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How to Build Your PLN

Ask a Tech Teacher

.’ You might even understand the purpose of a PLN–to provide educators with a collaborative learning environment–but think you don’t need one, or staff development provided by your school is all you can handle. What is a PLN. According to D. Why build a PLN. How to build a PLN.

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Maybe Not Tomorrow, but When?

The Principal of Change

Here is a sample of some of what she listed as the world’s current realities: In the real world, we look things up on Google. In the real world, YouTube is one of the most popular tools for learning. In the real world, collaborating is not cheating. In the real world, my job does not ask me things I can Google.

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Wahoo! The 2013 Global Education Conference - Still Time to Present + Plan to Attend!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

BIO : Jaime Casap is the Global Education Evangelist at Google, Inc. Jaime evangelizes the power and potential of the web, technology, and Google tools in education. He helps educational organizations across the world find ways to utilize these tools in support of new learning models. George''s Independent School in Memphis, TN.

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PBL… Blended and eLearning – Part 1: Important Questions for the New School Year

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Teachers must be intentional at exploring ways online to ensure that assessment is formative and allows them to plan scaffolding for next steps in learning. For example, a student could be assigned a slide on a Class Google Slide show to share some work while other students and the teacher provide critique.

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The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Issue a Press Release

Hack Education

” – that’s Sebastian Thrun, best known perhaps for his work at Google on the self-driving car and as a co-founder of the MOOC (massive open online course) startup Udacity. ” Take “collaborative learning,” for example, which this year’s K–12 report posits as a mid-term trend.

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A big list of options for connecting globally

NeverEndingSearch

Google Lit Trips : Using Google Earth, these downloadable files share the journeys of famous literary characters. Google Expeditions : engage learners in virtual reality field trips by purchasing or building a kit and by downloading the Expeditions App. Select from among a large variety of pre-made trips or create your own.

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Learning Revolution Free Events - ISTE Unplugged + Hack Education - AERO - Gaming in Ed Call for Proposals - Students Driving Change

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Lin via a Google Hangout on Air event. Learn more and join the event here. Tag your questions #eduquestion or post them on our Facebook page or Google+ community. Education Revolution Google+ Community Homework: Have We Had Enough? Read more about this decision and it''s impact during the 2013-2014 school year.