Friday, February 5, 2010
Thing 5
I had not heard of LinkedIn prior to this exercise, although I am familiar with similar sites. It was easy to find alumni groups and interest groups around my content area, but not professional groups for educators. I wonder if that is because educators in public schools, at least, tend to move less over the course of their career than other professionals. If they are going to stay with and retire from their current school district, they would have less interest in professional networking. Educators seem much more likely to connect in forums where they can share ideas about their content area, pedagogy and technology, rather than forums for seeking new professional opportunities.
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It's a good point you make about teachers not necessarily needing to seek new professional opportunities, but image if the whole Network of Sacred Heart educators were a part of LinkIn. It would be easy to connect with other educators. I know we have SOFIE but it's fairly Web 1.0.
ReplyDeleteIt seems that I have recently read several articles in professional magazines that highlight an increase in teacher attrition. Perhaps if this is accurate, social networks like LinkedIn will become more utilized by those in the field of education.
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