Personal Learning Networks

For my personal learning network, I'm using google reader. I'm really familiar with google as a whole and I thought this would be the easiest one for me to use. I am working on building my network, which I'm sure will happen over a period of time as I continue to search for and find sites that would be beneficial to my fields of study. I joined the Educators personal learning network and was able to find great resources and groups that will help me connect to educators in my subjects and age group. There are also blogs, forums, and more on the site that you can connect to.

RSS Feeds

The first feed that I subscribed to was http://mathworld.wolfram.com/news/rss.xml This feed will be helpful to me since I am a math education minor. Having math resources online so that you can always access them is extremely helpful when you are trying to solve problems or figure out the best way to teach a concept.

The second feed I subscribed to was http://www.facebook.com/feeds/page.php?format=atom10&id=89104073181 This website is home of the national dance education organization. They list all kinds of workshops and ideas that can help progress dance in education, which will be vital to me since I am a dance education major.

The third feed I subscribed to is also about dance education. Articles about new research are posted on this website that I think will help me learn how to teach my students proper technique and how to take care of themselves as dancers. http://rss.suite101.com/dance-education.xml

About me and blogs!

My name is Rachelle Baker. I am currently a sophomore at BYU and am a dance education major and math education minor. I feel that blogs can be used in a mathematical classroom by allowing for discussions and lectures of mathematical theories. Mathematical theories can be discussed in a technological way that allows people to learn from home. Problem sets can be done from home by publishing problems and the solutions.
Blogs can be used in a dance classroom by uploading choreography for others to learn or review quickly. Discussions of dance technique and principles can also occur through the use of blogs.

Welcome!

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