A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 19, 2020

You can either lurk and learn or develop your own Personal Learning Network (PLN) to farm the best ideas and strategies that are actually working in similar demographics. This definitely applies now. So many resources are being shared daily on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Pinterest.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 21, 2017

This can be achieved by building a robust professional learning infrastructure that provides ongoing support for teachers in the forms of coaching and PLCs (professional learning communities), instead of trying to cram learning into a handful of professional development days each year. ” That definition screams teaching.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Scaling personalized learning across a state might sound like an oxymoron, but officials from Rhode Island’s Office of Innovation are taking on the task. The ultimate goal is to craft a clear vision and methodology for instituting personalized learning throughout a state.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

From my point of view educators become quickly attached to one specific social media tool as their go to source for his/her Personal Learning Network (PLN). Now anyone who knows me knows that I absolutely love Twitter as a professional learning and networking tool. Take Twitter for example.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 20, 2018

From a growth perspective, the Personal Learning Network ( PLN ) concept has dramatically impacted countless educators across the globe. Definitions of digital leadership vary and have pretty much become a semantic issue. The World Wide Web has transformed how we access, consume, create, and share information.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 10, 2015

What Is A Personal Learning Network? What is a personal learning network, or rather a Personal Learning Network? How about a Professional Learning Network? What Is A Personal Learning Network? . The post What Is A Personal Learning Network?

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The 21st Century Principal

MARCH 27, 2012

According to Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach and Lani Ritter Hall, “Teachers must learn to model connectedness and enable students to develop personal learning networks, made up of people and resources from both their physical and virtual worlds but first, teachers must become connected collaborators themselves.”

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 8, 2017

Our connection began like many other educators who use social media as part of a Personal Learning Network – we wanted to learn, grow, and get better. Over time we began to communicate and collaborate across an array of social media networks exchanging ideas, providing support, and dispensing out advice.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 6, 2010

Administrators committed to change through innovation, collaboration, sustainability, and transparency were definitely underlying themes and catalysts for the intriguing discussions that took place. Many of our conversations focused on which specific Google Apps we were going to implement first and how.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

I have seen the most impact in this area by taking control of my learning through the formation of a Personal Learning Network (PLN). I live by this Chinese proverb, "The person who says it can't be done shouldn't interrupt the person doing it." Am I still working on this – definitely!

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 3, 2010

The Blogger''s Cafe was definitely the place to be during the extended lunch break. It is happening at free conferences like TSETC where passionate educators come together on a Saturday for a full day of learning about practical strategies and sharing ideas to engage all learners in order to improve achievement.

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MSEDTechie

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

There is definitely a difference between using and integrating. On a scale from 1 to 5 (1 not well, and 5 being very well) How well did you integrate technology in your classroom? The key word is INTEGRATE. Notice I didn''t say how well did you USE technology in your classroom. Here are just a couple of the main differences.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Some kept their definitions simple, such as “a distributed database,” from Trish Briere. Other guests shared resources to provide more thorough definitions of the technology. Kelvin Bentley also had some ideas: “Definitely takes a "village" of sorts but one that regularly discusses the competencies and needs to include industry.

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SpeechTechie

JANUARY 23, 2011

That''s a great growth in readership that I couldn''t have accomplished without Facebook, and it really speaks to the site''s utility as part of our Personal Learning Network (PLN). My point is not that Zuckerberg, in The Social Network or in real life, struggled so much that he could have used some help from an SLP.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

because teaching is no longer an isolated profession; it’s a dynamic and interconnected field requiring teachers to work collaboratively and build expansive professional and personal learning networks. But culture is an elusive concept and mandates a definition here.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2017

We started off attempting to land on a set of definitions for skills—many #DLNchat folks suggested we stray away from the terms “hard skills” and “soft skills” to refer to skills specific to one job vs. skills universal to all jobs. with fellow instructional designers, faculty, administrators and entrepreneurs.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 7, 2011

How do you use the Web to build and participate in personal learning networks? How do you start building your own personal or professional presence on the Web, and what kind of work opportunities come from doing so? How do you identify your career interests and opportunities?

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SpeechTechie

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Note: I actually had written this post some time ago and kept scheduling it forward, and after attending Chris Bugaj and Beth Poss'' timely and terrific presentation at ASHA , this definitely seemed a good time to publish it! To learn more about PLNs, check out this post from The Innovative Educator blog , or my own on ASHAsphere.

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The PL2C Blog

AUGUST 24, 2014

Through these Chats, we modeled the potential of Twitter in developing a Personal Learning Network (PLN) that supports continuous professional learning in which the individual can choose what to explore and when to engage. Definitely a learning experience. Twitter Data.

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TeacherCast

DECEMBER 16, 2015

A great place to learn new EdTech tools, and to build your PLN (Personal Learning Network)! I am enjoying working through all the back episodes, and definitely look forward to the upcoming new episodes. (with the exception of course being the TeacherCast app or website!!!) Always something new! Highly Recommended!

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The Daring Librarian

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Buffy replied to it.and it''s definitely worth reading! I love books, I love reading, and I love my personal learning network. Stevenson High School Student Learning Center. Here are my thoughts. In the library of the future - will there still be books? Great question! What I do know.is that I can''t wait to see!

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Reading By Example

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

I think it is a working definition for many educators, myself included. Lisa Dabbs from Edutopia attempts to define this concept: Connected learners develop networks and co-construct knowledge from wherever they live. Going from right to left, you can see how personal learning networks (PLNs) are only the beginning.

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TeacherCast

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

A great place to learn new EdTech tools, and to build your PLN (Personal Learning Network)! I am enjoying working through all the back episodes, and definitely look forward to the upcoming new episodes. (with the exception of course being the TeacherCast app or website!!!) Always something new! Highly Recommended!

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The Principal of Change

APRIL 19, 2015

What is important is that I find what works for me and sometimes a personal learning network pushes people towards “group think”, where I need to find what works for me to become successful, at different points of the day. That self-assessment and reflection is critical to people in our world today. Not at all.

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Dr. Shannon Doak

JUNE 7, 2019

In this post, I will address each of these questions based on the definition of a capstone course at my current place of employment. According to the definition of a capstone course adopted by HPA all capstones include the following phases: Proposal creation Content learning Skill building Research Implementation.

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The Daring Librarian

JANUARY 2, 2015

You definitely must check out Amazon’s Trade-In Program. Build And Manage Your Network Having a Personal Learning Network is essential to stay in tune with the trends and what''s going on in our profession. Deleting your old accounts keeps your web presence up to date. And it just feels good.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 28, 2018

Last time we began exploring the role of educators within networked learning environments, broadly using a theory by George Siemens called “Connectivism” as our base. 3 Alternative roles of teachers in networked learning environments. Closing thoughts.

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