PLN plans

It has been exciting and challenging for me to think about how and what I want to implement in my building in the near future. As excited and ready to move on this, there is a bit of hesitation as I think about how it might be received in my building. As I read the books and articles we have, one of the things I am reminded of over and over again is how important teacher training and consistency is. In fact that is one of my take aways that we need to be consistent!

 

As a blog reader, I quit reading blogs that don’t post regularly. I guess it’s that dopamine effect we heard about the other day, that we want to see and know something knew! Setting up a system to be consistent and regular with both blogging and Twitter is going to to be super important as I head into this new school year and have the desire to encourage others to do some of these same things.

 

I always want to know the why behind something I am asked to do, and really feel like whatever it is I am asked to do is for a good purpose. I am sure I am not the only one with that mindset. As I frame the use of Twitter and blogging I want to help the staff in my building, see first that is fairly easy to use and allow them time to get used to using it and help them work out or lead them to find their own solutions to issues. Then I want them to understand that blogging can really help them engage their students in writing, and having an authentic audience and for the younger grades it can be a great way to connect to families, and keep others up to date on what is happening in the classroom. I am sure not every staff member will love the idea, and there may be negative comments, but I think for the most part those that think it might be useful in their room will give it a try.

When I have my own building in the future, I think I will use a blog, like Glenn did as a way to get my information out to my staff! I love it, and I think it may take some getting used to, but like we have heard and read, if that is the only way they can get information, they will have to start using the blog!

NETS Standard 3b, going forth, I will continue to connect to and follow people on Twitter. I have found it is pretty easy to find good people to follow and the links that are provided are always leading to great reads. It is a bit easy to get lost and distracted when I go on there, so setting a limit on my time and giving myself 15 minutes a couple times a day to go on and read and learn what I can. This is a simple tool, that I want to share with the staff I work with at Fruitland. I will be asking my new principal if I can do a little professional development with this in the first couple of days, setting up a #hashmark (okay, there I said it!) that we can all use and see if that helps some people to get excited about it and naturally foster collaboration at school!  Showing the staff my own Twitter, along with all the educational leaders I follow and how easy it is to connect and learn from them, will encourage them to also develop a PLN through Twitter.

I have already asked and Melayne, my new principal is going to add me to our school’s Facebook page, so using that is connected to NETS A Standard 3c is using digital tools to connect to stakeholders