1. I love the idea of an online education community. When I went back to school, I was amazed at the generosity of teachers, freely sharing ideas and info on the internet. In this rapid pace, technological age, we need to use all the tools available and what better way to help and support each other. As a new Pre K teacher at Thornwood, where there are no other Pre K teachers, a PLN could be very helpful to connect with other Pre K teachers at different campuses.
2. The commenting advice from Vicki Davis about "the power of words" really struck a cord with me. About 3 years ago, I took my first online course, Business English (very intimidating....would rather have face to face). For one assignment, we were supposed to be working for a company that was considering buying laptops for employees. Our job was to do the research about which laptop brand and model would be best and write a paper presenting this to the company. For each assignment my instructor chose a paper that excelled in completing the assignment correctly and posted it. When he chose mine, I was on cloud nine, but only briefly. Another student disagreed with my choice (not a problem) and proceeded to negatively critique my entire paper. Even though the instructors opinion should and did matter more, her words (a total stranger) really hurt. Had she included something positive, it would have been a little less painful.
3. I have commented on Knetsar News, Mrs. Ciso's Blog, Trog to Blog, Kind Kindergarteners and Tales from Room 2
I know what you mean about being a "one-of-a-kind" at Thornwood! I'm glad you found some other PK Bloggers to follow on your 11 Tools journey. There really is so much we can learn from each other and no reason to reinvent the wheel.
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About #1...So true! As a new teacher you need all of the resources you can find. I think you too are limited in the amount of PK specific support as I am in art.
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