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Twitter Fingers, Go Teachers!

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Personal Learning Network (PLN) Have you ever needed to go on Pinterest or Teachers Pay Teachers in search of inspiration for a lesson? Personal learning networks are crucial for teachers in order to share ideas and resources. Just like how educators encourage students to listen to when questions are being asked by other students since they might be thinking the same thing. Educators do the same thing. If an educator is struggling to find strategies to incorporate effective classroom management, then they could easily benefit from the ideas of other educators who have mastered it. This is why it is important for teachers to be able to collaborate and share ideas. Teachers push for the needs of students, but who satisfies our needs? A burden is lifted when another teacher is able to provide a need that you have been in search of. Teachers understand one another since our experiences might have different details, but in the end it is all the same. PLNs help educators do exactly that be...

Mapping Out My Life

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My Digital Space My relationship with technology has certainly grown over the years. As a child, I only used a computer in school. I had a typing class that helped me type without looking or hitting each key by the same finger. As I started to get older, more assignments and projects were completed online. In college, this only grew more normal. I had finally come to the point in my life where I had to pay for online programs in order to complete homework assignments for courses.Once the pandemic came around, it all changed. We were able to adapt to our daily routines being almost all virtual. I have never really sat down to notice how much my life depends on technology. Image Source About the Quadrants According to David White , Vistors and Residents is the range of online engagement that is created from individual motivation and context at the time. When in Vistor mode, a person is taking on a task that they wish to complete. An example that White uses is going online to find out a p...