A Principal's Reflections

MAY 5, 2019

However, there is a big difference between talk or desire to innovate and an evidence base that illustrates an actual improvement grounded in better outcomes. I have also been blessed to observe great examples that members of my Personal Learning Network (PLN) make available on social media.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 27, 2021

Classmates will become the core of the teacher’s ongoing Personal Learning Network. Develop and employ a Personal Learning Network. At the completion of this course, the learner will be able to: Analyze and critique the technology used to differentiate for student learning styles. INTASC 1, 8.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 17, 2022

Now more than ever, it’s the perfect time to find inspiration, add more professionals to your personal learning network (PLN) and discover new teaching and learning tools to enhance your practice. Bett 2022 returns as an in-person event after hosting the 2021 version online.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 8, 2017

The bottom line is that if we don’t get the instructional design right first, then the chances of technology improving learning outcomes is slim to none. In the classroom, we must be mindful of what is most important – the quality of the learning and the interactions between people. Engagement is one of them.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 22, 2021

Classmates will become the core of the teacher’s ongoing Personal Learning Network. Develop and employ a Personal Learning Network. At the completion of this course, the learner will be able to: Analyze and critique the technology used to differentiate for student learning styles. INTASC 1, 8.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 6, 2020

Classmates will become the core of the teacher’s ongoing Personal Learning Network. Develop and employ a Personal Learning Network. At the completion of this course, the learner will be able to: Analyze and critique the technology used to differentiate for student learning styles. INTASC 1, 8.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 11, 2021

Classmates will become the core of the teacher’s ongoing Personal Learning Network. Develop and employ a Personal Learning Network. At the completion of this course, the learner will be able to: Analyze and critique the technology used to differentiate for student learning styles. INTASC 1, 8.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 6, 2019

I was honored to have been interviewed for Educational Leadership, ASCD's flagship magazine, on the power of Twitter as part of a Personal Learning Network (PLN). As you will see, the true power of connected learning is what you glean from the people you engage with. You can read the article HERE. Case in point.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Today’s classrooms have more devices, more educational software, more opportunities to differentiate learning based on various student needs, and educators are under more pressure to do more, preferably as fast as possible, with excellent results. Some swear by their PLNs (Personal Learning Networks) or CoPs (Communities of Practice).

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 20, 2019

What qualitative and quantitative measures can be used as evidence to validate whether or not it is effective at improving outcomes? How can it be sustained and scaled? Sharing will not and should not stop.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Classmates will become the core of the teacher’s ongoing Personal Learning Network. Develop and employ a Personal Learning Network. At the completion of this course, the learner will be able to: Analyze and critique the technology used to differentiate for student learning styles. INTASC 1, 8.

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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. The digital before leadership implies how mindsets and behaviours must change to harness current and emerging resources to set the stage for improving outcomes and professional practice.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Classmates will become the core of the teacher’s ongoing Personal Learning Network. Develop and employ a Personal Learning Network. At the completion of this course, the learner will be able to: Analyze and critique the technology used to differentiate for student learning styles. INTASC 1, 8.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Students that take part in a global virtual team are more likely to develop their teamwork skills, reduce stereotyping and obtain better learning outcomes than their peers who don’t participate in a global project. The keyword here is “virtual”. Some of them prefer to seek classroom collaborations directly.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 12, 2018

My personal learning network is key to my success with integrating robots into our activities,” Innes says. “I Maureen Chertow Miller, director of technology at Winnetka Public Schools District 36, is seeing some interesting outcomes from the robotics and coding program running in her district. I use Twitter a lot.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Classmates will become the core of the teacher’s ongoing Personal Learning Network. Develop and employ a Personal Learning Network. At the completion of this course, the learner will be able to: Analyze and critique the technology used to differentiate for student learning styles. INTASC 1, 8.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Classmates will become the core of the teacher’s ongoing Personal Learning Network. Develop and employ a Personal Learning Network. At the completion of this course, the learner will be able to: Analyze and critique the technology used to differentiate for student learning styles. INTASC 1, 8.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 8, 2020

Classmates will become the core of the teacher’s ongoing Personal Learning Network. Develop and employ a Personal Learning Network. At the completion of this course, the learner will be able to: Analyze and critique the technology used to differentiate for student learning styles. INTASC 1, 8.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2017

That’s the bottom line and big payoff for listening to this six-podcast series on personalized learning from The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation. They recommend seeking out disengaged and underserved students to explore the extent to which those groups can be re-engaged and better served with personalized strategies.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 23, 2018

Classmates will become the core of the teacher’s ongoing Personal Learning Network. Develop and employ a Personal Learning Network. At the completion of this course, the learner will be able to: Analyze and critique the technology used to differentiate for student learning styles. INTASC 1, 8.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 13, 2015

The formation of a Personal Learning Network (PLN) has opened my eyes and mind to an array of ideas, strategies, and tools to support and enhance learning through the assistance of technology. The outcome is in your hands. I love technology for its ability to transform lives and professional practice.

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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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Edsurge

APRIL 6, 2020

Pacansky-Brock emphasizes that taking an online course is the “…best way to gain empathy for students and an outcome no book can provide.” Pacansky-Brock stresses how valuable it can also be to take an online professional development course, as I did previously through the Digital Pedagogy Lab.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 5, 2018

Classmates will become the core of the teacher’s ongoing Personal Learning Network. Develop and employ a Personal Learning Network. At the completion of this course, the learner will be able to: Analyze and critique the technology used to differentiate for student learning styles.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Classmates will become the core of the teacher’s ongoing Personal Learning Network. Develop and employ a Personal Learning Network. At the completion of this course, the learner will be able to: Analyze and critique the technology used to differentiate for student learning styles. INTASC 1, 8.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 23, 2015

As much as Personal Learning Networks (PLN’s) as well as other blended and virtual options have begun to compensate for the challenges that isolated and rural areas of the world face, many educators appreciate and still find great value in face-to-face learning experiences. This is not fair to say the least.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 21, 2016

Education is ripe for disruptive change leading to innovative practices that improve learning outcomes for our students. I sure did and many members of my Personal Learning Network (PLN) still make fun of me for it as I held on a bit longer than most. Let’s look at another example.

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Learning with 'e's

DECEMBER 21, 2014

Now it depends on how you define CPD, but for me it is the personal learning you require to sustain, enhance and extend your own capabilities within your professional practice. This learning can come in many forms. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s. Unported License.

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Edsurge

MAY 24, 2018

How can we build meaningful personal learning networks? What’s the right balance of planning and serendipitous discovery when it comes to professional learning? Widening my personal learning network.” This idea of social learning came up a lot as well. Also connecting with others in my field.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Step 2: Build Your Personal Learning Network (PLN). Then, connect yourself to other educators by building your own personal PLN. While you can’t do it every day all the time, you can connect sometimes and when you do, you can expect powerful outcomes. We’re building the bridges today that tomorrow will walk across.

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Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2019

As my experiences grew, my personal learning network broadened and my perspectives became less myopic. I realized that talking pedagogy means very little if you don’t have a number of critical things in place before you get to the learning. Educators are looking to be inspired, to learn and to make connections.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 16, 2011

If someone had called, I would have said that this is project has at it''s core a mistaken idea: that social media and personal learning networks can be directed from the top down. It''s because these are individual connections created by the individual, and that is their value: they are personal.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

If we want our student outcomes to change, we have to change our adult behaviors. If we want our student outcomes to change, we have to change our adult behaviors.”. On Twitter, Torres and Pedrotti have encouraged teachers to engage with educators teaching similar subjects in other struggling schools to build a network. “We

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 27, 2015

The Changing Role Of The Teacher In Personalized Learning Environment. Today’s students are studying and learning differently – a change confirmed by the widespread adoption of digital studying. Holding vendors accountable for the teaching and learning outcomes they promote. Learning teaching'

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Innovation is now rarely the product of individuals working in isolation; instead, it is an outcome of how we mobilise, share and integrate knowledge.” “But the more interdependent the world becomes, the more it needs great collaborators and orchestrators.

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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. It enhances teaching practices, fosters professional growth, and significantly improves student outcomes.

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Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2019

Use active learning techniques. Pepper your discussions with topics that meet outcomes but also can garner student interest,” tweeted JJ Johnson. As Paul Wilson said, “Teachers can communicate through design, discussion interaction, and formative feedback.” Design online discussions around experiences (games, virtual trips, etc.

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