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Continued to follow new members on Facebook and read at least one article daily

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Conclusions on Connecting to Professional Communities

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Conclusions on Connecting to Professional Communities

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* All Professional Learning Communities that I joined on Facebook and the group I followed on Twitter were full of amazing articles, tips and inspiration that I will continue to utilize to improve my practice and ultimately help student achievement
* The groups that I joined had a very Humanistic, Student Centered Design approach to their planning, instruction and assessment
* Loved seeing references to the importance of PLN's: "without a PLN of some sort you feel so lonely" Rick Wormeli & "PLN's remind us our world is large and there are others out there who understand our roles.  We are not alone.  And they help us grow!" Sarah Johnson
FACEBOOK GROUPS
* Of the Facebook Learning Communities I join, the closed groups (required a very simple process to join) resulted in more responses and community both for my specific question and overall.  Felt very comfortable posting.
* In the future, I will use the closed facebook groups to not only access resources but also to reach out ask and answer questions (specifically Teach with Tech, Build Math Minds and Fifth Grade Teaching Ideas)
TWITTER
* Twitter while very inspirational and positive, had a different community feel and for me felt like "the popular group" that was intimidating to break into.
* My tweets were not widely viewed and had no responses, likely due to my limited following and lack of proper "tagging".
* I will continue following all these amazing educators but due to volume will likely constantly update my "following" list to make sure their tweets continue to be relevant to my needs.  If I have a specific question for a specific person, I would be comfortable tweeting to them, however, at this time I am unlikely to tweet out in general with my limited following.

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NEW TWITTER:
Hive Summit @Hive_Summit                    ARTICLE:
Kleenex is Not Proficiency (and other stupid things that make grades meaningless) by Nicole Naditz

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TWEET
Taking a masters course on Integrated Planning, Instruction and Assessment and while working on PLNs discovered @rickwormeli2 on #hive_summit so inspiring - thank you! #standardsbasedassessment #makethechangesyoucanmake
RESULTS
8 views to date

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FACEBOOK POST
I'm a Grade 4/5 teacher and would love to know everyone's favourite way of assessing your students in math beyond the traditional end of unit test.
GOOGLE FOR EDUCATION:
No response
BUILD MATH MINDS
7 people responded in 9 different responses
FIFTH GRADE TEACHING IDEAS
6 responses (2 only following because interested in the answers so 4 with ideas)

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TWEET
Trying to find new ways to assess in math beyond end of unit tests.  What's your favourite formative assessment in Math? @mashupmath #assessment #math #elementaryschool
RESULTS
No responses
No retweets or favours
14 views

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Joined on Facebook:
(had to be accepted)
Fifth Grade Teaching Ideas
Teachers Using Google Suite for Education
Build Math Minds
Shake up Learning
Teach with Tech
NEW TWITTER:
Mash Up @mashupmath

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NEW TWITTER:
Aaron Polansky @aaronpolansky
ARTICLE:
Two Powerful Formative Assessment Tools for the Google Classroom

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NEW TWITTER:
Sarah Johnson @SaraSaJohnson
ARTICLE:
Teaching Smarter by Glen Pearsall
Joined on Facebook:
(had to be accepted)
EdTechTeam Global Community

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NEW TWITTER:
Rick Wormeli @rickwormeli2
ARTICLE:
The Grief of Accepting New Ideas by Rick Wormeli

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Followed Google for Education presenters on Twitter:

Don Piercy @mrpiecEy

Susan Stewart @TechCoachSusan

George Barcenas @mvsgbarcenas

Amanda Taylor @teacherandGeek

Mark Wagner @markwagner

Molly Bennet @followmolly

Ken Shelton @k_shelton

Jeffery Heil @jheil65

Rushton Hurley @rushtonh

Google for Education @GoogleforEdu

EdTechTeam Canada @EdTechTeamCAN

Chris Betcher @betchaboy

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Signed up for:
EDU Slam from Aug. 13 - Sept 1   (Daily 10 minute videos full of pedagogical tips and ideas for the classroom)

emails from Google for Education which will include professional development opportunities and newsletter with latest product updates, tips, stories and more.

CREATED THE FOLLOWING DAILY GOALS:

Recognized that Google for Education provided amazing resources but did not have a collaborative feeling.  Recognized that twitter provided more of the community I was looking for.

1. Read on article promoted on either facebook or twitter

2. Follow one additional educator or group on twitter of facebook

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Joined on Facebook:
Google for Education &

EdTechTeam