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Wk 2: Hello?…Is There Anyone Out There?

Published by Holly Griest on April 16, 2023

Explain the process of identifying the organizations and experts whose work relates to your PLN. How did you learn about their work? Did you know about them prior to this assignment?

Usually, my process is the same when I search for anything I need more information, resources or supports on; A Google search is the easiest and quickest way for me to get what I need. For this assignment, however, I wanted to try using Twitter and podcasting in my search efforts. I used terms such as “ECE PD’s”, “ECE professional development support” and “ECE” to start my search. I had some great results and after sifting through, I found one in particular I was familiar with on both platforms. The expert is Elena Agular and her organization is called Bright Morning. I am familiar with some of her publishing’s and own two of her books. I was unaware of her organization, podcasts, trainings, tools and webinars. This video provides a more in-depth look as to all her organization has to offer: https://vimeo.com/781325225/98116a5593?embedded=false&source=video_title&owner=103342322. Our PDC team is always looking for ways to improve upon the quality of our work. From advertising and recruitment efforts to the delivery and follow-up coaching, we want our PLEs to be impactful, insightful, motivational, inspirational and most importantly, utilized to improve upon current practices. This week’s assignment made me dig a little deeper into my POP to uncover a more important layer to my problem. It’s not just about getting bodies into seats but reaching our audience in their areas of need and helping them to discover the desire to change and improve upon their practice for the better of their program.

State the content curation tool you will be using to create your PLN and how it worked for this step of the assignment.

As I stated earlier, I used Twitter with key-word searches as well as key word searches associated with “podcasts” in my Google search. Though these helped with my initial search, I will be using the Bright Morning website to create my PLN: Home – Bright Morning (brightmorningteam.com).

Explain all the ways you can connect with the professional organization. Does it have Twitter feeds, Facebook pages, or is content presented solely on the websites? Which have you implemented?

The website, Home – Bright Morning (brightmorningteam.com) has so many ways to connect with Elena Agular’s organization:

I have explored the social media platforms listed as well as the Podcasts available. The website has so much to offer in addition to all that is listed above.

Describe at least two resources you found through the professional organizations that related to your PoP. Who wrote the documents? How were they presented? How do they relate to your PoP?

Elena Agular-It’s All in the Details
Elena Agular-When Things Don’t Go According to Plan

These are two episodes from the Bright Morning Podcast with Elena Agular. These two topics made me think about my own PD’s (at our organization we call them Professional Learning Experiences) and how important it is to consider these areas before hand. Most of my PLE’s are virtual through ZOOM and trying to reach my audience can be a challenge! Virtual “classrooms” present technical issues like poor internet connection, inoperable camera or microphones and limited access when using a smart phone. In addition, you lose that person-to-person connection, it’s challenging to engage individually as well as a group and as an instructor, your often met with an already-distracted audience. Though Elena is relating to an in-person experience with these two podcast topics, it’s still applicable to my own practice and bares the questions, Am I paying attention to the details in my PLE’s and how am I practicing for adaptive facilitation?

APA-formatted bibliography of references cited.

Bright Morning. (2023). Bright Morning Consulting.Home – Bright Morning (brightmorningteam.com).

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