Forums for Teachers: Finding Online Teacher Communities
In the previous article in this series, we explored tips and tricks on using Twitter to expand your online personal learning network. Educators in tech-savvy areas like the U.S. have taken to tweeting and following, with the availability of smart phones that can connect to the Internet anywhere and anytime. But for teachers who are not yet so much into the social networking mania, it’s not as easy to connect through Twitter. Good thing there’s an old school platform for connecting and contributing: forums!
Forums
An online forum is like a virtual community, with members and activities and common interests. Forums on a multitude of topics abound, from geographic or cultural to personal and educational. Forums are a great venue for establishing connections with people who share your passion or profession. Because of the nature of forums (forum: a place to discuss or express views), it’s a great place to learn various perspectives on topics you might not be able to discuss in full at the faculty room before going home.
Take the first step and scout for available and credible forums online. Try a simple search through Google of keywords “forums for teachers” or “Education forums,” or similar phrases. When you type in “Philippine education forum,” one of the top results is www.eduphil.org.
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