Teacher, but now I can honestly say I am enjoying how much of a critical thinker it is encouraging me to become, as well as how it challenges me to stay current and active in my field. I hope my classmates are also keeping up with the work and learning how to use PLNs to enhance their future careers, as well.
Project #3 Presentation
This week in EDM310, my group and I learned about Project Based Learning and The Alabama College and Career Ready Standards (Common Core). Both of these topics were quite unfamiliar to me as we began this project, so I guess you can infer from our presentation that I learned quite a bit! I hope you all enjoy viewing the presentation that my group created for this week's assignment, as well as learn a few things that you might not have known before. I look forward to your feedback.
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