I learned to always have connections to social media to stay connected and educated on it. They can help yup share your education ideas with others and work with other on this PLN. You need steps to get to those connections and build up you blogging. Set up the goals you want to become a better you. To me a PLN in my own words would be Keep learning and growing and building .
5 Professional Organizations related to the subject I plan to teach:
http://www.ascd.org/Default.aspx This organization is helpful for students that want to be in a safe environment and engaged in a great challenging education. Once you join the ASCD, you’ll gain an opportunity to improve your teaching skills by getting access to workshops and conferences. It has a global outlook since it is made up educators from all over the world.
https://www.aaeteachers.org/ This organization is the best possible environment for both teaching and learning. In addition, the parents are involved, control of educational facilities by locals and production the excellent results in the education field. You may also get an opportunity to develop your career by benefiting from scholarships and grants offered to teachers by the organization.
https://www.amle.org/ This organization is 30,000 members of AMLE are teachers, principals, parents and leaders in the community. Its main concern is developing the careers of teachers working in middle schools. In addition, AMLE provides well-researched information to members with the aim of enhancing the learning process.
https://www.nagc.org/ This organization is helpful such as the course of your teaching career, you are sure to come across some exceptionally gifted students. However, it can be quite frustrating when you don’t know what to do to develop their gifts and talents. Thankfully, there are organizations such as NAGC to help you out.
https://www.nctm.org/ This organzation is helpful the NCTM strives to support math teachers ensure the highest quality of education reaches the greatest number of math students. The NCTM helps to provide teachers with resources to successfully train their students to become the mathematicians of the future.
5 blogs or web sites focusing on the integration of technology into education:
https://www.educatorstechnology.com/p/about-guest-posts.html This website is useful because ducational Technology is a blog operated and owned by Med Kharbach. Med is a doctoral researcher and a former teacher with 10 years of classroom teaching experience. Med’s research interests include: discourse analysis, language learning, linguistics, Internet linguistics, critical linguistics, new (emerging) literacies, critical pedagogy, and educational technology.
https://www.techlearning.com/ There mission in this website is to provide cutting-edge news, emerging technology trends, practical tips and best practices. Every issue strives to help administrators manage, teachers teach, and students learn.
https://edtechteacher.org/blog/ This blog EdTechTeacher is an educational technology, professional development provider dedicated to helping teachers use technology to transform their classrooms. Their mission is to help teachers and schools leverage technology to create student centered learning environments.
https://www.eschoolnews.com/ This blog called eSchool News connects you to the latest on how today’s K-12 educators are using technology in the classroom. It is your daily source for technology news and innovation in education.
http://blog.whooosreading.org/ This website is to learn how to use technology, common core and reading to create better learning opportunities for your students. Find new ideas and tips for teachers who use technology in the classroom.
3 local (within 2.0 hour drive) organizations that offer professional development workshops for teachers. The topic of the workshop should be technology related.
A resource center that offer educators professional development opportunities and offer training programs to assist teachers in the Core Curriculum Content Standards. https://www.nj.gov/education/techno/ettc/.
To promote interest, learning and creativity in science and technology, through imaginative and enjoyable experiences, contributing to the development of Singapore’s human resource. https://www.science.edu.sg/about-us/about-science-centre-singapore
This workshop is the largest professional development event for school officials in New Jersey, and plays an important role in the mission to advance the achievement of all students through the training of New Jersey’s local school board members, administrators, curriculum directors, technology professionals, and school facility managers. https://workshop.njsba.org/attendees/workshop-2018-highlights.php
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