Professional Learning Network (PLN)

My professional learning network will be created through iGoogle. The iGoogle pages allow for organizing multiple resources on one page in order to be able to access the various information simultaneously.





On my iGoogle page, I have included several resources that I find beneficial to the learning process and believe would be useful in the classroom. My iGoogle page looks like this:

The tools included on my iGoogle page are TeacherTube, Twitter for Teachers, Delicious, Facebook, YouTube and Blogger. Each resource, I believe, is beneficial to staying organized and updated while teaching.

Twitter for Teachers and Facebook are both useful because they allow me to subscribe and follow different teachers. Like Blogger, these three tools make it possible to access different lesson plans and ideas of teachers in a similar subject area. This will be an easy way to stay up to date on the happenings of other teachers like myself. TeacherTube and YouTube will allow me to present different video examples to my class regarding the subject being discussed that day. Delicious will allow me to keep important links organized so I can access them when necessary as well as subscribe to other teachers.

Therefore, for my PLN, I created an iGoogle page in order to keep myself organized. It makes it possible for me to access different, constantly updated pages quickly and without hassle.

Classroom Communication

In order to keep constant communication between teachers, parents and students, I will have a class blog that is updated daily. This blog will consist of a review of each day in class. This includes activities, homework or projects that are assigned and major topics that were covered that day.

This way, parents will be able to view and keep track of what their students are doing daily.  Also, students will be able to look at the blog for clarification on homework assignments and due dates or when they are unsure of what topics were covered.

In my opinion, a blog is more useful than a website or daily e-mail newsletter when it comes to keeping constant communication in the classroom.  A blog allows for pictures to be uploaded and documents to be attached. Also, blogs make it possible for parents and/or students to post comments or concerns about the day's post.  This way, the teacher can then respond back and the post is made available to all people. Because this is possible, parents and students are able to see the questions of their peers and therefore questions will not repeated and information will be more easily granted. 

Station 2: Measuring Ourselves

Screenshot of data in plot view.

Screen shot of data in chart view.

Yes there is a relationship betweem hieght and wingspan. We can see from the graphs that taller people have longer wingspans.

Yes tehre is a relationship between hieght and foot length. We can see from the graphs that taller people have longer feet.

Station 6: Persuasive Speaking Survey

Link to my form

http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dGNKVFVnS3h5azhhV0I5Q0VQNEc2Nnc6MA

Screenshot of Spreadsheet

Form in Progress