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Week 29 - Using online networks in my professional development

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Week 29 Using social online networks in my professional development In this weeks post I will be using the Jay and Johnson’s (2002) reflection model to reflect on how social media is being used in my professional development. Descriptive I have been using social media tools such as Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram for the past 12 years to connect to family and friends around the world. I have also used limited, various social media as a teaching tool in the classroom, however it wasn’t until this year, when I changed levels from year 1 to year 5 students that I have that I truly realised it’s potential and started using social media to inform my teaching practice and connect to social networks. This has opened up a whole new world for me and I now connect daily to see what’s happening  globally in the ‘teaching world’, ask questions and find new ideas to bring into the classroom. Comparative After filing out the social media survey, it got me thinking about h...
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