MY PROFESSIONAL

LEARNING NETWORK

twitter.com/beccapalinka

This was my Twitteraccount when I first started it. I began withfollowing 0 people, had 0 tweets, and 0 followers. It wasinteresting to lookaround and find people that would be helpful and resourceful tofollow.

@BECCAPALINKA

This is my Twitter account a few weeks after creating it. I have followed 122 people, and have gained 49 followers. I have been tweeting & retweeting a lot. I use this Twitter account for sharing resources and looking for educational resources with other people.

@INSPIRE_FUTURES

I wanted to share this account because I have found it to be the mostvaluable of all the accounts I have followed. Most of my retweets havebeen from this account. It is such a general education account, that hassuch a large variety of information from homework, to technology, tostudent engagement in the classroom. I have found so many resources fromthis account and hope to continue to learn from it in the future.

@DISCOVERYED

This is Discovery Education. Many teachers have heard of or been to aDiscovery Ed demonstration. They are mainly about Science. They have allsorts of experiments and information that will help engage students inlearning. I have found many of their tweets useful and hope to use them withmy future classroom and students.

@EDUBLOGS

Edublogs is another really great technological resource that I found. They haveshown ways to integrate online blogs and technology into student learning. I have found several articles and resources to help put this into play in my teachings.

@EDUTOPIA

I couldn’t allow myself to leave out this one. Edutopia is a fantastic resource!This is another group that I continuously retweet. It is all about education andwhat works with students in the classroom. I can’t wait to apply some of whatI learned from them with my own classroom. I have learned so much and I willcontinue to keep up with this one to make sure I keep testing the outstandingresources they continue to share!

REFLECTION

@beccapalinka

To share educational resources

about teaching, classroom skills,

engagement, & student learning!

I have found that inmaking this PLN, I have really learned a lot about educationand technology. I love that this is such an easyway to share resourceswith others and to obtain information fromother teachers and professional learning networks! There is somuch out there to learnand I want to keep upon my Twitter and continue learning allthat I possibly can!