A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 3, 2013

My emotions were quickly put in check as my Personal Learning Network (PLN) came through as it always does. Statistics & Data Export tool : Get an overview of your mentions by source, language, over selected period of time, generate PDF reports or export data in CSV format to analyze them your own way.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

because teaching is no longer an isolated profession; it’s a dynamic and interconnected field requiring teachers to work collaboratively and build expansive professional and personal learning networks.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 20, 2018

Wikipedia defines IoT as a network of physical devices, vehicles, home appliances and other items embedded with electronics, software, sensors, actuators, and connectivity which enables these objects to connect and exchange data. How are we preparing learners for this world? How are we adapting and evolving?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Any connected educator has heard buzzwords like flipped classroom, gamification, social-emotional learning (SEL), differentiation, and personalized learning. If I want to teach my students effectively in any learning environment, I have to be willing to experiment with methods that may be out of my comfort zone.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 31, 2016

For example, learn how a South Dakota district is getting rid of grade levels in favor of student-centered learning. Making Data Work : Data, privacy, assessments--you’ve heard all about it. How are educators collecting and using data to tailor and improve instruction and practices? Cheers to the new school year.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Don''t get me wrong, the summer months are invaluable to me as I spend my time immersed in the flow of information that my social networks provide, developing action plans, analyzing data, and hiring staff. Many of the initiatives that I am about to pursue either came directly or indirectly from my Personal Learning Network (PLN).

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The 21st Century Principal

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

There is obviously a great deal that can be learned from this kind of data. Leadership requires action, and many of the actions described in this list are in direct opposition to 21st century learning and teaching. 6 Key Personal Learning Network Literacies Every Educator Needs.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 2, 2023

For learning, consider curating data weekly and present at an upcoming staff meeting. Creating or further developing a Personal Learning Network (PLN) is also essential to access 24/7 ideas, strategies, feedback, resources, and support. These suggestions should be clear, straightforward, actionable, and timely.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 30, 2015

Speer looked at a variety of data, from psychiatric interventions to everyday conversations, that involved self-praise. Social media provides the means to share the awesomeness of your face-to-face colleagues as well as members of your Personal Learning Network (PLN). Build on your positive attributes.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2017

I didn’t know what “personalized learning” or “mastery-based grading and assessment” meant. Together, we took our Saturday sessions on the road—heading to local conferences to learn from others or to present. Alex shared new tools with me, and helped me make the ones I already used more accessible for my students.

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EdTechTeacher

AUGUST 17, 2015

Whether you use Google Classroom, a spreadsheet, or an online gradebook, think of a way to organize data today so that it is easy to reference and share with students, parents, and colleagues in data meetings later on. Other ideas will come via the internet from your awesome Personal Learning Network (PLN).

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MSEDTechie

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Leveraging relationships with educators One of the most simple ways to begin to breakdown your classroom walls is to build a strong PLN, or Personal Learning Network. A personal learning network is made up of people/places you go to gain knowledge, share knowledge and collaborate with others of like minds and interests.

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The Web20Classroom

AUGUST 26, 2011

How are you going to teach so that learning takes place. Is the focus on formative rather than summative data gathering. Why do kids want to come into class each day and learn with you. For my, my PLN (Personal Learning Network) is a big part of my reflection. What do the kids want to do? Give them choice.

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Personal Learning Network Survey Personalized Learning Classroom 107

Edsurge

AUGUST 12, 2019

Look for opportunities to incorporate action research projects into your school’s or district’s professional learning. When teachers hear from their students firsthand, they can use that data to fuel their teaching practices and better integrate SEL where their students need it.

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The Web20Classroom

MARCH 12, 2013

Create a Google Form that instantly captures data and enters it automatically on a spreadsheet for analysis. Here are just a few: Educational Administrators Ning The Educator''s Personal Learning Network Ning More Educational Nings Update- Nings are still hugely popular. Again, go paperless. Use the Google Forms.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 25, 2012

Subject strands include changes in the classroom (social media, 1:1 computing, "flipped classrooms," digital literacy, maker spaces, gaming, open educational resources, digital textbooks), in student learning (individualized learning, student-directed learning, "hacking" education, personal success plans, ePortfolios, and building a digital presence), (..)

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The PL2C Blog

AUGUST 24, 2014

Through these Chats, we modeled the potential of Twitter in developing a Personal Learning Network (PLN) that supports continuous professional learning in which the individual can choose what to explore and when to engage. Twitter Data. Participant Reflections.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 21, 2014

There is nothing more important to an educator, outside of working with kids, than professional learning. Through social media a Personal Learning Network (PLN) provides a great antidote to the age-old time excuse. You can now learn anywhere, with anyone, at anytime you want for free. Image credit: [link].

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

hopefully resulting in a more learned society.” And should the data be validated through a public or private system? Ownership of learner data/records? Speed of delivery of learning outcomes? And once they acquire credibility - they proliferate. But who, exactly, will get to authenticate credentials in the future?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 10, 2012

Subject strands include changes in the classroom (social media, 1:1 computing, "flipped classrooms," digital literacy, maker spaces, gaming, open educational resources, digital textbooks), in student learning (individualized learning, student-directed learning, "hacking" education, personal success plans, ePortfolios, and building a digital presence), (..)

