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A Wake Up Call For School Leaders

A Principal's Reflections

Image credit: [link] For those educators and schools that are either resistant to or unsure about using social media, I challenge you to move from a fixed to a growth mindset to create schools that work better for kids and establish relevance as a leader in your district, school, or classroom.

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A PLN Quick Start Guide

A Principal's Reflections

By subscribing to various RSS feeds educators then have a customized flow of information that is continually updated and accessible through the use of mobile devices or the internet. Ning sites offer a range of learning and growth options such as discussion forums, event postings, messaging, news articles, chat features, groups, and videos.

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The Digital Natives We Teach Are Creating A Number Of New Challenges.

EdTech4Beginners

Digital natives are individuals who were born during or after the surge of digital technologies (the internet, mobile devices etc.). Talk to colleagues in your school, use YouTube tutorials, join an educational technology focused personal learning network (Facebook or Twitter have many useful groups or chats ).

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Small Changes, Huge Results

A Principal's Reflections

It was at this time that I saw the error in my ways and began to leverage the power of a Personal Learning Network (PLN) to effectively integrate an array of tools that I had never knew existed. our tablet pilot program discussed at Learn@Lunch) The second small change was educating my staff on the value of web 2.0

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25 Social Networks/Media Sites for Education

Technology Tidbits

Classloom - A fun social network where students and educators can share resources and view resources that works on any mobile device. Classroom 2.0 - Created by Steve Hargadon and used by thousands of educators on a daily basis. Facebook -nuff said!! Google Plus - Is the highly publicized social network by Google.

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Reform is Happening

A Principal's Reflections

The brainchild of Schoology and myself, we set out in mid-August to plan an unprecedented free conference that would provide educators of varying experience with practical strategies to successfully integrate technology in the classroom. In the near future he will have free iPhone and Droid apps. Lisa Nielsen was absolutely fabulous.

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Looking Back At 2010 And Looking Forward To 2011.

The Web20Classroom

Think about it in a lower elementary classroom. Here is an example I use a lot where I asked people to give me their thoughts on what a PLN (Personal Learning Network) means to them. Skype took off and more and more teachers are using it in the classroom. Kids draw images representing what their year will be like.

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