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4 Ways To Grow Your Personal Learning Network This Week

The Web20Classroom

I said that way back on September 17, 2013 and yet I think it is even more true today than even back then. Social media allows us to connect, to learn, to grow and to reflect not only within ourselves but with each other. Our personal learning networks are all different. But that is where the beauty lies.

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The Vital Role of Digital Leadership in Transforming Education

A Principal's Reflections

Here are some of my thoughts from 2013 , which have aged nicely: Digital leadership considers recent changes such as ubiquitous connectivity, open-source technology, mobile devices, and personalization. Many kids have flourished during remote learning as they have been able to follow a unique path or learn at their own pace.

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Relationships Are Everything

A Principal's Reflections

We had a vibrant conversation on the topic of Digital Leadership with a focus on school culture, embracing change, strategic use of social media, the Model Schools Conference , and innovation. You can view the Google Hangout video HERE. In all seriousness though, something Will said to me really resonated.

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Creating a Successful App Takes Time and Collaboration

Ed Tech from the Ground Up

We started working on our ideas in 2012 and founded Communication APPtitude (CommAPP) officially in 2013. They cheered us on, shared our social media postings and told us to keep going when it got more difficult. Innovative Ed-Tech Tools Should Bring Real Personalized Learning to Students.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

because teaching is no longer an isolated profession; it’s a dynamic and interconnected field requiring teachers to work collaboratively and build expansive professional and personal learning networks. 2013; Parsons, 2012; Vaughn, 2015, ). Adaptive teachers, as Madda et al. 57, cited in Vaughn, 2015, p. Madda et al.,

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How Baltimore CPS Used Communications Strategies to Create Personalized Learning Buy-In

Edsurge

In the case of Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS) , when the district began a huge leap to personalized learning, its leaders consciously began designing a communications strategy to bring together students, teachers and families. But that communications strategy went beyond just sharing stories with families and teachers.

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GlobalEdCon 2013 Day Four + Helping the New Grassroots Projects

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Today is day four of the 2013 Global Education Conference. During the conference opening sessions we brainstormed as set of grassroots global education projects that we could bring to our personal learning networks to try to get started. Hard to believe we''re almost at the end! How will you accomplish this?

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