A Principal's Reflections

JULY 17, 2022

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.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

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. About Shaelynn Farnsworth.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

APRIL 19, 2020

Will’s blog. willrich45 on Twitter. Freedom to Learn. Personal Learning Networks. Learning on the Blog. Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms. Here are some ways that you can connect with Will’s work: willrichardson.com. Happy reading!

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The 21st Century Principal

SEPTEMBER 8, 2012

Our children need to have adults in their lives that know and understand the art of developing personal learning networks and connecting with others. In other words, they need adults who are “network literate.” But what does being “network literate” look like as it relates to personal learning networks?

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 13, 2020

How do you make time to continue learning? Do you have a personal learning network (PLN) that you regularly connect with and learn from? If not, how might creating a powerful personal learning network serve to inspire you and keep you learning?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 16, 2020

Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. At the completion of this course, you will be able to: Use blogs, Twitter, and virtual meetings to collaborate. Learn to use tech collaboratively, purposefully, and as good digital citizens. We stay until everyone leaves.

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Class Tech Integrate

JUNE 20, 2018

This post is week 2 of 8 in the 8 Weeks of Summer Blog Challenge for educators from HotLunchTray.com. The most important/impactful professional learning I have ever participated in was developing my own Personal Learning Network (PLN) through Twitter. Find out more about this challenge by clicking here.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 5, 2019

I have also been blessed to observe great examples that members of my Personal Learning Network (PLN) make available on social media. Blog posts are a great option to get into the nitty-gritty of change. Once my live video is shared on Twitter using Periscope, I then upload the archive to both IGTV and YouTube.

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EdTechSandyK

OCTOBER 12, 2009

The Personal Learning Network (PLN) that I''ve built on Twitter over the past couple of months has become an amazing resource for learning about what''s going on in the educational technology world. One thing I''ve learned about using the web and Web 2.0 The list that follows is a result of that reflection.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 19, 2020

Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. At the completion of this course, you will be able to: Use blogs, Twitter, and virtual meetings to collaborate. Learn to use tech collaboratively, purposefully, and as good digital citizens. Keyboarding as part of learning.

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EdTechSandyK

APRIL 19, 2012

Today at the Spring TCEA TECSIG meeting, Kim Garcia and I are presenting on Tools for Building a Personal Learning Network in one of the breakout sessions. Tools for Building a Personal Learning Network Hope this is helpful to the participants and others who may find their way to this post!

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The Innovative Educator

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

High school math teacher Crystal Kirch used her blog to ask for help with her biggest struggle this year: "My students don't know how to learn. On Twitter she thanked everyone for all their love in reaction to her post.even though she knew the truth was that there were people who did not love what she shared.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 6, 2019

Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. At the completion of this course, you will be able to: Use blogs, Twitter, and Google Hangouts to collaborate. Learn to use tech collaboratively, purposefully, and as good digital citizens. Keyboarding as part of learning.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 6, 2019

I was honored to have been interviewed for Educational Leadership, ASCD's flagship magazine, on the power of Twitter as part of a Personal Learning Network (PLN). As you will see, the true power of connected learning is what you glean from the people you engage with. You can read the article HERE.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 17, 2019

A survey of 755 teachers in the US found that they value the immediate feedback they get on Twitter. Schools might be concerned about the lack of interaction in online learning. Hundreds of teachers are interacting daily through Twitter, Reddit, Quora etc. building a personal learning network online.

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Reading By Example

DECEMBER 5, 2015

My topic was how to get started in building one’s personal learning network. There were positives, but it seemed like schoolwide professional learning wasn’t enough for the teachers attending. That is why we started with Twitter. Tweet = post on Twitter.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 8, 2019

At the completion of this course, you will be able to: Use blogs, Twitter, and virtual meetings to collaborate. Learn to use tech collaboratively, purposefully, and as good digital citizens. Develop the core of a Personal Learning Network. Google account (can be your school account or a personal one).

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

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). Take Twitter for example. Now anyone who knows me knows that I absolutely love Twitter as a professional learning and networking tool.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 1, 2018

You will also find Star Wars themed professional development tips for integrating technology, building a Personal Learning Network , and classroom management. Get your copy of Hacking Digital Learning , The 30 Goals Challenge , or Learning to Go. Learn basic geometry (children) by drawing R2D2.

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SpeechTechie

SEPTEMBER 10, 2011

The first is on a topic close to my heart, Personal Learning Networks. This workshop will help you develop your Personal Learning Network (PLN) through social web tools that will open up a world of educational ideas to you and your colleagues. Hope some of you can make it! To Register, Click Here!'

