Evernote the 3 prong approach to developing your connected learning community

Hey guys, a couple interesting things this week. First I want to talk to you guys about the latest chapter I read from "The Connected Educator." This chapter mainly talked about a three pronged approach  to professional development when dealing with the connected learning community.

The first "prong," is your "Professional Learning Community" (PLC). This is your personal connections among peers of teachers and administrators at your school.

The second "prong" is your "Personal Learning Network" (PLN) or the online connections you have made on your own to people in your field to help grow your knowledge personally.

The third "prong" is a community of practice or inquiry (CoP). This a collective of people whose interests overlap and form together to dig deeper and understand more as a group.

All three of these things together can really help you develop your connected learning community way beyond the typical teaching network.

The second thing I wanted to talk about is about a useful app called "Evernote" I read about in an article from Thenerdyteacher.com. If your a student like me, you should download this app no questions asked. As explained in the article I shared the link to, Evernote is basically a giant collection of your personal notebooks all linked together in an organized group

Whether your taking notes for class, jotting down cooking recipes, organizing work for your job, etc. Evernote is useful because you can share these notes with other people. For example say you're a teacher and want to remind all your students about homework you have due for next class. If all your students have the app, you can send our reminders that notify everyone connected to your notebook.

This app definitely keeps me organized (and I'm the least organized person I know). For anyone who really wants to see what it's about,  this video should help you get set up.