Developing my Personal Learning Network: “the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry” …
Introduction: I have only recently qualified to teach English to speakers of other languages, however I am not currently teaching. I completed my Cambridge Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA) in early February, and then went straight back to university full-time to finish my Masters of Education in the field of TESOL. So, as a technically qualified teacher without a school or classroom, I found it quite difficult to develop my PLN. I often felt like I did not have the relevant experience or knowledge to engage with much of the content being posted in the network space of Australian English language teachers. I exist in the threshold of being a qualified teacher, but does not have much teaching experience. I tried to connect with fellow English teachers across a few networks: Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, and Facebook, some of which proved more fruitful than others, but overall my experience has been relatively quiet. In this post I will ...