Alan Levine held that we as teachers should stay connected and take advantage of technology. In his video New Media Consortium, he said one thing the network can help us effectively is that if we put our ignorance online, there will be a sea of various answers and suggestions for us available. Yes, I could not agree more. The best way to be a teacher is to be a learner first, so the network provides such a good platform to gather ideas and study for useful pedagogical methods. By constantly learning and collecting resources online, a teacher can gradually build up his/her expertise more efficiently.
That is the reason why I joined The Flipped Learning. It is a nice social networking site that has diversified means to gather thoughts. For example, there are forums for users to discuss over issues like classroom management, students' excuse and resources and links. Those could be the best preparation "lessons" for a new teacher to foresee possible problems in teaching and to find solutions from more experienced community members. Also, different groups on the Flipped Learning also enable users to join and stay current and connected to thousands of potential flippers who are interest in the same topic. I would like to use it as a social networking as well as an efficient learning tool for improving my future teaching!
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