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Cultivating and Growing Your Personal Learning Network

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” A PLN can help you find and curate the best ideas and resources, and build a network of supportive peers in a time of constant change. 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.

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May the 4th Be With You! 20+ Ideas for Teaching and Learning with the Force

Teacher Reboot Camp

May 4th is Star Wars day and what better time to teach and learn with the Force as you end the school year! The movies and books teach us about being heroes , complicated relationships with family, being brave, and picking ourselves up after failing or making mistakes. .” – Darth Vader. Students of all ages enjoy Star Wars.

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10+ Ways to Recharge Your Batteries Over the Summer

Teacher Reboot Camp

Discover more ways to design engaging distance learning experiences by taking my new accredited graduate course , Online Learning: Best Practices to Leverage the Power of Distance Learning. Discover more ways to integrate technology effectively by taking one of my fully accredited online courses or get one of my books !

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15 Take-aways from Online Grad School Classes

Ask a Tech Teacher

How to embed materials into digital portfolios. How to create a vibrant, healthy Personal Learning Network. However and more importantly, I learned many new instruction and assessment strategies (along with some new tech tools) that I can now use and apply to improve the learning in my classroom.

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Live Interview Tuesday, January 17th - Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach on "The Connected Educator"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Join me Tuesday, January 17th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar with Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach on her new book, The Connected Educator. "In They figure out what they need to learn and then collaborate with others to construct the knowledge they need. Her latest book will be published in the fall by Solution Tree.

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A Perfectionist with Paralysis NO MORE!

Shake Up Learning

On January 25, 2014, Shake Up Learning was born. I talk a lot about the power of sharing your voice, in fact, there’s an entire chapter on the subject in my book, Shake Up Learning: Practical Ideas to Move Learning From Static to Dynamic. Everyone has the power to Shake Up Learning! Everyone is a learner.

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Using Digital Media To Connect Inside and Outside of the Classroom

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Leveraging relationships with educators One of the most simple ways to begin to breakdown your classroom walls is to build a strong PLN, or Personal Learning Network. A personal learning network is made up of people/places you go to gain knowledge, share knowledge and collaborate with others of like minds and interests.