Here is your third of three emails preparing for the Fall AEE 412 and Beyond! The 1st email was an introduction to 412 (http://psuaee412.blogspot.com/2016/08/introduction-to-aee-412-tasks-for-day-1.html) . The second email was regarding Edthena (http://psuaee412.blogspot.com/2016/08/edthena-email-2-of-3-for-welcome-week.html). This email talks about Professional Learning Networks through Blogs.
We are going to embark on this amazing #TeachAg journey. You are going to have so many great experiences across all of your classes. One way we are going to try to make sure we get the most juice from the orange is cultivating our capacity as a connected, reflective practitioner.
At this point, pragmatically, this means the presence we are developing with our individual professional blogs and our team twitter hashtag (#psuaged17). I will know you are really embracing the notion of capturing your thoughts/ideas along the journey when you are blogging on your own and not just by assignment!
What we are doing is providing a platform/opportunity to have our own PLN. A PLN is a professional or personal learning network:
1. Here is a wicked awesome “sketch” by Sylvia Duckworth that illustrates (I do like
learning by pictures): https://dougpete.wordpress.com/2016/06/14/a-challenge/
2. Here is the best blog I have found to really illustrate what we are shooting for: https://teacherchallenge.edublogs.org/pln-challenge-1-what-the-heck-is-a-pln/
The ask of you: I would like you to be active participants in your teams PLN. This means checking out and sharing across platforms. You never know when your one comment or like might make the difference. I am not asking you to read all of them and/or comment on everything, I am asking that you leave the occasional digital fingerprint letting your fellow cohort members know that what we are learning and preparing to do is important and matters.
My teaching philosophy and approach has been impacted by so many wonderful educators. We all need around us a nurturing network of dynamic agriculturalists and agricultural educators who are not afraid to encourage, challenge, and generally share their passion for the future of agriculture and for teaching and learning. I have taken the liberty to share your blog addresses and twitter handles with some of those individuals I respect and appreciate from across Pennsylvania and across the nation, so don’t be surprised if you get a comment or two from others!
This is the opportunity to exhibit the courage of showing all of us growing professional and developing transparent communication for public consumption about what we see happening!!! I also encourage you to share your information with teachers or individuals who have had a positive impact on your life and who you want to to have join you on this exciting journey.
Here are your peers blogs!!! Check them out!
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Name
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Blog Address
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Twitter Handle
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Cahill, Matthew
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@cahillms89
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Hack, Kayla
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@HackKayla
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Kane, Miranda
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@mir_kane
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Repetz, Nathan
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@N8_Repetz
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Rider, Matthew
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@mvr5027
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Snyder, Matt
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@snyder6878
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Zaleski, Evy
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@CuteEvyAnn
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Know
that I will never ask you to do anything that I would not do (or try to role
model) as well. I have set aside an hour of professional reading time each week
and I hope to share the ponderings from that and other experiences with a
weekly blog post at my personal professional blog: http://exponentiallyimpactful.blogspot.com/
And I will have blogs for my Fall Classes:
Thanks for putting purposeful energy into this!
Dr. Foster
P.S. I know this can seem like a lot of blogs
to follow, but be sure to use a “reader” or something that collates latest
posts into one feed that you can look at. I use the blogger page and subscribe
to all of your blogs to read at one spot. I am glad to show this to anyone who
asks!!
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