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Learning with 'e's

DECEMBER 8, 2017

There are chapters on open scholarship, academic blogging, the use of smartphone and tablets, crowdsourcing data, developing a digital profile, getting started with Twitter, personal learning networks, and leveraging the power of social media, as well as my own chapter on 'Using social media for action research: the benefits and limitations'.

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The Daring Librarian

JANUARY 1, 2013

Today, having a Personal Learning Network is essential to stay in tune with the trends and what''s going on. Back up your data. Before this year gets going, make sure as much of your data as possible is protected. so I named it mhmsmedia for my wiki account -I''ve since changed it to [link] (Thanks Wikispaces!)

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The Daring Librarian

AUGUST 18, 2016

Get Cloudy Goodbye flash drives and external drives - the future of data storage and hosting is in the cloud. If you want to go deeper with LinkedIn discussions and groups, and build a personal learning network that connects with other educators, you can! Don’t feel pressured to do all 6 - just pick one for this year!

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Social Media iPhone Personal Learning Network Twitter 28

The Daring Librarian

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Today, having a Personal Learning Network is essential to stay in tune with the trends and what''s going on. Back up your data. Before this year gets going, make sure as much of your data as possible is protected. Still love you, mean it! Build your PLN Build your PLN! Hacks and hardware failures happen.

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MindShift

JULY 10, 2017

There is a growing network of educators who are self-motivated to grow professionally, often spurred by technology. Students can also see aggregated and anonymous data on what their peers highlighted, which can help break through the self-conscious refusal to ask questions.

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Future Ready Conference Assessment Video 93

Learning with 'e's

JULY 26, 2015

The challenge is this: Send an image to friends in your personal learning network and ask them to write a learning related blog post about it. We started it on July 18th and it has been growing steadily ever since with many of our friends and colleagues participating.

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The Daring Librarian

JANUARY 2, 2015

Not only can strangers steal your signal for unlawful activities, but they can creep in and gain access to your personal documents and information, which can lead to identity theft. Backup Your Data & Clean Your Cloud iCloud & Dropbox were supposed to streamline our lives by keeping everything in sync.

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The Principal of Change

JANUARY 31, 2015

In order to create these much-needed Personalized Learning Networks educators will need to learn about social media and its culture. Of course, it should go without saying that if staying within those comfort zones worked, we would not be having a global discussion on needed reforms for education.

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Educational Technology Guy

JUNE 12, 2012

Twitter, Google+, Facebook comparison Twitter, Facebook, RSS, Email, Google+ - tips on use Facebook and Google+ security and privacy Common Craft Video on Social Media Create a Personal Learning Network UPDATED thanks to a great comment below. Backup your Data - tools and resources Google Takeout - export your Google data 10.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 19, 2017

I often engage in PD that asks all media staff to stretch their thinking about what libraries do, the impact they can make, and how to expand their personal learning networks to grow and adapt with this quickly changing landscape.

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Libraries Personal Learning Network Training Trends 94

eSchool News

JULY 17, 2017

I often engage in PD that asks all media staff to stretch their thinking about what libraries do, the impact they can make, and how to expand their personal learning networks to grow and adapt with this quickly changing landscape.

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Libraries Personal Learning Network Training Trends 94

A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Tools for Learning Twitter : Improve instruction through global collaboration (sharing resources, best practices, lesson ideas, acquire knowledge, networking, tracking conferences, etc.), grow professionally by establishing a Personal Learning Network (PLN) , follow specific hashtags (#).

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MSEDTechie

MARCH 9, 2014

Educators need to create a Personal Learning Network, but our students need an authentic audience too. This makes way for changes in the strategies and tools we use for teaching and learning. How do you do this? By introducing new concepts and activities to your students using creative measures, such as Google Apps.

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Google Classroom Personal Learning Network Data 51

TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 1, 2015

His original, much longer publication was a ground-breaking effort gathered 15 years of data synthesis from over 800 meta-analyses, and thousands of individual studies. ” But it’s this kind of reductionism that makes this data a book you have to read rather than a simple graphic or blog post you can “pin.”

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Dr. Shannon Doak

JUNE 7, 2019

it states that technology supports learning in multiple ways including, as an information vehicle for exploring knowledge to support learning by constructing, as tools to support knowledge construction, as a social medium to support learning by conversing, and as an intellectual partner to support learning by reflecting (Jonassen, 2000).

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 30, 2015

An entirely new system of collecting data? Connect with sources that will strengthen your personal learning network. Maybe you just upgraded your computer. A massive purge of ‘old clutter’? A shiny new idea? An evaluation of your old classroom management policies? 10 Teacher Upgrades For $10 Or Less. Cost: FREE.

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Personal Learning Network Twitter Assessment Libraries 40

Edsurge

MAY 7, 2021

To ensure equity, measure relationships as outcomes in their own right, and adopt data collection strategies that disaggregate data by subgroups: Schools and institutions that are starting to prioritize students’ networks rarely use a single metric to gauge how students access and experience relationships.

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