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Cultivating and Growing Your Personal Learning Network

edWeb.net

Iowa went 1:1 with computers for students in 2008 which meant that teachers could extend the learning beyond the four walls, so they needed to re-imagine learning. A PLN has helped Shaelynn learn from an extended network of educators how to to that. Twitter is easy, but may not be the best.

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Understanding, Teaching, and Reaching Digital Native Students—and Digital Native Caregivers

Waterford

This can be tremendously beneficial—for instance, when scheduling online learning or virtual parent-teacher conferences when in-person learning isn’t possible. Be active: Prioritize active digital activities, like online learning games or interactive lessons, over passive activities, like watching a video. Keswani, B.,

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#40years of educational technology: Social media

Learning with 'e's

Social media lend themselves naturally to support learning through discussions, collaboration and sharing. They also have the capacity to support personal learning. They are vital components of the web, and social media are important for education - because learning is essentially social and personal.

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ChatGPT with My Students

User Generated Education

I still am an early adopter of technologies in that I believe many can benefit students in their learning. As many in education know, commentary about ChatGPT is appearing on the news, social media, and the internet. Now, similar work is often seen as innovative by colleagues. Boy, have times thankfully changed, but I have not.

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10 Things to Think About Before You Post

The Daring Librarian

We've been using their Week in Rap news feature in our school since they landed on the hip hop education or #HipHopEd scene in 2008! But it's not about what kind of social media or App you use but HOW you use it! Flocabulary: Hip-Hop Learning That is Out of this World! 6 Ways to Avoid Those Social Media Landmines PS.

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20 Texas Education Leaders to Follow on Twitter

MIND Research Institute

Another "big" for Texas is education, and when I'm looking to get a pulse on what the current trends and landscape are, I turn to social media! Personalize Dallas ISD @PersonalizeDISD. Since 2008, our organization has sponsored more than 1,300 school leaders from Texas to attend week-long summer institutes @hgse.

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Selfie number 4

Learning with 'e's

Me with Jay Cross and Graham Attwell, Salzburg 2008 In this series of short posts, I'm writing about my top ten selfies (including elsies and photobombs) with people who have inspired me or have influenced my thinking. I then wrote and published a flurry of papers on social media and education, and around the same time I set up this blog.

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