Blog Assignment #5 Part 1

My PLN

Before I had this assignment I had never heard of a PLN.  A Personal Learning Network "is the set of people and tools that you can call upon for help, consultation, collaboration, or other assistance" according to Dr. Strange. Your PLN can be a wonderful resource, especially as an educator. Being able to communicate and reach out to other educators is a great way to be more successful yourself as a teacher.

To begin developing my PLN I first made an account on Symbaloo.  I was surprised that there was already a Twitter and Facebook symbol that was already logged into my accounts.  I also liked the fact that Google search is directly in the middle with all of my other sites around it.  I watched the Symbaloo introduction video that is on the main page.  I then started playing around with it seeing how everything navigates.  I deleted some of the stock symbols and added some new ones to make it more personal.  I also organized them all into the most used to the least used sites.  I found this site to be so useful, easy, and organized that I saved it as my home screen for Google Chrome and Internet Explorer.  I added a tab at the top for all of my education resources so I can have them all in the same place.

One of the reasons it was so hard for me to keep up in this class in the beginning is that I feel overwhelmed when there are too many places to visit for assignments, blogs, checklists, etc.  When I am not organized I feel like I have no control.  Under my education resources tab I added my Blogger, EDM310s blog, and Google Drive so I will have my resources for this class all in the same place.  I feel like this will really help me to stay organized with all of my online resources.  I am excited to use this site and keep adding new resources.

Callie Barton