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Model What You Expect

A Principal's Reflections

For example, if you want your staff to use a communications tool like Remind regularly to keep students and parents abreast of assignments, then you should be using social media daily to communicate with stakeholders. The bottom line is that if I can only talk about it, then I shouldn't be coaching or leading the professional learning.

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20 Ways to Personalize Your Learning This Summer

The CoolCatTeacher

Learning online will also help us become better teachers and now is the perfect time to take an online course. So, in this blog post, I’m going to share 20 teaching areas that are relevant to distance learning and why these topics might be one you choose to take a professional development course to learn this summer.

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How Online Learning Can Improve Your Teaching

Ask a Tech Teacher

That doesn’t happen in online courses. After a weekly one-hour session, students feel closer to classmates and often add them to their ongoing PLN (Professional Learning Network). That approach, of course, sapped the advantages of being online. .” Communicate With Social Media.

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Leading in a Remote Learning World

A Principal's Reflections

The best advice I can provide is to understand that making teachers go through the motions like it is a typical school day might not be the best course of action. You can either lurk and learn or develop your own Personal Learning Network (PLN) to farm the best ideas and strategies that are actually working in similar demographics.

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Learning Never Stops

A Principal's Reflections

The best course of action is the focus on the “what if” instead of the “yeah but” aspect when it comes to time. So, what does meaningful professional learning look like? Personal Learning Network (PLN) Social media allows any educator to learn anytime, anywhere, with anyone they want.

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Efficacy in Professional Learning

A Principal's Reflections

At the individual level, intrinsic motivation drives educators to actively seek opportunities that support their diverse learning interests and needs. Social media has played a considerable role in this area over the years, demonstrating the power of Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) with learning anytime, anywhere, and with anyone.

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10 Strategies to Improve Instructional Leadership

A Principal's Reflections

With the evolution of social media yet another responsibility was added to my plate in the form of digital leadership. This is extremely important in terms of technology integration in the classroom and professional learning to improve practice.

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