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When I think back to my life as an educator prior to becoming connected, I can honestly say that I was isolated, naive, and definitely not as well rounded as I am today. One of the most amazing attributes associated with socialmedia is that it makes the world a much smaller place.
I have also been blessed to observe great examples that members of my PersonalLearningNetwork (PLN) make available on socialmedia. My point though is that there is definitely room for growth in terms of validating all the talk with substance. More on this later.
In March of 2009, I began to use Twitter, and it was at this time that I began to create a PersonalLearningNetwork (PLN). Through the use of socialmedia, I realized that I didn’t really need to be “developed.” A dynamic mash-up of workshops and coaching definitely falls into the sweet spot.
You can either lurk and learn or develop your own PersonalLearningNetwork (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.
Over the years, I have noticed that student engagement tends to decrease in my classes around this time and I reach out to my personallearningnetwork (PLN) for ideas or tools to boost engagement. My older students use it for teaching a lesson or to present their project-based learning (PBL) findings.
I must say that the definition and description above align seamlessly with the environment we are currently experiencing. You can’t re-envision or transform education if professional learning doesn’t change. A PersonalLearningNetwork (PLN) is a must in a remote learning world.
We had a vibrant conversation on the topic of Digital Leadership with a focus on school culture, embracing change, strategic use of socialmedia, the Model Schools Conference , and innovation. Becoming a connected educator has definitely resulted in an exponential increase in professional relationships for me.
According to Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach and Lani Ritter Hall, “Teachers must learn to model connectedness and enable students to develop personallearningnetworks, made up of people and resources from both their physical and virtual worlds but first, teachers must become connected collaborators themselves.”
I learned at TSETC that Adam runs a 100% free website called eduTecher that reviews and catalogs over 1,100 free web tools as well as offering short videos explaining how to use them in the classroom. The Blogger''s Cafe was definitely the place to be during the extended lunch break. You can check out his session here.
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 personallearningnetworks. But culture is an elusive concept and mandates a definition here.
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.
and socialmedia are providing personal and professional opportunities--and that I can bring in guest speakers for webinars on these topics. How do you use the Web to build and participate in personallearningnetworks? How do you identify your career interests and opportunities?
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 personallearningnetworks (PLNs) are only the beginning.
What is important is that I find what works for me and sometimes a personallearningnetwork 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.
Learn How to Create a Professional email signature that links to socialmedia accounts. A great place to learn new EdTech tools, and to build your PLN (PersonalLearningNetwork)! I am enjoying working through all the back episodes, and definitely look forward to the upcoming new episodes.
From my point of view educators become quickly attached to one specific socialmedia tool as their go to source for his/her PersonalLearningNetwork (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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