Blog Post # 6 – Engaging your PLN

Community communications go beyond blogs and social media shares, how does a PLN help and hinder the development of thoughts and ideas in education discourse?

Social media can be viewed as a networking tool that exposes your interests, your history, your curiosity, and your place in the world . It can bring knowledge and benefits to yourself and others. It can help develop PLN’s that curate a future that is rooted in a foundation of media literacy and openness

Social media platforms such as Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Google+ communities can be used for educational purposes to support learning. Every personal learning network is different. We can personalize our network and shape our learning community based on our needs.To create or maintain a personal learning network we should practice the following rules: As users, we should analyze the media and understand the reason and purpose of the messages. Also, recognize that the Internet is not a neutral or equal space for everyone.We have to Identify privacy issues and practice online behaviors that are legal, consensual, and ethical.

When creating, sharing, or using resources online, recognize data ownership and licensing as a core practice. Lastly, Engagement and collaboration are key when deciding to create or maintain a personal learning network.

What is the role of social media in education?

Popular ways educators are learning with their PLN Edublogs Teacher Challenge

Social media and technology are integral parts of daily life, and integrating the use of these into the classroom.

Each social media platform offers many different ways to be used in the classroom, from sharing announcements to holding live lectures, and so much more. Social media provides a smoother, more direct communication tool between students, teachers and parents, who can check in and ask or respond to questions.

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