BUILDING PERSONAL LEARNING NETWORKS - SUPPORT FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS

摘要

What we have observed in the piloting process and in the survey on SNs is that most networks present to foreign language teachers the same disadvantages: unsafe environment, the process of maintaining contacts is time-consuming and there is irrelevant content received through spam. In terms of online safety, we have noticed that Facebook is considered to be the least safe while Ning is considered to be the safest - and this is explained by the fact that Ning websites are social networking communities handled separately by one group with a purpose so they can be easily converted to professional communities only for those interested, with the content being log-in protected. Some examples of Ning communities are "classroom 2.0" and "The Educators PLN".