Personal Learning Network and 10 Reasons Why a Teacher Needs a PLN

 I had fun looking more critically at my professional PLN. This was the chart I created to capture my Instructional Design PLN. In my paper, I talked about needing to focus my network a little bit more specifically to my needs. But right now it's ok that it's a ton of information because I don't know what I want to do with my FSU ISLT degree yet. 

A quote from my paper, "Overall, I will need to be less of lurker and more of an active participant to make sure that the PLN is valuable to my learning experiences. To better manage the wealth of information, I will become more active in the FB groups and Twitter and probably pull back on the other parts of my PLN (only checking in a every few weeks).

I will definitely continue to utilize my PLN for professional and personal development. As I begin to decide which way I will go with my education in the ISLT program, I will focus more on a specific aspect (K-12, higher ed, corporate, etc) of the discipline." 

Source:https://www.teachthought.com/the-future-of-learning/10-reasons-every-teacher-needs-professional-learning-network/