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Are Personal Learning Networks the Key to Keeping Teachers?

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Putting the ‘Person’ in Personal Learning Networks While educators building communities to learn and share ideas isn’t new, today’s personal learning networks (PLNs) offer educators the chance to hone their focus and build their practice in specific areas of professional development.

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It's Elementary When it Comes to #EdTech

A Principal's Reflections

We not only want students engaged, but also want to see evidence of learning aligned to high standards as well as the development and application of essential skill sets. Image credit: [link] The other day I had the unique challenge and opportunity of working with elementary teachers in the Spotswood School District.

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Remote Learning Teaching Tips

A Principal's Reflections

teachers in mid-March to collect and share best practices, ideas, and common approaches to remote learning. More than half of those surveyed teach in public schools (66 percent) and more than half are elementary school teachers (60 percent). Now, without further ado, here are some remote learning teaching tips. and tinyurl.

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What it Takes to Integrate Robotics and Coding into the Classroom

EdTech Magazine

It helps explain the step-by-step nature of coding,” says Todd Burleson, resource center director for this Winnetka Public Schools District 36 elementary school. My personal learning network is key to my success with integrating robots into our activities,” Innes says. “I to teach kindergarteners the basics of coding. “It

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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. Adaptive teaching: Reflective practice of two elementary teachers’ visions and adaptations during literacy instruction.

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10 Ways to Grow as a Pedagogical Leader

A Principal's Reflections

Creating or further developing a Personal Learning Network (PLN) is also essential to access 24/7 ideas, strategies, feedback, resources, and support. For example, elementary will conduct walks in secondary to provide feedback and vice versa. We then share collective insight while processing the feedback.

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The Secret to Being a Better Teacher? Find Your Tribe

Edsurge

She worked at an elementary school in my district—in fact she had taught some of my high schoolers when they were younger. Alex shared new tools with me, and helped me make the ones I already used more accessible for my students. I didn’t know what “personalized learning” or “mastery-based grading and assessment” meant.