Reflections+Week+6

// **Reflection Prompt 6:** // **How did understanding the standards and the pre-comp verification help you design your FE plan? How can your use your ePortfolio to help others understand how to integrate technology more effectively in the classroom?**
 * //Non-Master's Students--//** //How did learning about PLNs change your thinking about professional development and life-long learning? How did developing your own PLN help you think about social media and connecting with others in your field?//
 * Description**- I spend a great deal of time discussing networking, and networking opportunities, the face to face interactions that students need to have with co-workers and staff to build trust and relationships. As I prepare them for college and their future careers, I explain to them that they are unaware of the impact a professor may have on their academic career, or the direction an employer can provide for them. Developing these professional relationships is paramount to successful assimilation into the workforce. My professional relationships have provided me with my advisor board, and business contacts that are willing to come into my classroom and work directly with my students, providing the students access to latest and greatest innovations.
 * Impact—**The adage “Doctor heal thy self” seems apropos. I had not given any thought to my Professional Learning Network. After listing to the online conversation and the impact it had made on their various careers, the value is there. My goal is to develop the current contacts to be interactive.
 * Intent—**I have current sites that I utilize on an ongoing basis, however they are one sided, and static. My goal is to develop two way interactive discussions.