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Corinne Filipiak

I CREATED MY PLN THROUGH

TWITTER Here is my

profile

STARTED FROM… I have a personal twitter account but I

decided to set up a new one to be my professional account

When I first created my PLN I wasn’t too sure who I should follow and what I should write

I first started following organizations that I knew such as: Scholastic, Discovery Education, Pinterest, etc

CONTINUED ON… Then I started went to see who those

organizations were following and started following the ones who’s bio sparked my interest

Some of these were: Rainbow Caterpillar, Kids Writing Pad, Simple K12, etc

LASTLY I BEGAN TO…

Add people whom organizations were following, and a variety of other people including: elementary teachers, principals, board members, tech supporters, etc

There are 4 people/organizations that I followed which I feel support my learning the best

SCHOLASTIC CANADA

Scholastic is a big one for me because I love reading

I remember Scholastic from when I was in elementary and all the great books, products, and games they had to offer

Scholastic always keeps me updated with new books and can cater great products and book to use within a classroom

Also I have the opportunity to interact with Scholastic if I need any suggestions for books for a certain subject area and age level

@scholasticCDA

PINTEREST

I love Pinterest because of the incredible amount they have to offer; from different subject areas to crafts to fun and games

Pinterest on twitter provides quick little memos to let people know what’s new that’s posted on their site

The people behind Pinterest are very friendly and if you message them needing assistance, they will help you!

For example I messaged them about a snow globe craft for kindergarten and received a response the same day

@Pinterest

MATT GOMEZ

Matt Gomez is a kindergarten teacher He is my favorite elementary teacher I

follow because of the numerous amounts of interesting links he shares through twitter

The links focus on various different topics from in class related topics to out of school to school boards to news articles

If you are an elementary school teacher this is definitely someone to follow; you will indeed spend countless hours reading through all the very interesting and engaging articles

@mattBgomez

BULLYING.ORG

I wanted to add this one to my favorites as well because bullying and cyber bullying are very serious topics within school systems

As a teacher it’s good to have access to some resources that help with how to deal with bullying within your own classroom

Also this profile provides links to articles that relate to bullying so people are able to go read about other situations and how they were handled, so that it won’t repeat in your own classroom

@Bullying_org

SOME SNAPSHOTS OF MY PLN ACTIVITY

PLN PARTICIPATION

Throughout the term I have realized how beneficial having a PLN really is

The most important aspects for me are that Twitter is easily accessible and that there is an incredible amount of knowledge, links, etc openly available to the public

I am mainly interested in following accounts related to the elementary division

I like to use the hashtags: #edchat, #elemchat, #kinderchat

The biggest aspect about Twitter that bugs me is the 140 character limit because sometimes I find it difficult to express what I want in a post or reply

I mainly use my PLN to look and browse through the resources others share, as I continue to use my PLN I will start to share more of my own resources