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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. Students should also be part of the process of deciding on different tools to try.

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4 Ways To Grow Your Personal Learning Network This Week

The Web20Classroom

Being a connected educator is more than just taking ideas from a Twitter chat or even this blog post. It’s about always being in pursuit of that selfish goal of improving our learning so we can improve learning for kids. Our personal learning networks are all different. But that is where the beauty lies.

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Why Blog?

A Principal's Reflections

It was in March of 2009 that I decided to give this social networking tool Twitter a try. After nearly a year of using Twitter from an educational perspective I had begun to find and read blogs on a daily basis around February 2010. The most important factor that influenced me to begin a blog was my PLN. Why do I blog?

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6 Key Personal Learning Network Literacies Every Educator Needs

The 21st Century Principal

“We now live in a world where even twelve-year olds can create their own global classrooms around the things about which they are are most passionate,” writes Will Richardson in an essay entitled “Navigating Social Networks as Learning Tools.” In other words, they need adults who are “network literate.”

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Back to School Twitter Chat Tuesday, July 28th – 8 pm EST #Back2SchoolChat

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter As we prepare to go back to school, we need to share best practices and ideas for learning. The exchange of ideas and building of our Personal Learning Network (PLN) is part of our growth and learning.

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Cultivating and Growing Your Personal Learning Network

edWeb.net

It helps teachers extend their learning beyond the four walls. Steven Anderson, Lisa Schmucki, and Shaelynn Farnsworth discuss the value of a personal learning network. Steven Anderson published a book with Tom Whitby in 2104, The Relevant Educator: How Connectedness Empowers Learning. Teachers need more time.

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Leading When You Don't Have the Answers

A Principal's Reflections

When it comes to leadership, the person making the final decision is often second-guessed if there is a lack of communication or things don’t go as planned. I shared the following in a blog post back in 2017: It is difficult to adequately prepare any leader for the challenges they will face as well as the decisions that will have to be made.