A Principal's Reflections

JULY 29, 2013

Becoming connected and developing my own Personal Learning Network (PLN) freed me from the purgatory that the traditional system of education had created. Social media and the resulting PLN provided a doorway to endless learning opportunities that have forever changed my professional practice.

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Educational Technology Guy

JULY 26, 2012

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FEBRUARY 27, 2015

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 11, 2013

Over the years I have become quite proficient and knowledgeable about iOS apps that I rely on to increase productivity and to grow professionally through my Personal Learning Network (PLN). Image credit: [link] In 2010 I purchased my first iPad and this has been my primary tablet ever since. This is where you come in.

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Learning with 'e's

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

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. Little if any research seems to have been conducted into a comparison between them.

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Learning with 'e's

JULY 13, 2012

In it, they represented a number of perspectives on personal learning environments, including a discussion on the differential between institutionally managed Virtual Learning Environments (or VLEs) and the free tools that learners are now using on the web. It goes farther.

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Learning with 'e's

JUNE 4, 2013

In doing so, she created a rich tapestry of knowledge about personal lives, multiple contexts and the construction of public identities. We need to remember that in the mid-nineties, MUDs and MOOs were quite primitive in comparison to the media rich social networking tools of today, and relied mostly on textual communication.

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