Edsurge

JUNE 15, 2019

We're very excited to showcase six innovative companies who will be creating a buzz at ISTE 2019. Read our Conference Spotlight: ISTE Happenings to discover how educators are putting these companies' digital tools to use in their classrooms. Be sure to pay them a visit at the conference!

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The Innovative Educator

DECEMBER 25, 2013

This blog was in great company with several members of my personal learning network being named as well. What a nice gift this holiday season to find that Common Sense Media''s Graphite blog listed this The Innovative Educator as one of the 11 to follow in 2014. Here is the rest of the list: 1. Richard Byrne @rmbyrne 3.

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Learning with 'e's

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

My mind technology is embodied in and across a vast biological network of individuals - the connected minds that I call my personal learning network (PLN). They are numerous, and I know many of them personally. Whichever direction we choose, there will be hundreds of millions of others to keep us company.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

At issue is whether “ambassador” programs and other branding efforts, wherein companies give teachers T-shirts, gift cards and other perks, constitute ethical violations. Nicholas Provenzano, one of two teachers featured in the piece, wrote to clarify his decision-making before agreeing to work with companies. “I

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Learning with 'e's

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Nor is it about the morality of social media companies. But it is about making connections for learning through the ''free'' tools we have at our disposal - social media. In the context of this post, PLN stands for Personal Learning Network , and CoP stands for Communities of Practice. Unported License.

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Learning with 'e's

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

One of the questions from our audience, largely made up of learning and development professionals, was about how we could optimise learning in organisations. One of the panellists answered by saying that ' Just in Time ' and 'Just Enough' learning should be possible and sustainable for workplace learning in most companies.

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Edsurge

JUNE 20, 2019

Climb Hire is still deciding what to charge companies for those services, Pelman says. Climb Hire is organized as part non-profit, part cooperative, meaning members may share in the moneymaking side of the business that will charge employers a finder’s fee for staffing services.

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2018

Last week I had the extraordinary opportunity to spend time in the company of some very smart, interesting and generous university innovators when California State University Channel Islands hosted a meeting for the group, called the HAILstorm.

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Kyle Pace

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

While it’s great to have so many choices, this is also what can hold a teacher back from trying something new in their classroom–especially if the tool is cumbersome or does not show meaningful purpose in students’ learning. It’s safe to say… both educators and companies can do their part. What Companies Should Do.

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Learning with 'e's

AUGUST 29, 2012

Your allies, your connections, can help you to navigate the larger number of challenges that can ultimately derail a startup company'. Social media has simply provided an increasingly powerful range of tools to extend personal learning networks (PLNs) to virtually any part of the world.

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EdTechTeacher

AUGUST 17, 2015

Companies like Shutterfly and Snapfish allow you to create share sites which can be password protected. Other ideas will come via the internet from your awesome Personal Learning Network (PLN). While you’re at it, create a system to share and organize your photos during the school year.

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The Web20Classroom

JANUARY 3, 2011

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. So education related companies are going to have to be innovative in the apps they create for these devices. Then the other kids in the class record their thoughts around the image.

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Kyle Pace

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

While it’s great to have so many choices, this is also what can hold a teacher back from trying something new in their classroom–especially if the tool is cumbersome or does not show meaningful purpose in students’ learning. It’s safe to say… both educators and companies can do their part. What Companies Should Do.

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The Daring Librarian

JANUARY 13, 2013

I blog about what I wanna blog about and I''m oppositional to boot so unless you''re part of my Personal Learning Network (that''s you dear reader not those company marketers or people sellin stuff) making suggestions --I''m not gonna bite. My blog fodder ain''t for sale peeps!

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The Web20Classroom

JULY 28, 2010

Members of my PLN (Personal Learning Network), PLC (Professional Learning Community), colleagues, whatever you want to call them, (I call them all friends) were there sharing their learning with not only the new teachers, but with me as well. The fact is social media breaks down barriers.

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Learning with 'e's

JULY 16, 2012

But nothing you learn is ever wasted. I wrote in my previous blog post about reciprocity learning , where I discussed the sharing culture emerging through social media. I suggested that Personal Learning Networks would not be able to function if people failed to share their ideas and content freely.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2016

Technology has been a key component in the planting, fertilization, growth and eventually, the blossoming of new statewide initiatives including distance education and new professional learning opportunities for educators that have benefitted students in a variety of ways. I’ve got some experience with this from the past eight years.

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EdTechTeam

APRIL 23, 2020

Even teachers who are often alone “behind the classroom door” can have access to their grade level teams, subject area departments, and a global network of peers and experts. At EdTechTeam we use Slack for our internal chat, and I’m increasingly able to use it with others as well.

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MSEDTechie

AUGUST 21, 2012

But most importantly, I had the opportunity to expand my Personal Learning Network this week. Teacher Tutorial Check out the entire article here [link] Last week I received a random email from a communications director from the company wix. After 2 hours, I was finally rescued, so much for getting work done.

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MindShift

JULY 10, 2017

He finds this ridiculous in an era when hiring managers and business leaders routinely say they are looking for employees who can define the problems the company faces and set about attacking them. There is a growing network of educators who are self-motivated to grow professionally, often spurred by technology.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

You have to learn to reflect on and recognize your own work. Build your personal learning network so that you have a group of educators to celebrate your accomplishments with. I’m sure none of them imagined that one day, I’d be an entrepreneur running my own educational consulting business and publishing company.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 1, 2011

Brenda Anderson will discuss how Montgomery County Public Schools, MD empowered the library media specialists to build personal learning networks with technology to explore the new Maryland school library media standards.

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Shake Up Learning

JUNE 13, 2016

Your brand is what you represent, the content that you share, your audience, your Personal Learning Network (PLN), and your teaching philosophy. The EdSurge Edtech Jobs Board has hundreds of positions at companies, nonprofits and schools. What do your website, blog, and social media profile say about you?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 24, 2010

[link] ANYWHERE, ANYTIME LEARNING WITH VIDEO (ELLUMINATE LIVE EVENTS) Tue 26 Oct 01:00PM New York / Tue 26 Oct 05:00PM GMT / Wed 26 Oct 03:00AM Sydney Sebastian Grady. Sebastian Grady, COO of Altus Learning, will share stories from companies that are using video to capture critical knowledge throughout their global organizations.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

She agrees to use their products in her classroom and give the companies feedback. Tensions have ebbed and flowed over the years at too much business involvement in steering the curriculum to satisfy employers, district board favoritism toward particular companies, and similar complaints (see here and here ). Delzer said of Seesaw. “I

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Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Google is working with a number of partners, including WNET, PBS, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, the American Museum of Natural History, the Planetary Society, David Attenborough with production company Alchemy VR and many of the Google Cultural Institute museum partners to create custom educational content that spans the universe.”.

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