This is the first time I have ever used a personal Twitter. All of my previous work on Twitter has been through my class or cross country team twitter. I tried to focus on new, relevant people and organizations to follow. I was actually pleasantly surprised that I was able to find quite a few.
Beyond following people on Twitter, I was also able to find a few relevant hashtags to follow- #CTE and #PBL. These hashtags connected me to various career and technical education classes throughout Twitter. One of the more valuable connections I made was with other engineering instructors. I have been out of the engineering classroom for a few years and will need some guidance from my PLN as I return next year.
Next week I hope to explore some of the different trade schools and union training centers in Illinois. I hope to gain some resources to use in my trades classes and make connections to organize training center tours for my students.
Week 1 Summary
This is the first time I have ever used a personal Twitter. All of my previous work on Twitter has been through my class or cross country team twitter. I tried to focus on new, relevant people and organizations to follow. I was actually pleasantly surprised that I was able to find quite a few.
Beyond following people on Twitter, I was also able to find a few relevant hashtags to follow- #CTE and #PBL. These hashtags connected me to various career and technical education classes throughout Twitter. One of the more valuable connections I made was with other engineering instructors. I have been out of the engineering classroom for a few years and will need some guidance from my PLN as I return next year.
Next week I hope to explore some of the different trade schools and union training centers in Illinois. I hope to gain some resources to use in my trades classes and make connections to organize training center tours for my students.