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Building and Growing Your Professional Learning Network

edWeb.net

Teachers entered the profession with very limited access to people with expertise – they could befriend veteran teachers, ask their department chair or administrator, or read educational journals when presented with a problem. Today’s educator has more access to information than at any other time in our history!

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EdmodoCon Guest Post #3: M.Valois

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

On Tuesday, I participated in a virtual conference - a professional learning opportunity - called #Edmodocon. It was presented by the good people over at the #Edmodo app/website. If you aren''t familiar, Edmodo is a social learning platform for schools, often called the "Facebook" for schools because its format is similar.

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8th Annual EdmodoCon Connects Educators with Innovative Resources and Ideas from Around the Globe

techlearning

The local community is welcome to join Edmodo in watching speakers in person in San Mateo, CA, asking questions, accessing speaker handouts and resources, along with interacting with educators from around the world. Recently, Edmodo to create tools that educators can use to address individualized student needs.

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10 Powerful Media Tools EVERY Educator should have started using yesterday! Part I

MSEDTechie

This means that emails, documents, calendar and sites can be accessed - and edited - on almost any mobile device or tablet. Twitter has changed so much from the "What are you doing now" tag line to becoming one of the largest Personal Professional Learning Networks available to educators. Anytime, anywhere. Ready to explore?

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How Common Sense Is Helping NYC Welcome Cell Phones into Schools

Graphite Blog

As a school that has a strong infrastructure in technology in the building, with BYOD, our students will now have the freedom of 24/7 access to the educational subscription services we provide and the ability to communicate and collaborate with others”. Lifting the ban is just the first step. A library of PD videos.

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Paperless Please

Hansen's Link to Tech

Tired of the long lines to access the school copy machine? Start using an LMS (Learning Management System) such as Google Classroom , Schoology , Canvas , Edmodo , Moodle. Regardless if this is grade level, content area, or departmental it is crucial to learn, communicate, and collaborate together.

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Latest Updates to Discovery Education’s Flexible K-12 Platform Keeps All Learners Connected to Engaging Content, Instructional Strategies, and Professional Learning

eSchool News

Discovery Education today announced a series of updates to its flexible, award-winning K-12 learning platform that will keep teachers and students connected to the service’s engaging content, instructional strategies, and professional learning resources wherever learning is taking place.