PLN

PLN: The entire collection of people with whom you engage and exchange information, usually only. A PLN is a way to connect people outside the professional realm but still be profession in a control environment. Everyone is on sites like facebook and twitter, they can be used to connect people around the world

Teachers can use facebook to make a group and post homework for students not in class, make a page for group projects and making a educational page with updates. Twitter can be used for the same thing, used for connecting students for when they are not in class and to post education facts.

PLN is becoming a valuable part of teaching is because all the students spend multiple hours on these sites so why not put a little education into these sites. Anyone has access to these sites so it could be very useful to people that want to connect with students or around the world.