PLN: to be continued topics

 Being a connected educator?
Building your PLN for teachers from my point of view students need globally conected teachers. Then you can connect in a way you enjoy.Connecting when it suits you —24/7 and stay current on research and best practice. A connected educator is someone who collaborates online and uses a range of tools to build their own PLN.
Why create a PLN?
Because you are in charge of your own PD(Professional Development), you can explore your own experience through needs, interests and passions. There brainstorm or fine tune your ideas or there can be light and shade.
Four big ideas around the connected educator?
In order to be effective teachers and leaders show the importance of being connected. I think about the isolation of a teacher within their classroom walls and how connectedness to a global network of experts and peers could expose and add multiple perspectives to their world view and professional practice. I am amazed every time by the transformative nature of teaching and learning, when harnessing the power of a network to crowdsource authentic data,resources, connections and collaborators. Last, but not least, the idea of being able to model for our students what connected learning in a interconnected world means is a moral imperative for educators who are charged to prepare our kids for their future.
Building your own PLN?
Seven steps to building a PLN : Learn about PLNs and how they are used. Explore tips and tools for becoming a networked teacher and making connections. Discover how educators use Twitter to learn from and with their PLN. Learn how hastags and Twitter chats work. Find out how educators consume or create blogs to connect with their PLN. Understand how to get started with content curation to learn alongside others. Explore tips on finding time to build your PLN.
Conclusion: A PLN is a network of people and resources that support ongoing learning.” One does not need to be connected to be a good educator,but if one is a good educator, being connected can make him, or her a better, and a more relevant educator”. Tom Whitby