Stephanie Feeman Education 776 Blog

Professional learning networks are the future of education and professionalism. I believe that there are particular skills required in today's business and school environment that were not necessary in my generation's upbringing. Students need to learn how to actively engage in effective conversation through the use of social media and professional learning networks. The social aspect of learning is what stood out most to me. I have always struggled with normalcy within interactions between colleagues and growing up with classmates who I didn't know very well.  As I began to think about this topic more, I began to think back on my time in college. When I was in college this idea of a professional learning network was at the forefront of learning theories. I had to learn how to participate in these kinds of networks in order to be successful. I have always had an issue working in groups with people who I didn't know personally. I was often able to get out of it in high ...

I had the opportunity to create a twitter account. I was never aware of all of the different resources available to me through twitter. I always viewed twitter as another social media network that was designed to share funny memes and silly stories. I never thought that I could actually learn things about teaching and different things to try in the classroom. I looked through and began following several different twitter accounts. The best account/resource that I found was Mindshift. Its twitter handle is @mindshiftkqed and it shares the most interesting things. This resource focuses on shifting our brains from traditional ways of learning to more progressive ways of thinking. I think during this time in history, it is incredibly important for everyone to shift the way they have thought about teaching and education, and move towards the future. This Twitter account embeds a growth mindset across all areas of education. I think I was so interested in this particular resource beca...