What's the Deal with PLNs?
I have found some of the best ideas throughout my career through professional learning networks. I am a member of several professional learning networks and have learned a great deal from communicating with others through them. Three of the networks that I am most currently active in are Teaching with Schoology and 2ndaryELA on Facebook, and the T EA Blended Learning Grant Program Channel on Slack. Additionally, I also participate in learning networks for my role as a mother of twins, a mother of 3 children 2 and under, a resident of my neighborhood, and a mom in the town I currently live in. I have definitely grown as a member of these learning networks over time and I take and give them all in different ways. For example, the Teaching with Schoology Group is a group that I "take" more from than anything as teachers share helpful resources and tools that can aid in ensuring I offer quality support to the teachers I support in my district. Howe...