First of all, I always realized the internet was huge, but this week my eyes were opened to so many resources online! It is incredible how many different types of sites that you can explore as a part of your personal learning network.
Some of the resources I explored were teaching related. For example, I subscribed to an education blogs website where teachers can share lesson ideas and materials. Also, I subscribed to scholastic's teacher sharing website with a similar premise.
I also signed up for an account on Linked In because it seemed like an interesting concept to me. And I'll be looking for a job within the next year, so it'd be nice to start forming contacts. I'm still in the process of finding people on the website, but I'm glad to have an account that I can go to later when I could really use it.
Another resource I discovered through this activity was ItunesU. This is a part of itunes that I had never discovered before. You can find information through different universities as well as K-12 programs. There are podcasts, links to websites and videos, etc. It is a tool that I am excited to explore more. To get to it, you open up itunes store and then click on the itunesU link along the top menu.
I am glad to be exposed to so many new sources that I can draw from individually and as a teacher!
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
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The itunesU thing sounds really awesome! I'll have to check it out!
Yeah, the itunesU thing appeals to me too! I should also prolly sign up for linked in. job searching would be a bit easier.
I agree there are so many different things on the web. A lot of them aren't quite what I'm looking for, but there are a lot of things out there that would be really helpful. itunesU sounds really cool.
I don't think I understand linked in very well, because I've always approaching finding a job on going to meet the employers in person, but I suppose linked in could make meeting them easier by knowing who is out there.
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