I have to confess that my personal learning network is still a bit scanty. I have attempted to follow blogs and wikis of other teachers by adding them to my rss feeds on my igoogle account. I loved the Googledoc. project and can really see its usefulness in the classroom. Google Earth was really fun to experiment with and another great teaching tool. The tool that I had the most problem with was delicious. I was using Google Chrome as my browser and I thought I had imported my bookmarks but now I can't seem to access my account at all. So, though it seems like a great tool, it has only been frustrating to me.
I will continue to use the tools I found useful, hopefully becoming more skillful in the future. Since I only get to use them occasionally in the classroom, I haven't had much of an opportunity to become comfortable with any of them. I also would have no way to develop a PLN with others in a school.
I definitely see the advantage of a PLN in that it connects you with other people who are interested in the same things you are. I can see how learning to use these tools can help a person to access the great amount of ideas out there.
Twitter was the least helpful of the tools we were introduced to. It reminds me of Facebook, which I don't really care for. I also see very little use for it in the classroom. I will probably not continue to use it.
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