Prior to October 1, 2011, my PLN consisted of my school email account. I had no way of communicating with the stakeholders collectively. I was limited to receiving individual questions and giving individual responses to parents, faculty, and students. As of today, I have 3 ways of communicating with the community and my students; Twitter, Podcast, and Mrs. Simmons' Blogspot.
I plan to continue using both my Twitter and Blogspot. I would like to use Twitter in my classes allowing students to collaborate on various class related topics. I also would like to use my Blog to announce to parents upcoming class topics, projects, and tests. Parents will be able to post questions and responses on my blog.
I also will be encouraging my colleagues to do the same through a faculty presentation of the experiences that I have with my PLNs. Many of my colleagues have class websites where they can communicate to the public, but the public can not communicate back to the teachers. I will communicate how blogging, more than a class website, meets the needs of our school and the community.
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