LearnPort
I registered for LearnPort for the first time in one of the earlier "things" that talked about the NetTrekker. I looked in there for a while for more resources and lesson plans. There is a lot of material accessible there! This time, I explored the courses that were offered. It was really neat!! I had to renew my teaching certificate again this past summer, and I was reminded about the continuuing education requirement portion of my teaching certification. Since I am still finishing up my dissertation, I've never had a problem getting enough credits for renewing my certificate. But as I look into the future, I will need to start to accumulate credits or SB-CEUs. This was a great resource! And some of the courses looked like they would be great content review resources. I will definitely be using this in the future.Social Networking
I have both a Twitter and Facebook account. And to be honest, I've never used the Twitter account except for the assignments I had to do as a part of my 23 Things course (I think that's why I signed up). I also never really used my Facebook account. I know that there are people (lots of my friends) who absolutely LOVE Facebook and are on all the time. I just don't feel the need to be that connected. And, I don't really care (nothing personal) if someone just put cookies in the oven or if they just noticed that it's really cloudy. I just don't have enough time in my day to spend a lot of time on either of those sites. That being said, I do think that there might be a place for some type of class Facebook account. I don't know of any high school teachers that have one for their class, but I know several elementary school teachers who have pages for their students' parents to access and find out what's going on and to communicate with each other. I usually try to think that I'm pretty open to technology, but I'm just not sure that I'm ready to venture into that area yet.
I just finished watching the AdobeConnect presentation for this thing, and I would like to ammend my answers/opinion about Twitter. I do like the idea of subscribing to other "smart" people's Twitter feeds and then to be able to scroll through them occasionally and glean some good information. I just do NOT want to know when people have coffee, notice it's sunny, wash their car, and other mundane stuff.
MACUL
I joined the MACUL space and poked around in a few places. This has been something that I've thought about over the years, but I figured that most of the members were probably "super duper" tech people and not "regular" classroom teachers. But, as a part of the PBL training I took this summer, I think that I might be a part of a MACUL presentation or poster session or something this coming year. So, maybe this is a good way for me to start being involved in an organization such as this.Professional Organization
I chose to research International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). (Unfortunately, there was no link attached to the resources list item called Education Related Professional Organizations...so I did't get the chance to pick from a lot of organizations).
Purpose: This organization tries to improve learning and teaching by advancing the effective use of technology in PK-12 and teacher education. They are also the creator and home of the NETS (standards for technology proficiency and integration in education for students and teachers.
Cost and Benefits of Memberships:
- $10/month
- Learning & Leading with Technology Magazine
- ISTE Learning Resources
- 30% ISTE Books discount
- 60% ISTE Webinars discount
- ISTE Conference and Exposition registration discount
- Unlimited access to all ISTE member communities and social networks including 20 Special Interest Groups
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