Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: Junk isn't only for mail.8 Types of posting #ConnectedEducators should avoid #CE13

Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: Junk isn't only for mail.8 Types of posting #ConnectedEducators should avoid #CE13:

Junk isn't only for mail.8 Types of posting #ConnectedEducators should avoid #CE13

Editor's note:  U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has named October as Connected Educator Month. The U.S. Department of Education’s Connected Educators initiative seeks to celebrate and encourage educators at all levels to collaborate and participate in online learning resources and communities. This piece was written to support this initiative.

If you're like most people, you're probably not a fan of junk mail. Whether it be digital or paper, getting something you didn't ask for can be an annoying waste of time cluttering physical and online mailboxes.

Today with the development of personal learning networks and professional learning communities junk doesn't only pertain to mail, it pertains to how we operate online. Here are 8 types of posting to avoid to lead you on the path to becoming a quality poster.

1-Useless sharerAll us fogies who still rely on email as our primary communication know the useless sharer well.  It is that person who forwards a joke, photo, video, or story to their entire email list without giving any context or personalization around why these people may be interested in reading it. The