PLN

This tool is iGoogle. It is a tool provided Google if an account is created. It allows the user to save their favorite and most useful websites to the website, so that updates will be posted. The updates will allow the user to see what new things are being added to the websites and what new things are going on. It also allows them to place different features such as the weather, calendar, and other features.

This is beneficial as a teacher because you can attach different online communities for teachers as well as websites that provide teachers with different tools, lesson plans, and other features. Updates will then be posted on the iGoogle page so that the teacher can see what new things are going on, as well as new laws being debated or that will be put into action in the near future that could affect their teaching. They can also post links to different tools that they have found online. These could be tools that they use for different activities or sections in their teaching to help the studnets learn the material better. This will help the teacher be more organized and prepared for each lesson. This PLN will help teachers be more organized and knowledgeable as teachers in general, as well as in their subject area. It will be helpful as well to bookmark lesson plans that interested that teacher that they though of using or have used in class before.