A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 13, 2015

The formation of a Personal Learning Network (PLN) has opened my eyes and mind to an array of ideas, strategies, and tools to support and enhance learning through the assistance of technology. Society, the landscape in our schools, and the learners who we serve continue to change as our digital world evolves.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

Incorporation of flexible learning spaces throughout the building. Portfolio-based assessment using Seesaw and Google Classroom to provide better feedback to students. An entire staff that believes in the power of being connected and the importance of having a Personal Learning Network ( PLN ).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 21, 2015

Sessions were run like a flipped classroom where attendees accessed daily topics, read/watched materials, tested their knowledge, and experimented with projects. How to embed materials into digital portfolios. How to create a vibrant, healthy Personal Learning Network. Middleton Digital Learning and Technology.

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 19, 2018

Common Sense Educators is our Facebook group for educators committed to creating a positive, collaborative culture of digital learning and digital citizenship in their classrooms, schools, or districts. A community of classroom-teaching videos, this website provides teachers with an opportunity to learn from peers.

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 16, 2017

Common Sense Educators is our new Facebook group for educators committed to creating a positive, collaborative culture of digital learning and digital citizenship in their classrooms, schools, or districts. A community of classroom-teaching videos, this website provides teachers with an opportunity to learn from peers.

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Shake Up Learning

JANUARY 2, 2017

Join the Shake Up Learning Facebook group to connect with Kasey Bell, engage more deeply with Shake Up Learning content, ask questions, share your own lessons and ideas, and expand your personal learning network! Join the group and share how you are shaking things up in your classroom this year!

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 3, 2018

As we’ve chronicled their journeys, we’ve seen how teachers are also lifelong learners, continuously refining their practices through self-reflection, tapping into their own creativity and seeking inspiration from their professional learning communities. Teachers have remodeled their classrooms after local tech startups and NASA space camps.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 14, 2012

"In The Connected Educator, authors Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach and Lani Ritter Hall integrate professional development that is currently working in schools with a new model connected learning communities. They figure out what they need to learn and then collaborate with others to construct the knowledge they need. psid=2012-01-17.0513.M.9E9FE58134BE68C3B413F24B3586CF.vcr&sid=2008350

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Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2019

Effective learning cultures should also extend beyond the classroom, some #DLNchat-ters argued. Creating communities outside of the classroom helps students to feel more like individuals, parents, spouses, etc. Creating communities outside of the classroom helps students to feel more like individuals, parents, spouses, etc.

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Shake Up Learning

JANUARY 25, 2019

I have worked hard and poured my blood, sweat, and tears into this blog and everything related to it — all in the name of helping teachers learn how to integrate technology meaningfully in their classrooms. As an instructional leader and digital learning coach, I encouraged teachers to blog with their students.

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Reading By Example

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

They collaborate online, use social media to interact with colleagues around the globe, engage in conversations in safe online spaces, and bring what they learn online back to their classrooms, schools, and districts. Going from right to left, you can see how personal learning networks (PLNs) are only the beginning.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 4, 2015

Regardless of what standards you are accountable for, uncommon learning initiatives with and without technology can be integrated seamlessly to foster deeper learning. The book focuses on the following innovative practices: Digital learning across the curriculum : Today’s learner yearns to use real-world tools to do real-world work.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Classroom 2.0 and Social media in the classroom (Blogs, Wikis, Social Networking, Podcasting, etc.) 1:1 Programs: laptops, netbooks, iPads, and tablets "Flipped" learning Rethinking Homeworl School 2.0 Personal Learning Networks Social Professional Development Social networking Peer-generated PD Student 2.0

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