At this point I feel I am a smarter learner than I was before I was introduced to the course. I have learnt quite a lot to justify calling myself a smarter learner.
I have joined two social media networks, that is Google+ and twitter where I have been exposed to the goodness of technology. In the past, when a person would talk of Google+ or twitter, I would look on like a fool and would refrain from any comments. Now, I am smarter. I know what the two social medias are all about.
By joining the above two social medias, I have learnt to access information that is valuable to my professional development as well as for my students' learning process. I have encountered tools that are not only valuable but would also ease my work and help me achieve professional development. These social media networks have taught me that I could achieve quite a lot with minimum effort.
Through Twitter and Google+ I have made my own personal learning network. I have connected with other people in my line of interest and I intend to follow their blogs. I have also learnt that to benefit fully from these social networks, I need to leave comments or even start discussions in order to keep growing my professional learning network. It is not just a matter of joining but I need to be a part of the social media network myself and make my own contribution so as to get people to follow me.
Google and twitter have been very helpful in suggesting some of the tools and resources that I could use to get what I needed. Social media offers tools/ways for people to interact, find out their problems and together look for solutions to their problems. In this respect, social media has helped me to find blogs and resources that would enhance my professional development.
My next steps towards achieving my professional learning goal include;
- learning how to upload videos
- learning to make slides
- how to use social bookmarking resources
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