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3 Ways to Instantly Grow Your Personal Learning Network

Edsurge

Imagine a network of leaders from every sector of education: public schools and early learning centers, colleges and universities, museums and libraries, nonprofits and corporations. But with a PLN, you can improve your classroom, school, district, career, but most importantly, yourself. One Last Note. So go get started!

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How to build your global classroom in 4 steps

Neo LMS

Growth comes from stepping out of our comfort zones, which classrooms can become quite easily. Most importantly, true growth is about learning from people that don’t belong to the same culture as us — a truly eye-opening experience for students and teachers alike. Some of them prefer to seek classroom collaborations directly.

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7 Digital tools for student engagement across all grade levels

Neo LMS

Over the years, I have noticed that student engagement tends to decrease in my classes around this time and I reach out to my personal learning network (PLN) for ideas or tools to boost engagement. It has been a favorite for five years in my classroom. Read more: How to set up a classroom gamification level system.

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Practice vs. research in education? Why teachers need to do both

Neo LMS

Your personal learning network (PLN)? However, another teacher’s situation might be different than yours, seeing how each classroom is unique. If you’re looking for new teaching methods and ideas, where do you look first? More experienced teachers? Those are all valid sources. Find relevant research organizations.

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#ICE18: Illinois Conference Will Prepare Educators for Modern Learning Environments

EdTech Magazine

In 1986, approximately 30 educators came together to form Illinois Computing Educators (ICE) , as a statewide initiative to offer professional development opportunities for teachers, technology coordinators, library media specialists, administrators, higher education representatives, school support staff and other stakeholders in Illinois education.

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35 Take-aways from Summer 2016 Professional Development

Ask a Tech Teacher

A couple dozen of us–teachers, library media specialists, tech integrationists, and lab teachers–gathered virtually for three-five-week-classes that included: The Tech-infused Teacher. The Tech-infused Classroom. Time after time, they took responsibility for their own learning. The Differentiated Teacher. 20 Webtools in 20 Days.

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17 Take-aways from Summer PD

Ask a Tech Teacher

It was run like a flipped classroom where class members picked 60% of daily topics, then they read, tested and experimented. Time after time, participants took responsibility for their own learning. Participants worked together as a Personal Learning Network to understand. D’Amato’s Learning Path.