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4 Ways To Grow Your Personal Learning Network This Week

The Web20Classroom

We live in an age where we have near real time access to just about anything you want to know and to the people who know it best. 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.

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Can Educators Ignore Social Media Any Longer?

My Island View

A lingering general question hanging over the heads of all has been what effect does social media have on our society? That answer has never been so evident as it has been today as social media tools have been placed directly in the hands of the President of the United States, as well as foreign operatives.

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To Teach Digital Citizenship Effectively, Educators Say It’s Time to Unblock Social Media

Edsurge

Teachers and principals also increasingly voice opposition to blocking social websites, noting that schools have an obligation to teach students how to use social media responsibly. Social media is already a part of their frameworks as teens. Social media is already a part of their frameworks as teens.

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Learning Never Stops

A Principal's Reflections

The digital world now provides all of us access to some fantastic opportunities. Webinars Improved bandwidth and increased access to technology have helped learning through webinars gain in popularity. Personal Learning Network (PLN) Social media allows any educator to learn anytime, anywhere, with anyone they want.

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7 Digital tools for student engagement across all grade levels

Neo LMS

Over the years, I have noticed that student engagement tends to decrease in my classes around this time and I reach out to my personal learning network (PLN) for ideas or tools to boost engagement. Presentations can have sound, hyperlinks, social media buttons and so much more.

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Connectedness as the Standard

A Principal's Reflections

couros/79 9 Here is my quick list of reasons why all educators should become connected and form their own Personal Learning Network(PLN) : We become the epicenter of our learning and determine what, where, and when we want to learn. This makes the learning process meaningful, relevant, applicable, and convenient.

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Stop Ignoring Google+

A Principal's Reflections

From my point of view educators become quickly attached to one specific social media tool as their go to source for his/her Personal Learning Network (PLN). Now anyone who knows me knows that I absolutely love Twitter as a professional learning and networking tool. Take Twitter for example.

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