Friday, April 14, 2017

Second and Third PLN

Front Page of r/Teachers
3. Reddit - .com/r/Teachers

I use Reddit a lot, because it is a website that houses thousands of communities, each with their own and specific interest in mind. Some of the ones I am connected with are things like fashion, watches, and gaming. It wasn't until around this year that I decided to check out if there was a subreddit for teachers. There was!


How did you find/create/use this resource? I found this website on the mere curiosity of myself. It just happened that one time I was on Reddit and thought, "Huh, I wonder if there's subreddit for teachers?" Typed in www.reddit.com/r/Teachers and there it was. I use this resource by seeing what other teachers, from different parts of the United States, think about teaching. Although, it comes with its share of problems as well. One does not find a shortage of burnt-out teachers, or ones where they exaggerate their stories.

What prompted you to find/create/use this resource? Pure curiosity really. There's communities around subjects that are so specific, so I thought "Is there a subreddit for teaching? There has to be."
After realizing this could be a tool to stay in touch with some teachers, or get multiple perspectives on politics related to teaching, I decided to stick with it.

What did you learn from this resource? "It's okay to suck your first year. No one is expecting you to be perfect." Some may regard this as small, but having veteran teachers telling newbies that no one is expecting them to be perfect was a step in the right direction for me because I personally worry greatly about whether or not I will be serving my students well right from the get go.

How will you benefit from this resource in your future teaching? I believe I will benefit from this resource in the future in the way that I benefit from it now. I will be able to capture multiple perspectives on issues ranging from the politics of education, people's opinions of certain lessons plans, or even relate to the funny stories that everyone shares of their students.

Edutopia front page
4. Edutopia

Www.Edutopia.org is a website that I actually discovered during this semester. I never really heard of it until my INSTTECH 1020 class. After dabbling in some of its articles, I'm beating myself up over the fact that I didn't find it sooner!



How did you find/create/use this resource? Some of my professors advised us to try it out, because it was a wealth of knowledge that wasn't being utilized by as many as it should be.

What prompted you to find/create/use this resource? I started using the resource because it broadened my horizon on the topics and issues of the education field. Some of the topics that are being talked about within their articles are not usually found within a classroom curriculum.

What did you learn from this resource? I've realized, after using this website, that the education field is a lot more complex than people usually think. There are bad things, there are good things, and their great things, but after snooping around the site for around an hour or so, one can see that teaching is a lot more complex than just "standing at the front of a classroom and educating students."

How will you benefit from this resource in your future teaching? Like the teachers subreddit, it gives me a door to new perspectives and ideas that I have not thought about before. It also gives me insights on topics or events that I might have not even heard throughout my day-to-day life.











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