Getting Connected

Getting connected professionally is important because of this great saying, "It's not what you know, it's who you know." Many people find this to be truer each day. There are many good reasons to build your Professional Learning Network, one is because the more people you know who can help you, the more successful you can become. This also applies to how much easier things will come to you, especially when thinking about all the "struggles" a first year teacher may run into. How can I connect with people to answer any questions and give me great ideas to help me become a great, successful and loved teacher.
Social Media is a great place to start. There are many different "boards" and "pages" for great ideas and helpful hints for you to become successful. Whether these boards and pages are from Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, or even Pinterest, you can find many different things on all of these medias because they usually all come with an explore tab. This explore tab can help people find so many different things, whether it is by using hashtags or just key words. There are multiple groups out there for teachers to get ideas and create connections with.
I asked a teacher I know from back home about her Professional Learning Network. She said that she mainly uses Twitter and Pinterest and leaves Facebook for a more personal use. She can find a lot of different ideas and and share them with other coworkers by "tagging" them in a post. She loves to share ideas and try new things in her classroom, so it is a very helpful tool for her. It will be very helpful in the future to be able to share ideas and get ideas from other teachers in order to change it up in your classroom and find new ways for the students to be engaged and learn.​​