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Cultivating Lifelong Learners: How to Support Personalized Teacher Growth

A Principal's Reflections

However, like their students, teachers need personalized growth opportunities to stay engaged, motivated, and effective. Teachers are the backbone of any thriving learning environment. Nevertheless, just like their students, educators thrive in personalized learning experiences. Desimone, L. Guskey, T.

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The Professional Learning Sweet Spot

A Principal's Reflections

For the most part, this consisted of attending mandatory district “PD” days, professional learning communities (PLC)’s or approved off-site experiences such as conferences, workshops, or webinars. In March of 2009, I began to use Twitter, and it was at this time that I began to create a Personal Learning Network (PLN).

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Supplement Your Professional Learning with edWeb

A Principal's Reflections

Since 2009 I have been a huge believer and advocate for connected learning and the formation of Personal Learning Networks (PLN’s). Now don't get me wrong, I still highly value face-to-face experiences, as there are some natural limits to learning exclusively in a social media vacuum.

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Do You Have the Backbone for a PLN?

My Island View

This includes how to use technology to learn more technology. How to develop a personal learning network through technology should be a course offered in every teacher preparation program. Documents, audio files, videos, blog posts, webinars, podcasts, and pictures can all be reduced to links and communicated.

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Supplement Your Professional Learning with edWeb

edWeb.net

Since 2009 I have been a huge believer and advocate for connected learning and the formation of Personal Learning Networks (PLN’s). Now don’t get me wrong, I still highly value face-to-face experiences, as there are some natural limits to learning exclusively in a social media vacuum.

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April 22 Learning Revolution Mini-Conference: Emergency Remote Teaching & Learning: Survive, Thrive, & Plan for What Comes Next

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Hammond sits on the Board of Trustees of the Center for Collaborative Classroom and is involved in a number of working groups committed to educational equity through improvement science and the science of learning. Effective teaching skills do not always transfer to online presenting as evidenced in many webinars. We can do better.

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Micro-Credentials: Taking PD to the next level

The Thinking Stick

As we launch our Micro-Credentials at Eduro Learning on October 15th I wanted to take time to explain and reflect on how we are addressing these lessons as well as other needs we see from our own lessons learned in providing professional development over the years. I hope you can join us on this learning journey.

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