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Back to School Twitter Chat Tuesday, July 28th – 8 pm EST #Back2SchoolChat

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter As we prepare to go back to school, we need to share best practices and ideas for learning. The exchange of ideas and building of our Personal Learning Network (PLN) is part of our growth and learning.

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How to succeed with online PD for teachers

Neo LMS

A good program starts with a needs assessment, which is a way to figure out what teachers really need from their training. building a personal learning network online. With online training you can use social media or discussion forums that are more private to build the district/school’s own personal learning network.

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Google 80/20 Rule Applied to Education - for students too!

Educational Technology Guy

Google engineers are encouraged to take 20 percent of their time to work on something company-related that interests them personally. Google has a unique idea, called the 80/20 rule. It is a great idea and has spawned many of Google''s apps and resources and made Google very successful, and a very good place to work. Technologies.

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With $2 Million in Backing, Climb Hire Tackles the Social Ladder

Edsurge

Climb Hire is still deciding what to charge companies for those services, Pelman says. Members also receive professional portfolio help and two in-person sessions a week. One goal of the program is for the cohort to create a social network, referring each other to job openings and helping future alumni find work.

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7 Questions Principals Should Ask When Hiring Future-Ready Teachers

MindShift

He finds this ridiculous in an era when hiring managers and business leaders routinely say they are looking for employees who can define the problems the company faces and set about attacking them. Question #3: What are your expectations for student to self-assess their work and publish it for a wider audience?

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I Wonder If This Social Media Thing Will Ever Catch On?

The Web20Classroom

There were sessions about assessment, technology, professional development and others. Members of my PLN (Personal Learning Network), PLC (Professional Learning Community), colleagues, whatever you want to call them, (I call them all friends) were there sharing their learning with not only the new teachers, but with me as well.

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This Week's Live, Interactive, and Free Webinars in Elluminate

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

[link] ANYWHERE, ANYTIME LEARNING WITH VIDEO (ELLUMINATE LIVE EVENTS) Tue 26 Oct 01:00PM New York / Tue 26 Oct 05:00PM GMT / Wed 26 Oct 03:00AM Sydney Sebastian Grady. Sebastian Grady, COO of Altus Learning, will share stories from companies that are using video to capture critical knowledge throughout their global organizations.