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 29, 2013

As many readers of my blog know, the big changes in my career came when I discovered the value of social media as a leader and learner. It started with Twitter and eventually led to the use of virtually every major social media tool available with the sole goal of improving professional practice. I couldn''t agree more.

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The Daring Librarian

MAY 18, 2014

Twitter: Professional or Personal? When I speak to groups, I often talk about how I use Twitter as my main source of rich professional development and as a transformational PLN builder (Personal Learning Network). I don''t use Facebook personally or professionally at all. Twitter is a Conversation.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 20, 2019

It is important when reading a blog post or article to look beyond what in theory sounds good, but in practice might not lead to improvement. Since many of my queries when out through Twitter at the time that is how I received the majority of the information for consumption. Some of were too “fluffy” or not practical.

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My Island View

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

For some reason any post with Twitter in the title does not do well with a general population of educators. There is however a growing number of educators using Twitter who look for strategies to better serve them in social media for collaborative learning. All Twitter accounts have profiles. The Follow Concept.

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Nik Peachey

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Well this is my first blog posting for quite a while, but I'm hoping to have a lot more coming up very soon. This is just a quick posting to share a session on building your own Personal Learning Network, that I did for teachers in British Council Bilbao recently (25th September 2010).

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My Island View

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

I was somewhat disturbed about a recent post by a friend and connected colleague concerning the state of Twitter and its use by some individuals in what is now fast becoming the education social media culture. I remember those days as well, since I was on Twitter years before my friend. That is the goal we want to achieve.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 23, 2017

A conversation with Peggy George in episode 105 of the 10-Minute Teacher From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. The #notatiste17 hashtag on Twitter. How to share learning. Twitter handle: @pgeorge. Blog: [link]. Twitter hashtag: #notatiste17. link] play/play?id=2011539.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 25, 2016

We experimented with some of the hottest tech tools available for the classroom such as Google Apps, differentiation tools, digital storytelling, visual learning, Twitter, blogs, Common Core and tech, digital citizenship, and formative assessment options. They shared with colleagues on discussion boards, blogs, and Tweets.

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ProfHacker

MARCH 26, 2015

She blogs at [link] and tweets @ bali_maha --@JBJ]. I’ve learned from years of trying that nobody “gets” Twitter when you talk to them about it, and that part of the power of it is in the capacity to make global connections to knowledgeable others. Twitter does not work well unless it is public.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 8, 2013

A connected learning model is empowering and ultimately creates a human-generated search engine for the most practical ideas and strategies being implemented in schools today. Using the work of Lyn Hilt as a model, Chapter 8 will provide leaders with the knowledge and tools to create their own Personal Learning Network (PLN).

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Neo LMS

MARCH 9, 2021

Read more: Top learning myths to leave behind in 2020. Your personal learning network (PLN)? So when you’re scrolling through your Twitter feed and see something that a fellow teacher shared, you can simply save it for later. Why teachers need to do both appeared first on NEO BLOG. Gathering new ideas.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Social media: platforms like Twitter help teachers build their personal learning network and share teaching tips and tricks. For example, you can use your school’s learning management system (LMS), which is a familiar tool for teachers around the world. Some of them prefer to seek classroom collaborations directly.

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 2, 2019

It occurs to me that so many of my best ideas come from the blogs of others. As often as not, those blogs live outside of the school library world. In no particular order, here’s a very personal selection of blogs/bloggers I couldn’t live without. Cult of Pedagogy is far more than a blog.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 8, 2013

They desperately sought time during the school day to engage in professional growth opportunities, learn how to integrate Web 2.0 tools, and develop their own Personal Learning Networks (PLN’s). Math teacher Jeff Fiscina learned how to create engaging learning activities using Educreations.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 5, 2017

Use blogs, wikis, discussion forums, Google Spreadsheets, and Google Hangouts to collaborate and share. Use technology to differentiate for varied student learning styles (this is an overview—more detail in The Differentiated Classroom ). Complete activities (blog posts, comments, and a weekly project). Internet connection.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 23, 2010

The following list provides some good PLN starting points and resources to assist any educator looking to take their professional growth to new levels: Twitter : Microblogging platform that allows educators from all corners of the globe to communicate in 140 characters or less. For more information on Twitter check out this video.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 30, 2017

Use blogs, wikis, discussion forums, Google Spreadsheets, and Google Hangouts to collaborate and share. Use technology to differentiate for varied student learning styles (this is an overview—more detail in The Differentiated Classroom ). Complete one weekly project using what you learned and add it to your digital portfolio.

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