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Making Time vs Finding Time

A Principal's Reflections

Through social media a Personal Learning Network (PLN) provides a great antidote to the age-old time excuse. You can now learn anywhere, with anyone, at anytime you want for free. While online consider making some time to learn and then apply a new skill while earning a digital badge to acknowledge your informal learning.

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The Professional Learning Sweet Spot

A Principal's Reflections

For the most part, this consisted of attending mandatory district “PD” days, professional learning communities (PLC)’s or approved off-site experiences such as conferences, workshops, or webinars. In March of 2009, I began to use Twitter, and it was at this time that I began to create a Personal Learning Network (PLN).

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Roadmap to a Job-Embedded Growth Model

A Principal's Reflections

Undeterred, I continued to talk about the concept of a Personal Learning Network (PLN) and what it had done for my professional growth. It become all about the learning. The end result has been a proliferation of innovative practices as teachers have been empowered to take ownership of their learning through autonomy.

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Agency: Important for Students and Educators

A Principal's Reflections

Various pathways to personalize learning and make it more personal are also emphasized. Educators should have more choice over how they learn themselves. A learning portfolio was required as part of this process and presented at the end of year evaluation conference.

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What Problems Has Edtech Solved, and What New Ones Did It Create?

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Larry Berger, CEO of Amplify Larry Berger: In 1994, I sat in a conference room at NASA watching a consultant’s presentation about what it would take for 1:1 computing to arrive in K–12: The devices would have to drop below $150 and would need to be simple enough that the total cost of maintenance would drop below $50/year.

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In Support of Teachers: First State Micro-credential Initiative

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What if schools and teachers had support for professional learning that met their needs and was on their own terms? ILearnMaine was announced at the ACTEM Conference (Maine’s education technology conference) on Thursday, October 15.

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The Power of Positive Climate and Culture

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As a coach assisting teachers with technology integration and personalized learning, I notice patterns arising from teacher to teacher. The importance of climate and culture in a classroom and across a school are imperative to successful technology integration, personalized learning, and empowered learning.