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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. The Ultimate Networking Tool: Social Media. In less than 30 seconds you could be on Twitter learning from educators across the world.

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

Neo LMS

Read more: Top learning myths to leave behind in 2020. Your personal learning network (PLN)? If not, there are open access resources available such as the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) , which is supported by libraries and publishers so many people can read high-quality studies for free (yey!).

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What's YOUR Twitter Formula?

The Daring Librarian

Twitter: Professional or Personal? When I speak to groups, I often talk about how I use Twitter as my main source of rich professional development and as a transformational PLN builder (Personal Learning Network). I don''t use Facebook personally or professionally at all. Twitter is a Conversation.

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How to build your global classroom in 4 steps

Neo LMS

Social media: platforms like Twitter help teachers build their personal learning network and share teaching tips and tricks. For synchronous learning, both classrooms can benefit from one-on-one, small group or whole classroom discussions using video conferencing. See #globalclassroom for inspiration.

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The biggest lessons librarians learned in 2017

eSchool News

Here, two seasoned librarians shed light on their biggest lessons learned in 2017 and look forward to the up-and-coming trends for the new year. There’s no denying that libraries today look a lot different than they did 20 years ago. This year was the second year that our library was a makerspace. ” – Robin Glugatch.

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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. Once a week we got together virtually (via Google Hangout or a Twitter Chat) to share ideas, answer questions, and discuss nuances. Asked questions.

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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.