Developing an online PLN (personal learning network) and the benefits of doing so is something that I’ve written about more than a handful of times over the last couple of years. My favorite post on the topic is this one in which my PLN gave me a great assist when one of my lesson plans was falling flat on its face. I realize that not everyone has the time I have to participate in social media and I know that participating in online communities isn’t something everyone enjoys. Even if you don’t have the time or aren’t comfortable posting in online communities, you can still benefit from having familiarity with social media.
What is social media?
The term social media has come to be used in many ways, but generally it refers to websites that allow their users to share information about themselves. This information could be something as simple as link to a new website that you’ve found or as deep and complex as a blog post explaining the US federal budget. For this post we’ll keep it simple and talk about the simpler uses of social media; Twitter and social bookmarking services.
Benefiting from Twitter without joining Twitter.
What is Twitter? Rather than reinventing the wheel, I’ll let Common Craftexplain. Watch the video below.
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