Personal+Learning+Network


 * ==**__Questions??__**==
 * 1) //**How does the resource promote professional development?**//
 * 2) //**how would using the resouce make you a better teacher?**//
 * 3) //**What is the quality of the actual resources that are provided? (look a little deeper then just the opening page, just because a site says they have certain things, e.g. lesson plans, that doesn't mean that theses resources are any good.**//
 * 4) //**How easily can i find that i need on this resouce?**//

Links: [|PeCentral] [|Teachnology]

· The resources provide the teacher with topics like lesson plans link helps teacher with information on topics like active gaming, multiple grade levels, college professors, holidays, field days, etc. The assessment link provides the teacher with information rubrics, tips, articles, books, idea and even examples.
 * ==__**PE Central: **__==

· Links that help the teacher become a better are as follows: “Bulletin board,” which provide information from adventure education to special education to bulling to even dealing with safety and parents. The link “active gaming activities” provides information from professionals, blogs, FAQ’s, other websites, and even products and tips.

· The quality is very substantial and informative and there is no fee to be able to access the information.

· It was very easy to find what I needed because the worksheets, rubrics, lesson plans had their own individual links and there was also a link “subject” where one could go and find their related subject to get the necessary tools they require to teach. However there is a lot of clutter on the home page, which could be very overwhelming.

· It provides the teacher with worksheets in multiple studies for instance: math, social sciences, language arts, etc. It also has a specific worksheets links for Holidays and even elementary students. It has lesson plans for P.E, which is my area of study, language arts, literature, math, social studies, arts and humanities. It has a link called “emergency lesson plans”, which are already pre-done so that a teacher that needs it instantly can just click and print. Another resource the website has is rubrics, which are pre-made as well. Lastly, there also was a link “printable” that had songs, puzzles, calendars and even word walls. There is a fee of 29.95 that is required to be able to get full access to everything on the website.
 * ==__**Teachnology: **__==

· Using these resources could help make you a better teacher because it could provide you with new idea in your related studies and it is a tool for teachers that might need instant rubrics, lesson plans or worksheets that feel overwhelmed with their workload. The website had two other links “tips” and “tools” that provide educators the means to better themselves in teaching. For example, the “tips” link had a dictionary, articles, newsletters and even other related sites. The “tools” link had worksheet maker, forums, educational research and even educational games.

· The quality of the resources is very well designed and articulated. Each link had substantial amount of information provided and for me it was very simple to find the next necessary step in getting the information I needed.

· It was very easy to find what I needed because the worksheets, rubrics, lesson plans had their own individual links and there was also a link “subject” where one could go and find their related subject to get the necessary tools they require to teach.