Being connected in this technologically advanced age is easier than ever. But beyond being a connected individual, being a connected educator is even more important. Social media platforms like Twitter are an incredible way to get connected to other educators! Many educators have set up professional, public accounts on social media platforms for the sole purpose of teachers sharing ideas with other teachers. Lesson plans, approaches at curriculum, and much more can all be shared through the use of modern technology.
Teachers sharing ideas is such an important concept for the students in many ways. A Spanish teacher of a classroom here in the US can set up video chats with a teacher from Mexico, to help his or her students get immersed in the language! This is also important for younger grades to get an idea of human diversity. If a school that happens to be mostly white can set up a video chat with an Asian or African American school (or vise versa), they can get more of a glimpse of the world outside their classroom! If a particularly difficult question comes up in a class, they can contact a local professor or higher level teacher in the same subject area to ask for help. When I was in high school, my chemistry teacher set up a video chat with a professor at a nearby college who helped answer any questions we had about us going into college in the next year or two. I have recently set up a Twitter account and I plan to use it as a connecting tool as an educator. I am also on Facebook, and am constantly looking for articles related to my subject areas (PE and Theater). I am excited to set up professional connections, as one of the most impressionable things I learned from my time in Scouts is that, "It's not WHAT you know, but WHO you know." You don't have to know everything, but if you know others who know what you need to know, it'll be that much easier to figure out.
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