Twitter

@alyssabrotto

PROFESSIONAL LEARNING NETWORK

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Here is a snap shot of my twitter account. I had just created a new account to start building my PLN and within the first few days had

already started to find a wide array of people to follow.

GEORGE COUROS@GCOUROS

• Has been involved in the education system for many years

• An acting Division Principal

• Has a professional focus on education and the ways in which Educational Technology can be implemented

JOANNE DE GROOT@JOANNEDEGROOT

• Actively involved within the educational field

• Has experience as a teacher, librarian and assistant professor

• Knowledgeable about Professional Learning Networks

• Provides insight into how to create an effective online presence

EDNA DACH@EDACH

• Experience within the education profession

• Innovative in the area of technology and incorporating it into education today

• Insightful in areas such as cyberbullying and being media smart

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Over the few weeks in which I have had a twitter account, I went from having zero followers and zero followees, to following 53

people and having 20 followers. Over this time period I have also tried to connect with the wider education community and put out

17 tweets of my own.

• Developing my Professional Learning Network through online mediums such as Twitter has proved itself to be helpful even in these early stages. Through this social media tool I have been able to:

• Connect with professionals currently in the educational field

• Meet and connect with other pre-service teachers

• Become involved in debates and discussions which will become

important to my teaching strategies through this like #edchat

• My Twitter account mainly consists of others studying Education at the University of Alberta, teachers, librarians, technology professionals, and educational based organizations (ex. Alberta Ed, ATA, etc.)

PLN PARTICIPATION