Online PLN

Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.com/

Pinterest is a great site that can be used as both a personal learning network for teachers and a creative space for anyone else who loves things like crafts, recipes and design. The possibilities are endless. You can go on there and post just about anything and you can also repost and organize other people's ideas onto your own boards. It's especially cool for teachers because they can use the pins as inspiration for decorating their classroom or creating lesson plans in ways that work for them and their students. I'm a huge fan. 

Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/

Reddit can best be described as a discussion forum. Although it's not generally thought of as a PLN source for educators, it can certainly be used as one. It's a good space to submit links and images and other content that might inspire or challenge fellow teachers on controversial topics about education. The most popular posts are voted up or down by other members which makes it easy to weed through posts that aren't relevant to what you're looking for. 

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  1. DavisNovember 6, 2018 at 8:25 AM

    I used Reddit too! It's a great application for discussion which is vital to the educational discourse in a classroom. Pinterest, on the other hand, I've never used before. But from what you have to say about it, Pinterest sounds like a fantastic place for educators to learn from one another.

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  2. Michaela M.November 6, 2018 at 8:27 AM

    I really like pinterest! Even just working in an elementary school as an after-school counselor, it is already very helpful to use pinterest to find creative activities for my kids to do! I can definitely see how it would be a useful tool as a teacher in creating lesson plans or activities.

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