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Why Connect?

A Principal's Reflections

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.

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What it Takes to Integrate Robotics and Coding into the Classroom

EdTech Magazine

My personal learning network is key to my success with integrating robots into our activities,” Innes says. “I Alex writes for CDW’s Tech magazines and websites. There’s plenty you can do on a tiny budget. Start with small initiatives. Buy one robot, start with the online coding or set up a small club. Customer Focused.

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Teacher Resources - education and edtech - all free

Educational Technology Guy

This post originally appeared on Educational Technology Guy. Feel free to share summaries and links to these articles, but do not copy and repost entire article.

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

Educational Technology Guy

Last week, I read an article on Converge Magazine''s site entitled "Google''s 80/20 Principle Adopted at New Jersey School". 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. or How can we change schools to engage students? Differentiating with Web 2.0

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itslearning to host ISTE roundtable series on education practices

eSchool News

Basically, they’ll be forming a PLN for the session, and hopefully, many of them will become permanent members of each other’s personal learning networks.”. Personalized Learning Roundtable. Led by: Andrea Winters, Director of Learning Technology, Clear Creek ISD. Personalized Learning Roundtable.

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25 Social Networks/Media Sites for Education

Technology Tidbits

Educator's PLN - Built by Thomas Whitby, this social network is one of the most popular around for educational discussions and forums. EducatorsCONNECT - A nice social network for educators to share resources, teaching practices, for friendships, and more. Edutopia - A very popular organization created by the George Lucas foundation.

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Let's Get it Started!!! The Keys to Tech Savvy Teaching!

MSEDTechie

Use the SAMR model to create a lesson that meets Transformation level of learning (Modification & Redefinition) Download this template to help get you started. Subscribe to newsletters and online magazines like Edutopia , Edsurge , or Techlearning , or Edtech to have fresh technology integration ideas at your fingertips each week.

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