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Whom Should I Follow on Twitter?

My Island View

For some reason any post with Twitter in the title does not do well with a general population of educators. Social media as a source of professional development has yet to catch on in large numbers among educators. Whom should I follow on Twitter and how do I find them are key questions that need to be addressed.

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How to build your global classroom in 4 steps

Neo LMS

Peace Corps : while you don’t have to volunteer as a teacher in another country, Peace Corps volunteers have a lot of experience in cross-cultural collaboration — and they are sharing it with all teachers. Social media: platforms like Twitter help teachers build their personal learning network and share teaching tips and tricks.

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Discovery Education and its Corporate Partners Offering Free Resources for Families to Keep Learning Alive All Summer 

eSchool News

Working in Harmony : Inspire collaborative learning experiences through Country Music. The Winning with STEM Virtual Field Trip created in partnership with Panasonic transports students to five Innovation Centers across America with the accompanying family activity that connects STEM principles to everyday life.

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Why Twitter Will Never Connect All Educators.

My Island View

The idea of collaborative learning has always been with us in education, and in life in general. It is the social learning we talk about. The idea that we can now collaborate globally on a huge scale is something of a shift in thinking in education. For those reasons Twitter will never connect all educators.

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How to Build Your PLN

Ask a Tech Teacher

’ You might even understand the purpose of a PLN–to provide educators with a collaborative learning environment–but think you don’t need one, or staff development provided by your school is all you can handle. The engine of a PLN is social media. refer to it in your social media.

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A PLN Quick Start Guide

A Principal's Reflections

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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Web Filtering: equally beneficial for your 5-year-old & 15-year-old

Securly

Most students find web filtering to be unnecessarily inhibitive, citing that it blocks perfectly acceptable web pages due to one keyword or denies access to social media pages. Federal law doesn’t specifically require schools to block Facebook, Twitter, etc. To learn more about web filtering, sign up for our newsletter: