One amazing PLN for teachers is Pinterest, it has so many different boards for teachers that can show anything from classroom organization tips to fun assignments and even behavioral management ideas. Due to the format of Pinterest it is really easy for a teacher to customize it to meet their own needs, which really makes it personal. You can also form collaborative boards, so like Diigo multiple teachers can add pins to the group of topics that they find helpful to the group as a whole.
https://www.pinterest.com/
YouTube can also be very helpful because they have videos to explain almost anything you could think of. Teachers throughout my schooling have always used creative short videos to summarize or visually go into depth on different topics. YouTubers such as CrashCourse are perfect additional information to help students understand certain topics. Also, teachers who are having difficulties with using technology in the classroom can almost always just look up a YouTube video on how to use certain hardware or software.
https://www.youtube.com/
https://www.pinterest.com/
YouTube can also be very helpful because they have videos to explain almost anything you could think of. Teachers throughout my schooling have always used creative short videos to summarize or visually go into depth on different topics. YouTubers such as CrashCourse are perfect additional information to help students understand certain topics. Also, teachers who are having difficulties with using technology in the classroom can almost always just look up a YouTube video on how to use certain hardware or software.
https://www.youtube.com/
I always use this as a resource for my own personal life, but I never thought of how it can be used for educational purposes. I also never used it to communicate with others but rather just to save images that I thought were interesting so I did not realize that you could share a specific board with certain people. I can see how this can be very beneficial for teachers to communicate with each other in a quick and efficient way.
ReplyDeleteI really like the idea of using Youtube. Youtube has already taught me so much as a student in school and I know there are millions of educational videos out there that are also beneficial for all ages of students!
ReplyDeleteI never thought of using pinterest but after looking , it's a great resource to find worksheets, lesson plans, and even posters for your classroom. It seems like an invaluable tool for a 1st year teacher who is unsure of what content to put in front of their kids.
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