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The Educator's PLN

The social networking site I chose to join is The Educator's PLN. The Educator's PLN, or Personal Learning Network, is a place for educators to come together and share sources, connections, videos, blogs, and discussions. It acts as a support network for educators. I chose this site because I really like the idea of collaboration and each person bringing something unique to the table. When I first joined The Educator's PLN, #Edchat. #Edchat is a place for educators to quite literally, chat with each other. It is a network of educators with similar questions, ideas, problems, etc. I followed the #Edchat discussions via my Twitter account.

I plan to use The Educator's PLN as a place to gather new information and ideas, learn from my colleagues and connect with other educator's around the world. I also plan to stay connected with the #Edchat discussions. I find that the topics they cover are things that I often have questions about or need more clarification on.
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  1. UnknownOctober 7, 2017 at 11:44 AM

    I met one of the biggest #edchat users and he is a great guy. I think all of us just want to connect with each other and the biggest problem is time. Things like The Educator's PLN and #edchat are some of the best ways because we get a lot of information in a short amount of time and it is on our own time. Some of the PD we get in our jobs isn't as applicable as we would like and this is our way of making our own PD!

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